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Bellevue West Kearney

Thunderbirds

Bearcats

The Kearney (NE) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home conference game against Bellevue West (Bellevue, NE) by a score of 59-58.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Bellevue West	14	13	14	18	59
Kearney	16	15	14	13	58

Final score provided by D. Bacon.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Kearney (22-23)

Bellevue West

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	20	58	34	39
0	A. Russell-brown (Jr)	16	6	13	46	50
3	Faith Elmore (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0
4	Kenzie Melcher (Jr)	10	4	6	67	75
12	Zhyael Dotzler (So)	6	2	7	29	43
25	Naomi White (Jr)	22	7	25	28	30
55	Danielle Coyer (Jr)	3	1	5	20	20

Kearney

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	58
2	Tatum Rusher (Sr)	19
3	Kennidy Garner (Jr)	3
13	Harley Straka (Jr)	6
22	K. Dutenhoffer (Jr)	7
23	Kelsey Hatcher (So)	13
33	Maddy Province (Sr)	10

Bellevue West

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	5	21	24	14	20	70	15	37	41
0	A. Russell-brown (Jr)	16	1	5	20	3	3	100	5	8	63
3	Faith Elmore (Sr)	2	0	1	0	2	4	50	0	1	0
4	Kenzie Melcher (Jr)	10	1	2	50	1	2	50	3	4	75
12	Zhyael Dotzler (So)	6	2	5	40	0	0	0	0	2	0
25	Naomi White (Jr)	22	1	7	14	7	9	78	6	18	33
55	Danielle Coyer (Jr)	3	0	1	0	1	2	50	1	4	25

Kearney

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	58
2	Tatum Rusher (Sr)	19
3	Kennidy Garner (Jr)	3
13	Harley Straka (Jr)	6
22	K. Dutenhoffer (Jr)	7
23	Kelsey Hatcher (So)	13
33	Maddy Province (Sr)	10

Bellevue West

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	59	8	22	30	12	6	2	12	16
0	A. Russell-brown (Jr)	16	0	3	3	6	2	1	3	2
3	Faith Elmore (Sr)	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
4	Kenzie Melcher (Jr)	10	3	4	7	3	1	0	2	1
12	Zhyael Dotzler (So)	6	1	3	4	3	0	0	4	4
21	Taylee Wharton (So)		0	0		0	0	0	0	1
25	Naomi White (Jr)	22	3	7	10	0	2	0	1	3
55	Danielle Coyer (Jr)	3	0	4	4	0	1	1	2	2

Kearney

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	58
2	Tatum Rusher (Sr)	19
3	Kennidy Garner (Jr)	3
13	Harley Straka (Jr)	6
22	K. Dutenhoffer (Jr)	7
23	Kelsey Hatcher (So)	13
33	Maddy Province (Sr)	10

Bellevue West

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.00	0.50	0.38	0.13
0	A. Russell-brown (Jr)	2.00	0.67	1.00	0.50
4	Kenzie Melcher (Jr)	1.50	0.50	1.00	0.00
12	Zhyael Dotzler (So)	0.75	0.00	0.00	0.00
25	Naomi White (Jr)	0.00	2.00	0.67	0.00
55	Danielle Coyer (Jr)	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.50

Misc Totals

Kearney has not entered any misc totals stats.

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Bellevue West edges Kearney

January 14, 2023: Kearney, NE 68845

The Bellevue West Thunderbirds (Bellevue, NE) basketball nipped the host Kearney Bearcats (Kearney, NE), 59-58 in Saturday's league test.

The Thunderbirds (13-2) will now prepare for their test against Gretna (Gretna, NE). The Dragons go into the A District TBD test with a 6-5 record. In their last test, Gretna got by Omaha Westside (Omaha, NE), 39-32, in a league test.

The Bearcats now own a 8-7 record. They play next when they host Norfolk for a A District TBD test on Friday, January 20.

Bellevue West @ Kearney Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 14, 2023 @ 4:15p

The Kearney (NE) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home conference game against Bellevue West (Bellevue, NE) by a score of 59-58.

Rankings & Records

Bellevue West (22-23)

NE	Class
19	4

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
22-6	13-3	6-2	10-3	6-1	.786	.812	1,673	1,489

Kearney (22-23)

NE	Class
72	12

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
15-11	12-7	10-3	5-5	0-3	.577	.632	1,321	1,147

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Bellevue West	15.1	13.5	14.9	16.2	-	59.8
Kearney	12.6	13.0	12.5	12.4	7.5	50.8

Team Stat Comparison

Bellevue West		Kearney
59.8	Points Per Game	48.3
32.2	Rebounds Per Game	-
11.2	Assists Per Game	-
6.1	Steals Per Game	-
2.8	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Bellevue West		Kearney	National Avg.
#25 Naomi White17.3	Points Per Game	#2 Tatum Rusher12.0	4.1
#25 Naomi White8.4	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
#0 Ahnica Russell-brown3.7	Assists Per Game	-	0.9
#25 Naomi White1.8	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#34 Macayla Askew0.7	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Bellevue West	10-5		Kearney	8-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/1/22	Bellevue West	Columbus	(W) 65-36	2/11/23	Columbus	Kearney	(W) 46-43
12/3/22	Bellevue West	Papillion-LaVista South	(L) 57-52	2/22/23	Papillion-LaVista South	Kearney	(W) 57-41
12/6/22	Bellevue West	Papillion-LaVista	(W) 64-58	12/17/22	Papillion-LaVista	Kearney	(W) 55-43
12/10/22	Bellevue West	Lincoln North Star	(W) 58-53	1/27/23	Kearney	Lincoln North Star	(L) 55-52
12/16/22	North Platte	Bellevue West	(W) 65-37	1/4/23	North Platte	Kearney	(W) 44-24
12/17/22	Bellevue West	Lincoln Northeast	(W) 76-72	2/4/23	Lincoln Northeast	Kearney	(W) 54-48
1/2/23	Millard South	Bellevue West	(W) 55-53	12/3/22	Millard South	Kearney	(L) 74-41
1/12/23	Bellevue West	Millard South	(L) 93-91
3/3/23	Bellevue West	Millard South	(L) 68-47
2/3/23	Marian	Bellevue West	(W) 54-49	12/1/22	Marian	Kearney	(W) 45-39
2/4/23	Pius X	Bellevue West	(W) 50-34	12/31/22	Pius X	Kearney	(L) 44-33
				1/31/23	Pius X	Kearney	(L) 49-43
2/10/23	Bellevue West	Bellevue East	(L) 65-51	2/24/23	Kearney	Bellevue East	(L) 63-44
3/1/23	Bellevue East	Bellevue West	(W) 63-46
2/11/23	Bellevue West	Lincoln Southeast	(W) 62-58	2/10/23	Kearney	Lincoln Southeast	(W) 56-28
2/24/23	Lincoln Southwest	Bellevue West	(L) 47-39	12/29/22	Kearney	Lincoln Southwest	(W) 47-34
				2/17/23	Kearney	Lincoln Southwest	(L) 51-44

Record Breakdown

Bellevue West (22-23)		Kearney (22-23)
22-6	Overall	15-11
14-4	League	12-7
2-0	Non-League	1-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
10-5	Common Opponent	8-6
6-2	Home	10-3
10-3	Away	5-5
6-1	Neutral	0-3
1-1	Playoff	0-0
20-6	In-State	15-11
2-0	Out-of-State	0-0