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The Nemaha Central (Seneca, KS) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home playoff game against Council Grove (KS) by a score of 64-58.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Council Grove	10	18	14	22	64
Nemaha Central	7	19	12	20	58

Final score provided by B. Hula.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Council Grove (24-25)

Council Grove

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	64	23	45	51	56
2	Hayden Buttrey (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
4	Drew Buchman (Sr)	7	3	4	75	75
10	Jacob McIver (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
15	B. Palmquist (Sr)	24	7	13	54	58
20	Kyzer Spittles (Sr)	13	6	10	60	65
24	Grady Kepley (So)	1	0	1	0	0
30	Finn Gant (Sr)	18	7	13	54	62
33	Reid Buttrey (So)	1	0	0

Council Grove

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	64	4	10	40	14	22	64	19	35	54
2	Hayden Buttrey (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	Drew Buchman (Sr)	7	0	0	0	1	3	33	3	4	75
10	Jacob McIver (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	B. Palmquist (Sr)	24	1	2	50	9	10	90	6	11	55
20	Kyzer Spittles (Sr)	13	1	3	33	0	2	0	5	7	71
24	Grady Kepley (So)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	1	0
30	Finn Gant (Sr)	18	2	3	67	2	3	67	5	10	50
33	Reid Buttrey (So)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0

Council Grove

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	64	8	14	22	17	17	1	11	15
2	Hayden Buttrey (Sr)	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	1	3
4	Drew Buchman (Sr)	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	1
10	Jacob McIver (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1
15	B. Palmquist (Sr)	24	1	5	6	3	10	0	4	4
20	Kyzer Spittles (Sr)	13	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	2
24	Grady Kepley (So)	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
30	Finn Gant (Sr)	18	3	5	8	1	1	0	3	2
33	Reid Buttrey (So)	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2

Council Grove

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.55	1.55	1.13	0.07	1	10
2	Hayden Buttrey (Sr)	5.00	4.00	1.33	0.00	0	3
4	Drew Buchman (Sr)	5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	3
10	Jacob McIver (Sr)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0	2
15	B. Palmquist (Sr)	0.75	2.50	2.50	0.00	0	1
20	Kyzer Spittles (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
24	Grady Kepley (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0
30	Finn Gant (Sr)	0.33	0.33	0.50	0.00	0	0
33	Reid Buttrey (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0

Nemaha Central (24-25)

Nemaha Central has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Kansas High School Basketball - Nemaha Central held off by Council Grove

March 5, 2025: Seneca, KS 66538

In Wednesday's non-league test, the Council Grove Braves (Council Grove, KS) basketball squad got by the host Nemaha Central Thunder (Seneca, KS), by a score of 64-58.

Next, the Braves encounter the Hesston Swathers (Hesston, KS) in a non-league test, on Saturday, March 8. Council Grove will attempt to improve on its 14-8 season record. The Swathers come into the test with a 20-2 record after their 53-36 non-league win over Marysville (Marysville, KS).

Council Grove @ NCHS Basketball Game Info

Wed., Mar. 5, 2025 @ 6p

3A Sub-State Semi-Finals

The Nemaha Central (Seneca, KS) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home playoff game against Council Grove (KS) by a score of 64-58.

Rankings & Records

Council Grove (24-25)

KS	Class
102	20

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
14-9	6-1	8-3	6-4	0-2	.609	.857	1,222	1,088

Nemaha Central (24-25)

KS	Class
38	8

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-3	10-2	12-2	7-1	.864	.833	1,164	884

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Council Grove	13.9	13.6	14.3	11.5	53.1
Nemaha Central	14.0	15.7	12.0	13.5	52.9

Team Stat Comparison

Council Grove		Nemaha Central
53.1	Points Per Game	-
28.0	Rebounds Per Game	-
15.9	Assists Per Game	-
12.9	Steals Per Game	-
2.2	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Council Grove		Nemaha Central	National Avg.
#15 Brycen Palmquist18.9	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#15 Brycen Palmquist6.7	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#2 Hayden Buttrey4.5	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#15 Brycen Palmquist4.2	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#30 Finn Gant0.8	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Record Breakdown

Council Grove (24-25)		Nemaha Central (24-25)
14-9	Overall	19-3
8-2	League	10-2
2-5	Non-League	7-0
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
8-3	Home	12-2
6-4	Away	7-1
0-2	Neutral	0-0
2-1	Playoff	1-1
14-9	In-State	19-3
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0