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Scottsbluff Bennington

Bearcats

Badgers

The Bennington (NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Scottsbluff (NE) by a score of 63-62.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Scottsbluff	15	12	17	19	63
Bennington	21	18	8	15	62

Final score provided by L. Olson.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Bennington (24-25)

Scottsbluff

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	63	24	50	48	55
1	Rylee Meininger (Jr)	16	6	8	75	100
2	Dez Smith (Sr)	4	2	4	50	50
3	Esai Sabala	6	2	3	67	100
5	Nate Kelley (Jr)	21	9	17	53	53
11	Tre Boswell (So)	5	2	13	15	15
24	Keon Delgado	11	3	5	60	70

Bennington

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	62	22	59	37	45
1	Austin Kaiser (Sr)	23	7	15	47	63
3	Gavin Olson	16	7	16	44	44
4	Blaize Jung	4	2	6	33	33
5	Jace Fitzgerald (Sr)	11	3	10	30	45
10	Brady Nichols (Jr)	3	1	6	17	25
11	Aidan Smith (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
21	Tyler Zach (Sr)	3	1	3	33	33
25	Cooper Johnson	0	0	1	0	0

Scottsbluff

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	63	7	14	50	8	17	47	17	36	47
1	Rylee Meininger (Jr)	16	4	5	80	0	0	0	2	3	67
2	Dez Smith (Sr)	4	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	3	67
3	Esai Sabala	6	2	2	100	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Nate Kelley (Jr)	21	0	2	0	3	3	100	9	15	60
11	Tre Boswell (So)	5	0	3	0	1	4	25	2	10	20
24	Keon Delgado	11	1	1	100	4	6	67	2	4	50

Bennington

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	62	9	27	33	9	11	82	13	32	41
1	Austin Kaiser (Sr)	23	5	8	63	4	4	100	2	7	29
3	Gavin Olson	16	0	1	0	2	3	67	7	15	47
4	Blaize Jung	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	50
5	Jace Fitzgerald (Sr)	11	3	8	38	2	2	100	0	2	0
10	Brady Nichols (Jr)	3	1	6	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Aidan Smith (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
21	Tyler Zach (Sr)	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	3	33
25	Cooper Johnson	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scottsbluff

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	63	9	20	29	14	8	3	13	17
0	Caleb Burda (So)	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1
1	Rylee Meininger (Jr)	16	0	1	1	3	3	1	1	3
2	Dez Smith (Sr)	4	2	2	4	3	0	0	2	3
3	Esai Sabala	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2
5	Nate Kelley (Jr)	21	3	7	10	5	3	0	4	2
11	Tre Boswell (So)	5	1	6	7	1	0	1	5	2
24	Keon Delgado	11	3	1	4	0	1	1	0	4

Bennington

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	62	14	20	34	13	9	1	13	17
1	Austin Kaiser (Sr)	23	1	4	5	6	3	0	2	4
3	Gavin Olson	16	7	11	18	3	2	1	2	3
4	Blaize Jung	4	1	2	3	0	1	0	2	0
5	Jace Fitzgerald (Sr)	11	3	2	5	1	0	0	2	3
10	Brady Nichols (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
11	Aidan Smith (Sr)	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3
21	Tyler Zach (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
25	Cooper Johnson	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	3	3

Scottsbluff

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.08	0.62	0.47	0.18	1	6
0	Caleb Burda (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0
1	Rylee Meininger (Jr)	3.00	3.00	1.00	0.33	0	2
2	Dez Smith (Sr)	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	1
3	Esai Sabala	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
5	Nate Kelley (Jr)	1.25	0.75	1.50	0.00	0	1
11	Tre Boswell (So)	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.50	0	1
24	Keon Delgado	0.00	1.00	0.25	0.25	0	0

Bennington

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	0.69	0.53	0.06	1	3
1	Austin Kaiser (Sr)	3.00	1.50	0.75	0.00	0	0
3	Gavin Olson	1.50	1.00	0.67	0.33	0	2
4	Blaize Jung	0.00	0.50	1.00	0.00	0	0
5	Jace Fitzgerald (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
10	Brady Nichols (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0
11	Aidan Smith (Sr)	2.00	2.00	0.67	0.00	1	1
25	Cooper Johnson	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0

Scottsbluff's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Bennington held off by Scottsbluff

January 10, 2025: Bennington, NE 68007

In Friday's non-league test, the Scottsbluff Bearcats (Scottsbluff, NE) basketball squad got by the host Bennington Badgers (Bennington, NE), by a score of 63-62.

Next, the Bearcats encounter the Crete Cardinals (Crete, NE) in a non-league test, on Saturday, January 11. Scottsbluff will attempt to improve on its 11-1 season record. The Cardinals come into the test with a 7-2 record after their 61-59 non-league win over Waverly (Waverly, NE).

The Badgers (5-5) will now prepare for their test against Gering (Gering, NE). The Bulldogs come into the non-league test with a 3-4 record. In their last test, Gering held off Lexington (Lexington, NE), 76-30, in a non-league test.

Scottsbluff @ Bennington Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 10, 2025 @ 6:15p

The Bennington (NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Scottsbluff (NE) by a score of 63-62.

Rankings & Records

Scottsbluff (24-25)

NE	Class
15	5

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
25-4	3-0	10-0	6-2	9-2	.862	1.000	2,083	1,470

Bennington (24-25)

NE	Class
18	6

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
16-9	1-1	8-3	7-5	1-1	.640	.500	1,682	1,458

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Scottsbluff	15.4	16.6	16.8	16.8	5.0	71.8
Bennington	17.3	16.7	17.1	16.9	7.5	67.3

Team Stat Comparison

Scottsbluff		Bennington
71.8	Points Per Game	67.0
31.9	Rebounds Per Game	26.1
15.4	Assists Per Game	13.1
9.3	Steals Per Game	8.3
1.7	Blocks Per Game	2.1

Team Leaders

Scottsbluff		Bennington	National Avg.
#5 Nate Kelley16.7	Points Per Game	#1 Austin Kaiser20.4	4.9
#24 Keon Delgado5.3	Rebounds Per Game	#33 Hudson Neuverth7.0	2.6
#5 Nate Kelley5.1	Assists Per Game	#1 Austin Kaiser3.1	1.0
#5 Nate Kelley2.1	Steals Per Game	#1 Austin Kaiser2.0	0.8
#24 Keon Delgado0.7	Blocks Per Game	#1 Austin Kaiser0.7	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Scottsbluff	7-3		Bennington	5-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/28/24	Skutt Catholic	Scottsbluff	(L) 72-58	2/4/25	Bennington	Skutt Catholic	(L) 74-47
3/15/25	Scottsbluff	Skutt Catholic	(L) 64-49
1/11/25	Scottsbluff	Crete	(L) 61-51	12/7/24	Bennington	Crete	(W) 58-49
1/25/25	Scottsbluff	Gering	(W) 74-38	1/11/25	Gering	Bennington	(W) 90-44
1/31/25	Gering	Scottsbluff	(W) 73-39
2/20/25	Gering	Scottsbluff	(W) 84-44
2/26/25	Gering	Scottsbluff	(W) 82-34
3/3/25	Gretna	Scottsbluff	(W) 55-37	12/21/24	Gretna	Bennington	(W) 69-48
				2/8/25	Gretna	Bennington	(W) 77-61
3/13/25	Scottsbluff	Gretna East	(W) 65-60	12/17/24	Bennington	Gretna East	(L) 68-59
				12/30/24	Bennington	Gretna East	(L) 61-50
3/14/25	Elkhorn North	Scottsbluff	(W) 58-55	12/13/24	Elkhorn North	Bennington	(L) 73-62
				2/27/25	Bennington	Elkhorn North	(W) 60-51
				3/3/25	Bennington	Elkhorn North	(L) 75-55

Record Breakdown

Scottsbluff (24-25)		Bennington (24-25)
25-4	Overall	16-9
5-0	League	2-1
13-2	Non-League	12-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
7-3	Common Opponent	5-5
10-0	Home	8-3
6-2	Away	7-5
9-2	Neutral	1-1
2-1	Playoff	1-0
18-4	In-State	16-9
7-0	Out-of-State	0-0