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Columbus Kearney

Discoverers

Bearcats

The Kearney (NE) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Columbus (NE) by a score of 79-41.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Columbus	13	7	8	13	41
Kearney	21	29	20	9	79

Final score provided by C. Beranek.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Kearney (24-25)

Columbus

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	125	41	17	42	40	45
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	9	3	1	3	33	50
1	Alex Dush (Sr)	5	0	0	2	0	0
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)		3	1	5	20	30
3	Connor Kallweit (Sr)	9	4	2	3	67	67
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	16	6	3	7	43	43
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	10	4	1	3	33	50
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	18	6	3	4	75	75
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	15	2	1	2	50	50
22	Blake Barnett (Fr)	14	5	2	4	50	50
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	12	5	2	5	40	40
24	Greg Moore (Sr)	4	0	0	2	0	0
32	Barrett Brown (Fr)	13	3	1	2	50	75

Kearney

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	79	31	62	50	61
0	Tysen Cabela (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
1	Jake Kracl (Sr)	7	2	3	67	83
2	Kaden Slaymaker (Jr)	3	1	1	100	150
3	Jacob Webber (Jr)	22	8	11	73	100
4	Gordy Garner (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
5	Trey Norman (Jr)	3	1	4	25	38
11	Eyan Rodriguez (Sr)	4	2	3	67	67
22	Turner Bertrand (Sr)	12	6	10	60	60
23	Luke Draper (Sr)	3	1	1	100	100
24	Leyton Paider (Jr)	3	1	4	25	38
30	Guirdens Martin (Sr)	3	1	6	17	25
31	Keeghan Hunt (Sr)	8	3	5	60	80
33	Zach Atchison (Jr)	3	1	2	50	75
44	Ben Johnson (Sr)	8	4	8	50	50

Columbus

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	125	41	4	17	24	3	15	20	13	25	52
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	9	3	1	2	50	0	2	0	0	1	0
1	Alex Dush (Sr)	5	0	0	2	0				0	0	0
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)		3	1	4	25	0	2	0	0	1	0
3	Connor Kallweit (Sr)	9	4							2	3	67
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	16	6							3	7	43
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	10	4	1	3	33	1	4	25
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	18	6	0	1	0				3	3	100
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	15	2	0	1	0				1	1	100
22	Blake Barnett (Fr)	14	5	0	1	0	1	5	20	2	3	67
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	12	5	0	1	0	1	2	50	2	4	50
24	Greg Moore (Sr)	4	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
32	Barrett Brown (Fr)	13	3	1	1	100				0	1	0

Kearney

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	79	14	33	42	3	4	75	17	29	59
0	Tysen Cabela (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Jake Kracl (Sr)	7	1	2	50	2	2	100	1	1	100
2	Kaden Slaymaker (Jr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Jacob Webber (Jr)	22	6	9	67	0	0	0	2	2	100
4	Gordy Garner (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Trey Norman (Jr)	3	1	4	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Eyan Rodriguez (Sr)	4	0	1	0				2	2	100
22	Turner Bertrand (Sr)	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	60
23	Luke Draper (Sr)	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	1	100
24	Leyton Paider (Jr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	2	0
30	Guirdens Martin (Sr)	3	1	5	20	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	Keeghan Hunt (Sr)	8	2	2	100	0	0	0	1	3	33
33	Zach Atchison (Jr)	3	1	1	100				0	1	0
44	Ben Johnson (Sr)	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	5	80

Columbus

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	125	41	6	15	21	8	2	10
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	9	3	1		1			2
1	Alex Dush (Sr)	5	0		2	2		1
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)		3	0	2	2			2
3	Connor Kallweit (Sr)	9	4		2	2	1		0
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	16	6				5	1	3
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	10	4	1	1	2	1
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	18	6		2	2
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	15	2	1	1	2			3
22	Blake Barnett (Fr)	14	5	1	1	2	1
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	12	5	1	1	2
24	Greg Moore (Sr)	4	0	1	1	2
32	Barrett Brown (Fr)	13	3		2	2

Kearney

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	79	14	24	38	24	5	1	6	17
0	Tysen Cabela (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
1	Jake Kracl (Sr)	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1
2	Kaden Slaymaker (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Jacob Webber (Jr)	22	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	1
4	Gordy Garner (Jr)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
5	Trey Norman (Jr)	3	0	3	3	2	0	1	0	2
11	Eyan Rodriguez (Sr)	4	2	3	5	1				2
22	Turner Bertrand (Sr)	12	6	4	10	1	0	0	2	2
23	Luke Draper (Sr)	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
24	Leyton Paider (Jr)	3	1	4	5	1	0	0	0	3
30	Guirdens Martin (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Keeghan Hunt (Sr)	8	2	0	2	3	4	0	0	2
33	Zach Atchison (Jr)	3	2	2	4				1
44	Ben Johnson (Sr)	8	0	4	4	9	0	0	1	0

Columbus

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.80	0.20
3	Connor Kallweit (Sr)	1.00
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	1.67	0.33

Kearney

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	4.00	0.83	0.29	0.06	5
0	Tysen Cabela (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
1	Jake Kracl (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
3	Jacob Webber (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
4	Gordy Garner (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
5	Trey Norman (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0
22	Turner Bertrand (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
24	Leyton Paider (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
31	Keeghan Hunt (Sr)	3.00	4.00	2.00	0.00	2
44	Ben Johnson (Sr)	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

Kearney's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Kearney overwhelms Columbus

January 24, 2025: Kearney, NE 68845

The Kearney Bearcats basketball team scored 79 points and limited the visiting Columbus Discoverers to 41 in the Bearcats non-league triumph on Friday.

The Bearcats now possess a 10-3 record. They play next when they host Lincoln Southwest for a non-league game on Wednesday, January 29. Kearney will play a Silver Hawks team coming off a 58-57 non-league loss to Fremont (Fremont, NE). The Silver Hawks record now stands at 9-6.

With the loss, Columbus falls to 4-9 on the campaign. The Discoverers travel to Fremont (Fremont, NE) to play the Tigers in a non-league game on Tuesday, January 28. The Tigers go into the game with a record of 7-7. Fremont won 58-57 in their recent non-league game against Lincoln Southwest (Lincoln, NE)

Columbus @ Kearney Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 24, 2025 @ 7p

The Kearney (NE) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Columbus (NE) by a score of 79-41.

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Rankings & Records

Columbus (24-25)

NE	Class
160	26

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
7-18	1-2	4-6	1-10	2-2	.280	.333	1,340	1,677

Kearney (24-25)

NE	Class
40	12

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
16-7	2-0	8-3	6-4	2-0	.696	1.000	1,609	1,353

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Columbus	11.9	14.3	13.4	13.8	13.0	-	53.6
Kearney	18.2	17.5	17.5	16.3	5.0	13.0	70.0

Team Stat Comparison

Columbus		Kearney
52.8	Points Per Game	69.9
30.0	Rebounds Per Game	30.6
11.4	Assists Per Game	15.8
7.3	Steals Per Game	6.0
1.4	Blocks Per Game	1.7

Team Leaders

Columbus		Kearney	National Avg.
#2 Jaxson Vasicek10.5	Points Per Game	#3 Jacob Webber21.7	4.9
#2 Jaxson Vasicek5.7	Rebounds Per Game	#44 Ben Johnson8.7	2.6
#0 Luke Messersmith2.8	Assists Per Game	#44 Ben Johnson7.0	1.0
#0 Luke Messersmith2.2	Steals Per Game	#44 Ben Johnson1.3	0.8
#2 Jaxson Vasicek0.4	Blocks Per Game	#3 Jacob Webber0.5	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Columbus	5-12		Kearney	12-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/7/24	Columbus	Grand Island	(L) 56-54	2/6/25	Grand Island	Kearney	(W) 55-39
2/20/25	Grand Island	Columbus	(L) 54-47
12/13/24	Columbus	Lincoln Southeast	(L) 74-37	12/10/24	Lincoln Southeast	Kearney	(W) 73-70
12/20/24	Columbus	North Platte	(W) 42-39	1/2/25	North Platte	Kearney	(W) 81-38
2/28/25	North Platte	Columbus	(W) 76-52
12/28/24	Columbus	Lincoln Southwest	(L) 78-42	12/14/24	Kearney	Lincoln Southwest	(L) 81-68
				1/29/25	Lincoln Southwest	Kearney	(L) 72-59
1/2/25	Norfolk	Columbus	(W) 57-45	2/11/25	Kearney	Norfolk	(W) 90-41
1/31/25	Norfolk	Columbus	(W) 62-53
1/7/25	Columbus	Lincoln North Star	(L) 78-33	1/22/25	Lincoln North Star	Kearney	(L) 65-58
				3/3/25	Kearney	Lincoln North Star	(L) 68-47
1/10/25	Columbus	Lincoln Northeast	(L) 75-65	12/28/24	Kearney	Lincoln Northeast	(W) 75-56
1/17/25	Lincoln High	Columbus	(L) 83-64	1/10/25	Kearney	Lincoln High	(W) 78-71
1/28/25	Columbus	Fremont	(L) 60-55	1/17/25	Fremont	Kearney	(W) 70-65
2/14/25	Fremont	Columbus	(L) 70-40
2/7/25	Westview	Columbus	(L) 87-46	2/21/25	Westview	Kearney	(L) 59-52
2/8/25	Columbus	Benson	(L) 71-60	2/14/25	Kearney	Benson	(W) 83-55
2/15/25	Columbus	Lincoln East	(L) 85-58	12/7/24	Kearney	Lincoln East	(W) 58-52
				1/31/25	Lincoln East	Kearney	(W) 80-75
				3/1/25	Lincoln East	Kearney	(W) 73-49
2/21/25	Bryan	Columbus	(W) 84-51	12/12/24	Bryan	Kearney	(W) 88-36

Record Breakdown

Columbus (24-25)		Kearney (24-25)
7-18	Overall	16-7
1-3	League	3-1
6-13	Non-League	12-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
5-12	Common Opponent	12-5
4-6	Home	8-3
1-10	Away	6-4
2-2	Neutral	2-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-18	In-State	15-7
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0