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The Elgin/Pope John (Elgin, NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against St. Mary's (O'Neill, NE) by a score of 38-33.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
St. Mary's	11	8	8	11	38
Elgin/Pope John	8	13	6	6	33

Final score provided by R. Eisenhauer.

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Game Stats

Elgin/Pope John (24-25)

St. Mary's

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	38	11	42	26	31
2	A. Barlow (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
5	Adyson Peterson (So)	7	2	13	15	23
10	Pyper Ickes (So)	12	1	8	13	19
15	Emerson Mlnarik (Jr)	5	2	8	25	31
23	G. Williamson (Jr)	14	6	11	55	55

Elgin/Pope John

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	33
1	Kayton Zwingman (Jr)	4
5	B. Martinsen (So)	8
10	Callie Heithoff (Sr)	2
12	Kate Furstenau (Sr)	7
23	M. Kurpgeweit (So)	12

St. Mary's

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	38	4	20	20	12	21	57	7	22	32
2	A. Barlow (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
5	Adyson Peterson (So)	7	2	9	22	1	2	50	0	4	0
10	Pyper Ickes (So)	12	1	5	20	9	10	90	0	3	0
15	Emerson Mlnarik (Jr)	5	1	5	20	0	0	0	1	3	33
23	G. Williamson (Jr)	14	0	1	0	2	7	29	6	10	60

Elgin/Pope John

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	33
1	Kayton Zwingman (Jr)	4
5	B. Martinsen (So)	8
10	Callie Heithoff (Sr)	2
12	Kate Furstenau (Sr)	7
23	M. Kurpgeweit (So)	12

St. Mary's

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	38	8	26	34	11	9	2	15	11
2	A. Barlow (Sr)	0	1	5	6	1	0	1	4	2
5	Adyson Peterson (So)	7	2	3	5	1	2	1	3	2
10	Pyper Ickes (So)	12	1	6	7	6	2	0	3	1
12	Lily Bauer (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
15	Emerson Mlnarik (Jr)	5	2	5	7	1	2	0	2	2
23	G. Williamson (Jr)	14	2	7	9	2	2	0	3	4

Elgin/Pope John

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	33
1	Kayton Zwingman (Jr)	4
5	B. Martinsen (So)	8
10	Callie Heithoff (Sr)	2
12	Kate Furstenau (Sr)	7
23	M. Kurpgeweit (So)	12

St. Mary's

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.73	0.60	0.82	0.18	4
2	A. Barlow (Sr)	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.50	0
5	Adyson Peterson (So)	0.33	0.67	1.00	0.50	0
10	Pyper Ickes (So)	2.00	0.67	2.00	0.00	1
12	Lily Bauer (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
15	Emerson Mlnarik (Jr)	0.50	1.00	1.00	0.00	3
23	G. Williamson (Jr)	0.67	0.67	0.50	0.00	0

Misc Totals

Elgin/Pope John has not entered any misc totals stats.

St. Mary's' stats are presented by iScore Basketball ScorekeeperiScore Sports

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Elgin/Pope John can't hold off St. Mary's

January 9, 2025: Elgin, NE 68636

St. Mary's Cardinals (O'Neill, NE) boosters left the game satisfied Thursday as they witnessed their basketball squad nudge the host Elgin/Pope John Wolfpack (Elgin, NE), 38-33 in a non-league match.

With the victory, St. Mary's upgrades its record to 8-1 on the year. The Cardinals travel to Ainsworth (Ainsworth, NE) to face the Bulldogs in a non-league match on Friday, January 10. The Bulldogs enter the match with a record of 2-8. Ainsworth lost 47-29 in their recent non-league match against Burwell (Burwell, NE)

The Wolfpack now sport a 10-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Bloomfield for a D1 District 3 match on Saturday, January 11. Elgin/Pope John will face a Bees squad coming off a 42-36 non-league win over Hartington-Newcastle (Hartington, NE). The Bees record now stands at 6-3.

Players of the Game

St. Mary's (24-25)

St. Mary's has not selected any Players of the Game.

Elgin/Pope John (24-25)

Congratulations to #23 Madelyn Kurpgeweit for being selected the Elgin/Pope John Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

St. Mary's @ EPJHS (CO-OP) Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 9, 2025 @ 5p

The Elgin/Pope John (Elgin, NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against St. Mary's (O'Neill, NE) by a score of 38-33.

Rankings & Records

St. Mary's (24-25)

NE	Class
64	3

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
24-3	5-0	11-1	9-1	4-1	.889	1.000	1,464	933

Elgin/Pope John (24-25)

NE	Class
93	21

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
18-6	2-1	8-3	7-1	3-2	.750	.667	1,204	899

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
St. Mary's	14.7	15.0	13.0	11.6	7.5	54.2
Elgin/Pope John	18.1	11.8	11.1	9.2	-	50.2

Head-to-Head

St. Mary's won on 1/9/2025

1/9 @ 5p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

St. Mary's 11 8 8 11 38
Elgin/Pope John 8 13 6 6 33

The St. Mary's (O'Neill, NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Elgin/Pope John (Elgin, NE) by a score of 38-33.
Box score
St. Mary's won on 2/8/2025

2/8 @ 4:45p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

St. Mary's 14 15 10 10 49
Elgin/Pope John 16 6 9 3 34

The St. Mary's (O'Neill, NE) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Elgin/Pope John (Elgin, NE) by a score of 49-34.
Box score

2/8 @ 4:45p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
St. Mary's	14	15	10	10	49
Elgin/Pope John	16	6	9	3	34

Team Stat Comparison

St. Mary's		Elgin/Pope John
54.2	Points Per Game	50.3
28.4	Rebounds Per Game	-
14.4	Assists Per Game	-
14.7	Steals Per Game	-
2.5	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

St. Mary's		Elgin/Pope John	National Avg.
#23 Gracie Williamson14.6	Points Per Game	#5 Braelyn Martinsen12.0	4.1
#23 Gracie Williamson7.0	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
#10 Pyper Ickes6.3	Assists Per Game	-	0.9
#2 Annabelle Barlow4.0	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#15 Emerson Mlnarik1.4	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
St. Mary's	14-1		Elgin/Pope John	12-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Randolph	St. Mary's	(W) 79-8	2/13/25	Elgin/Pope John	Randolph	(W) 58-18
12/6/24	St. Mary's	Riverside	(W) 61-21	12/5/24	Elgin/Pope John	Riverside	(W) 63-29
12/10/24	Niobrara/Verdigre	St. Mary's	(W) 49-34	12/6/24	Niobrara/Verdigre	Elgin/Pope John	(W) 33-32
2/4/25	St. Mary's	Niobrara/Verdigre	(W) 52-49	2/19/25	Elgin/Pope John	Niobrara/Verdigre	(L) 56-44
12/17/24	St. Mary's	Neligh-Oakdale	(W) 71-30	12/10/24	Neligh-Oakdale	Elgin/Pope John	(W) 61-46
12/20/24	St. Mary's	North Central	(W) 56-52	1/3/25	North Central	Elgin/Pope John	(W) 49-47
				2/4/25	Elgin/Pope John	North Central	(W) 60-37
1/14/25	Bloomfield	St. Mary's	(W) 50-41	1/11/25	Elgin/Pope John	Bloomfield	(W) 46-39
1/18/25	Chambers/Wheeler Central	St. Mary's	(W) 45-30	2/1/25	Chambers/Wheeler Central	Elgin/Pope John	(W) 65-34
2/18/25	Chambers/Wheeler Central	St. Mary's	(W) 51-29	2/11/25	Elgin/Pope John	Chambers/Wheeler Central	(W) 60-32
1/28/25	St. Mary's	Creighton	(W) 63-23	12/30/24	Creighton	Elgin/Pope John	(W) 64-38
1/30/25	St. Mary's	Stuart	(W) 43-41	1/17/25	Stuart	Elgin/Pope John	(W) 51-36
2/28/25	Stuart	St. Mary's	(W) 51-30
2/1/25	Boyd County	St. Mary's	(W) 61-20	12/21/24	Boyd County	Elgin/Pope John	(W) 61-20
2/11/25	Boyd County	St. Mary's	(W) 74-43
2/13/25	West Holt	St. Mary's	(L) 42-32	1/24/25	West Holt	Elgin/Pope John	(L) 50-45

Record Breakdown

St. Mary's (24-25)		Elgin/Pope John (24-25)
24-3	Overall	18-6
6-0	League	2-1
15-1	Non-League	12-4
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
14-1	Common Opponent	12-2
11-1	Home	8-3
9-1	Away	7-1
4-1	Neutral	3-2
0-1	Playoff	0-0
23-3	In-State	18-6
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0