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East Butler Meridian

Tigers

Mustangs

The Meridian (Daykin, NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against East Butler (Brainard, NE) by a score of 42-32.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
East Butler	7	11	11	13	42
Meridian	4	15	8	5	32

Final score provided by J. Kriz.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Meridian (24-25)

East Butler

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	42	18	52	35	36
10	Emily Lyons (Fr)	2	1	2	50	50
12	Margret Pekarek (Fr)	5	2	6	33	33
14	Lillie Kriz (Jr)	19	7	26	27	29
21	Morgan Havlovic (Sr)	12	6	11	55	55
22	Kourtney Tejral (So)	0	0	2	0	0
33	Madalynn Marsh (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	32	13	56	23	26
3	Kendall Filipi (So)	0	0	4	0	0
4	Maria Dimas (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Olivia Schafer (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
12	Taelyn Filipi (Sr)	8	3	14	21	29
14	Jaycee Schwisow (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
20	Saege Barnell (Sr)	2	1	6	17	17
23	Jaylee Sobotka (Sr)	22	9	27	33	35

East Butler

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	42	1	12	8	5	11	45	17	40	43
10	Emily Lyons (Fr)	2	0	1	0				1	1	100
12	Margret Pekarek (Fr)	5	0	1	0	1	3	33	2	5	40
14	Lillie Kriz (Jr)	19	1	6	17	4	7	57	6	20	30
21	Morgan Havlovic (Sr)	12	0	2	0	0	1	0	6	9	67
22	Kourtney Tejral (So)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
33	Madalynn Marsh (Sr)	4	0	1	0				2	4	50

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	32	3	18	17	3	7	43	10	38	26
3	Kendall Filipi (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	Maria Dimas (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Olivia Schafer (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	Taelyn Filipi (Sr)	8	2	8	25	0	1	0	1	6	17
14	Jaycee Schwisow (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	Saege Barnell (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
23	Jaylee Sobotka (Sr)	22	1	4	25	3	6	50	8	23	35

East Butler

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	42	10	30	40	17	3	4	16	10
3	C. Klabenes (Fr)								1
10	Emily Lyons (Fr)	2		2	2	1			1
12	Margret Pekarek (Fr)	5	2	5	7	2	2	1	2	3
14	Lillie Kriz (Jr)	19	3	8	11	2	1	3	3	3
21	Morgan Havlovic (Sr)	12	2	9	11	1			1	2
22	Kourtney Tejral (So)	0		3	3	3			4
33	Madalynn Marsh (Sr)	4	1		1	6			2	2
34	Brittney Buresh (Jr)		2	3	5	2			2

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	32	12	20	32	10	12	12	13
3	Kendall Filipi (So)	0	1	2	3	0	2	3	1
4	Maria Dimas (Sr)	0	2	0	2	2	1	2	1
10	Olivia Schafer (Jr)	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	2
12	Taelyn Filipi (Sr)	8	3	2	5	1	1	1	4
14	Jaycee Schwisow (Fr)	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1
20	Saege Barnell (Sr)	2	0	4	4	3	2	1	0
23	Jaylee Sobotka (Sr)	22	5	9	14	2	5	4	4

East Butler

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.06	0.19	0.30	0.40	12
10	Emily Lyons (Fr)	1.00				1
12	Margret Pekarek (Fr)	1.00	1.00	0.67	0.33	2
14	Lillie Kriz (Jr)	0.67	0.33	0.33	1.00	1
21	Morgan Havlovic (Sr)	1.00				2
22	Kourtney Tejral (So)	0.75
33	Madalynn Marsh (Sr)	3.00				6
34	Brittney Buresh (Jr)	1.00

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Defl
	Team Totals	0.83	1.00	0.92	16
3	Kendall Filipi (So)	0.00	0.67	2.00	3
4	Maria Dimas (Sr)	1.00	0.50	1.00	2
10	Olivia Schafer (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0
12	Taelyn Filipi (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.25	3
14	Jaycee Schwisow (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0
20	Saege Barnell (Sr)	3.00	2.00	2.00	5
23	Jaylee Sobotka (Sr)	0.50	1.25	1.25	3

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Meridian toppled by East Butler

January 23, 2025: Daykin, NE 68338

East Butler Tigers (Brainard, NE) boosters left the game satisfied Thursday as they witnessed their basketball squad notch a victory over the host Meridian Mustangs (Daykin, NE), 42-32 in a non-league match.

With the victory, East Butler upgrades its record to 7-8 on the year. The Tigers travel to Osceola (Osceola, NE) to face the Bulldogs in a non-league match on Saturday, January 25. The Bulldogs enter the match with a record of 7-6.

The Mustangs now sport a 5-11 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Twin River for a non-league match on Saturday, January 25. Meridian will face a Titans squad coming off a 52-27 non-league win over Giltner (Giltner, NE). The Titans record now stands at 9-6.

East Butler @ Meridian Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 23, 2025 @ 6p

The Meridian (Daykin, NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against East Butler (Brainard, NE) by a score of 42-32.

Rankings & Records

East Butler (24-25)

NE	Class
221	40

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
9-15	7-3	1-9	1-3	.375	958	1,078

Meridian (24-25)

NE	Class
248	34

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
6-17	1-1	2-7	2-6	2-4	.261	.500	825	1,038

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
East Butler	8.5	10.9	10.2	9.8	7.0	39.9
Meridian	9.6	7.4	10.1	9.7	-	35.9

Team Stat Comparison

East Butler		Meridian
39.9	Points Per Game	35.8
37.7	Rebounds Per Game	28.3
10.2	Assists Per Game	8.0
11.7	Steals Per Game	8.2
3.7	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

East Butler		Meridian	National Avg.
#14 Lillie Kriz13.6	Points Per Game	#23 Jaylee Sobotka16.1	4.1
#14 Lillie Kriz11.0	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Jaylee Sobotka11.0	2.8
#33 Madalynn Marsh2.3	Assists Per Game	#23 Jaylee Sobotka1.4	0.9
#12 Margret Pekarek3.2	Steals Per Game	#23 Jaylee Sobotka2.3	1.1
#14 Lillie Kriz1.8	Blocks Per Game	#3 Kendall Filipi1.1	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
East Butler	3-9		Meridian	4-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/7/24	East Butler	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(L) 45-37	1/17/25	Meridian	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(W) 48-29
				2/11/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	Meridian	(W) 32-21
12/14/24	East Butler	Osceola	(L) 42-37	1/27/25	Meridian	Osceola	(L) 43-31
1/25/25	Osceola	East Butler	(W) 39-34	2/7/25	Meridian	Osceola	(L) 50-32
12/20/24	Hampton	East Butler	(W) 35-27	1/3/25	Hampton	Meridian	(W) 43-32
12/21/24	East Butler	Sterling	(L) 56-54	12/17/24	Meridian	Sterling	(W) 48-39
1/4/25	Twin River	East Butler	(L) 48-41	1/21/25	Meridian	Twin River	(L) 56-38
1/28/25	Twin River	East Butler	(L) 55-41	1/25/25	Meridian	Twin River	(L) 59-37
1/14/25	East Butler	Nebraska Lutheran	(L) 55-38	12/5/24	Nebraska Lutheran	Meridian	(L) 51-36
1/16/25	East Butler	Dorchester	(L) 39-27	12/6/24	Meridian	Dorchester	(L) 45-35
2/4/25	East Butler	McCool Junction	(L) 44-30	1/9/25	McCool Junction	Meridian	(L) 51-42
2/7/25	East Butler	High Plains	(L) 57-39	2/4/25	High Plains	Meridian	(L) 48-45
2/13/25	Shelby-Rising City	East Butler	(W) 52-41	1/11/25	Shelby-Rising City	Meridian	(L) 47-41

Record Breakdown

East Butler (24-25)		Meridian (24-25)
9-15	Overall	6-17
0-1	League	1-1
7-11	Non-League	4-13
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-9	Common Opponent	4-9
7-3	Home	2-7
1-9	Away	2-6
1-3	Neutral	2-4
0-0	Playoff	0-0
9-15	In-State	6-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0