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McCool Junction Meridian

Mustangs

The Meridian (Daykin, NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 39-32.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McCool Junction	6	16	7	3	32
Meridian	7	9	10	13	39

Final score provided by R. Schropfer.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Meridian (22-23)

McCool Junction

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	32	11	42	26	31
10	Kaeli Meehan (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
20	Shelby Bandt (Jr)	0	0	5	0	0
21	Briann Stutzman (Jr)	9	3	12	25	29
22	Claire Brugger (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0
22	Jadon Hess (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
30	Mckenna Yates (Jr)	21	7	15	47	57
40	Sara Weisheit (Jr)	0	0	5	0	0

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	39	15	47	32	34
1	Kaylee Pribyl (Sr)	6	2	9	22	28
2	K. Niederklein (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
3	Jaala Stewart (Jr)	3	1	5	20	20
12	Taelyn Filipi (So)	9	4	7	57	57
15	M. Hofstetter (So)	2	0	1	0	0
23	Jaylee Sobotka (So)	6	2	7	29	29
30	Jaslyn Ward (Sr)	8	4	9	44	44
34	Ana Dimas (Jr)	3	1	7	14	21

McCool Junction

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	32	4	18	22	6	15	40	7	24	29
10	Kaeli Meehan (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
20	Shelby Bandt (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0
21	Briann Stutzman (Jr)	9	1	7	14	2	4	50	2	5	40
22	Claire Brugger (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0
22	Jadon Hess (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
30	Mckenna Yates (Jr)	21	3	9	33	4	5	80	4	6	67
40	Sara Weisheit (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	39	2	11	18	7	19	37	13	36	36
1	Kaylee Pribyl (Sr)	6	1	5	20	1	6	17	1	4	25
2	K. Niederklein (Jr)	2							1	2	50
3	Jaala Stewart (Jr)	3	0	2	0	1	2	50	1	3	33
12	Taelyn Filipi (So)	9				1	2	50	4	7	57
15	M. Hofstetter (So)	2				2	3	67	0	1	0
23	Jaylee Sobotka (So)	6				2	2	100	2	7	29
30	Jaslyn Ward (Sr)	8				0	4	0	4	9	44
34	Ana Dimas (Jr)	3	1	4	25				0	3	0

McCool Junction

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	32	5	18	23	2	16	3	24	14
10	Kaeli Meehan (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	Shelby Bandt (Jr)	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	3	5
21	Briann Stutzman (Jr)	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	2
22	Claire Brugger (Fr)	0	0	9	9	1	0	0	4	3
22	Jadon Hess (Sr)	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
30	Mckenna Yates (Jr)	21	1	3	4	0	8	0	7	1
32	Ella Clark (Fr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1
40	Sara Weisheit (Jr)	0	1	3	4	0	2	1	1	2

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	39	10	22	32	11	15	3	25	11
1	Kaylee Pribyl (Sr)	6	1	2	3	1	3		2	3
2	K. Niederklein (Jr)	2	1	2	3	2	1		2	1
3	Jaala Stewart (Jr)	3	1	3	4	5	2		2	1
12	Taelyn Filipi (So)	9					1
15	M. Hofstetter (So)	2							4
23	Jaylee Sobotka (So)	6		6	6	1	2		4	3
30	Jaslyn Ward (Sr)	8	5	8	13		2	3	5	3
34	Ana Dimas (Jr)	3	2	1	3	2	4		6

McCool Junction

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.08	0.67	1.14	0.21	4
10	Kaeli Meehan (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
20	Shelby Bandt (Jr)	0.33	0.33	0.20	0.00	0
21	Briann Stutzman (Jr)	0.00	0.75	1.50	0.50	0
22	Claire Brugger (Fr)	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
22	Jadon Hess (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1
30	Mckenna Yates (Jr)	0.00	1.14	8.00	0.00	1
32	Ella Clark (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
40	Sara Weisheit (Jr)	0.00	2.00	1.00	0.50	1

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.44	0.60	1.36	0.27
1	Kaylee Pribyl (Sr)	0.50	1.50	1.00
2	K. Niederklein (Jr)	1.00	0.50	1.00
3	Jaala Stewart (Jr)	2.50	1.00	2.00
23	Jaylee Sobotka (So)	0.25	0.50	0.67
30	Jaslyn Ward (Sr)		0.40	0.67	1.00
34	Ana Dimas (Jr)	0.33	0.67

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - McCool Junction can't hold off Meridian

January 5, 2023: Daykin, NE 68338

The Meridian Mustangs basketball team scored 39 points and restricted the visiting McCool Junction Mustangs to 32 in the Mustangs non-league victory on Thursday.

The Mustangs now sport a 6-4 record. They put it on the line next when they host Shelby-Rising City for a non-league contest on Saturday, January 7. Meridian will battle a Huskies team coming off a 48-36 non-league win over Exeter-Milligan (Exeter, NE). The Huskies record now stands at 5-5.

The Mustangs (7-2) will now prepare for their contest against Lawrence-Nelson (Nelson, NE). The Raiders come into the non-league contest with a 3-6 record. In their last contest, Lawrence-Nelson edged Giltner (Giltner, NE), 50-25, in a league contest.

MCJHS @ Meridian Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 5, 2023 @ 6p

The Meridian (Daykin, NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 39-32.

Rankings & Records

McCool Junction (22-23)

NE	Class
64	5

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
24-3	4-0	11-0	10-2	3-1	.889	1.000	1,498	934

Meridian (22-23)

NE	Class
104	15

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-7	1-1	7-2	5-3	7-2	.731	.500	1,165	828

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
McCool Junction	14.7	14.4	13.4	13.0	6.0	55.5
Meridian	10.9	11.7	12.0	9.8	5.5	44.8

Head-to-Head

Meridian won on 1/5/2023

1/5 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

McCool Junction 6 16 7 3 32
Meridian 7 9 10 13 39

The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against Meridian (Daykin, NE) by a score of 39-32.
Box score
McCool Junction won on 1/27/2023

1/27 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final

Meridian 9 8 5 7 5 34
McCool Junction 7 8 7 7 6 35

The Meridian (Daykin, NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against McCool Junction (NE) in overtime by a score of 35-34.
Box score

1/27 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Meridian	9	8	5	7	5	34
McCool Junction	7	8	7	7	6	35

Team Stat Comparison

McCool Junction		Meridian
55.4	Points Per Game	44.8
28.4	Rebounds Per Game	31.4
8.9	Assists Per Game	12.0
14.0	Steals Per Game	13.9
3.6	Blocks Per Game	2.2

Team Leaders

McCool Junction		Meridian	National Avg.
#30 Mckenna Yates21.9	Points Per Game	#23 Jaylee Sobotka9.5	4.1
#20 Shelby Bandt5.9	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Jaylee Sobotka8.4	2.8
#30 Mckenna Yates3.4	Assists Per Game	#3 Jaala Stewart2.9	0.9
#30 Mckenna Yates3.6	Steals Per Game	#34 Ana Dimas3.0	1.1
#30 Mckenna Yates1.1	Blocks Per Game	#30 Jaslyn Ward1.1	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
McCool Junction	17-0		Meridian	14-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/1/22	Cross County	McCool Junction	(W) 46-29	12/9/22	Meridian	Cross County	(L) 49-30
1/26/23	McCool Junction	Cross County	(W) 39-27
12/3/22	McCool Junction	Hampton	(W) 67-36	12/20/22	Hampton	Meridian	(W) 56-23
12/6/22	McCool Junction	Giltner	(W) 70-20	12/16/22	Giltner	Meridian	(W) 57-10
				1/21/23	Meridian	Giltner	(W) 53-26
12/16/22	McCool Junction	Shelby-Rising City	(W) 61-49	1/7/23	Shelby-Rising City	Meridian	(W) 61-38
1/7/23	Friend	McCool Junction	(W) 66-26	2/9/23	Meridian	Friend	(W) 51-22
1/13/23	McCool Junction	Deshler	(W) 47-37	12/29/22	Deshler	Meridian	(L) 46-34
1/17/23	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	McCool Junction	(W) 49-44	1/26/23	Meridian	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(W) 39-34
				2/7/23	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	Meridian	(L) 49-27
1/20/23	McCool Junction	Osceola	(W) 50-32	2/3/23	Meridian	Osceola	(W) 33-21
1/24/23	McCool Junction	Osceola	(W) 33-30
1/31/23	East Butler	McCool Junction	(W) 56-13	2/2/23	East Butler	Meridian	(W) 51-29
2/3/23	McCool Junction	Nebraska Lutheran	(W) 65-51	12/3/22	Nebraska Lutheran	Meridian	(W) 50-39
2/16/23	Nebraska Lutheran	McCool Junction	(W) 78-47
2/7/23	Exeter-Milligan	McCool Junction	(W) 65-31	1/12/23	Exeter-Milligan	Meridian	(W) 40-35
2/14/23	Exeter-Milligan	McCool Junction	(W) 60-39	1/17/23	Meridian	Exeter-Milligan	(W) 35-18
2/9/23	High Plains	McCool Junction	(W) 46-29	1/24/23	Meridian	High Plains	(W) 52-22
				1/31/23	High Plains	Meridian	(W) 43-16
2/10/23	Dorchester	McCool Junction	(W) 59-33	12/2/22	Meridian	Dorchester	(W) 45-23

Record Breakdown

McCool Junction (22-23)		Meridian (22-23)
24-3	Overall	19-7
6-0	League	1-1
14-1	Non-League	12-3
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
17-0	Common Opponent	14-3
11-0	Home	7-2
10-2	Away	5-3
3-1	Neutral	7-2
0-1	Playoff	0-0
24-3	In-State	19-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0