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The Cross County (Stromsburg, NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 44-31.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McCool Junction	9	4	12	6	31
Cross County	17	9	9	9	44

Final score provided by J. Blex.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Cross County (23-24)

McCool Junction

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	31	11	37	30	31
0	Trenton Orlando (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
10	Bryson Plock (Jr)	3	1	3	33	50
23	Carson Mcdonald (So)	9	2	11	18	18
24	Mason Strope (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
33	R. Garretson (Sr)	3	1	3	33	33
42	M. Kouchinin (Jr)	14	6	13	46	46

Cross County

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	17	48	35	42
12	Thatcher Hanson (Jr)	10	4	6	67	83
15	Sawyer Anderson (So)	0	0	2	0	0
20	Brock Allen (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
20	Alex Noyd (Sr)	12	5	7	71	86
24	Langdon Arbuck (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
32	W. Hengelfelt (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
33	Ashton Seim (Sr)	11	3	11	27	32
34	James Elgin (Sr)	7	3	9	33	39
44	T. Hollinger (Sr)	2	1	7	14	14

McCool Junction

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	31	1	20	5	8	13	62	10	17	59
0	Trenton Orlando (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Bryson Plock (Jr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Carson Mcdonald (So)	9	0	7	0	5	6	83	2	4	50
24	Mason Strope (Jr)	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
33	R. Garretson (Sr)	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	3	33
42	M. Kouchinin (Jr)	14	0	4	0	2	5	40	6	9	67

Cross County

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	6	18	33	4	7	57	11	30	37
12	Thatcher Hanson (Jr)	10	2	4	50	0	0	0	2	2	100
15	Sawyer Anderson (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	Brock Allen (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
20	Alex Noyd (Sr)	12	2	3	67	0	1	0	3	4	75
24	Langdon Arbuck (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
32	W. Hengelfelt (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
33	Ashton Seim (Sr)	11	1	6	17	4	4	100	2	5	40
34	James Elgin (Sr)	7	1	2	50	0	0	0	2	7	29
44	T. Hollinger (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	17

McCool Junction

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	31	3	17	20	9	7	14	11
0	Trenton Orlando (Sr)	0	0	2	2	2	1	2	1
10	Bryson Plock (Jr)	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
23	Carson Mcdonald (So)	9	0	1	1	2	4	5	2
24	Mason Strope (Jr)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
25	Ja Soukup (So)	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0
33	R. Garretson (Sr)	3	3	7	10	4	2	6	4
42	M. Kouchinin (Jr)	14	0	4	4	0	0	0	3

Cross County

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	44	14	25	39	11	7	21	13
12	Thatcher Hanson (Jr)	10	0	7	7	3	1	2	2
15	Sawyer Anderson (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20	Brock Allen (Jr)	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
20	Alex Noyd (Sr)	12	1	2	3	0	1	1	1
24	Langdon Arbuck (Jr)	0	1	2	3	1	0	2	2
32	W. Hengelfelt (Jr)	0	3	2	5	1	0	6	3
33	Ashton Seim (Sr)	11	2	2	4	5	3	1	1
34	James Elgin (Sr)	7	4	1	5	1	2	1	1
44	T. Hollinger (Sr)	2	2	8	10	0	0	6	3

McCool Junction

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.64	0.50	0.64	12
0	Trenton Orlando (Sr)	1.00	0.50	1.00	2
10	Bryson Plock (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	3
23	Carson Mcdonald (So)	0.40	0.80	2.00	2
24	Mason Strope (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
33	R. Garretson (Sr)	0.67	0.33	0.50	4

Cross County

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.52	0.33	0.54	1	8
12	Thatcher Hanson (Jr)	1.50	0.50	0.50	0	0
20	Brock Allen (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
20	Alex Noyd (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1	1
24	Langdon Arbuck (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0	1
32	W. Hengelfelt (Jr)	0.17	0.00	0.00	0	2
33	Ashton Seim (Sr)	5.00	3.00	3.00	0	3
34	James Elgin (Sr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0	0

Cross County's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - McCool Junction succumbs to Cross County

November 30, 2023: Stromsburg, NE 68666

The Cross County Cougars topped the visiting McCool Junction Mustangs basketball team by a final score of 44-31 in Thursday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Cougars face the Shelby-Rising City Huskies (Shelby, NE) in a C2 District 4 game, on Friday, December 1. Cross County will attempt to move on its 1-0 season record.

With the defeat, McCool Junction moves to 0-1 on the year. The Mustangs host Hampton (Hampton, NE) to face the Hawks in a non-league game on Saturday, December 2. The Hawks enter the game with a record of 0-1. Hampton lost 63-50 in their recent non-league game against Bruning-Davenport/Shickley (Bruning, NE)

MCJHS @ Cross County Basketball Game Info

Thu., Nov. 30, 2023 @ 7:30p

The Cross County (Stromsburg, NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 44-31.

Rankings & Records

McCool Junction (23-24)

NE	Class
62	5

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-4	2-0	9-2	8-1	2-1	.826	1.000	1,298	867

Cross County (23-24)

NE	Class
33	3

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
24-6	2-1	12-2	7-1	5-3	.800	.667	1,722	1,220

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McCool Junction	15.1	15.5	15.4	11.1	56.4
Cross County	14.8	14.8	13.6	14.9	57.4

Head-to-Head

Cross County won on 11/30/2023

11/30 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

McCool Junction 9 4 12 6 31
Cross County 17 9 9 9 44

The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against Cross County (Stromsburg, NE) by a score of 44-31.
Box score
Cross County won on 1/25/2024

1/25 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

McCool Junction - - - - 40
Cross County - - - - 47

The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's neutral tournament game against Cross County (Stromsburg, NE) by a score of 47-40.
Box score

1/25 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McCool Junction	-	-	-	-	40
Cross County	-	-	-	-	47

Team Stat Comparison

McCool Junction		Cross County
56.4	Points Per Game	57.4
26.4	Rebounds Per Game	28.8
15.1	Assists Per Game	14.1
14.0	Steals Per Game	8.1
2.5	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

McCool Junction		Cross County	National Avg.
#42 Mapieu Kouchinin17.7	Points Per Game	#33 Ashton Seim11.6	4.9
#33 Ryland Garretson8.2	Rebounds Per Game	#44 Tanner Hollinger6.6	2.6
#23 Carson Mcdonald4.7	Assists Per Game	#12 Thatcher Hanson2.5	1.0
#33 Ryland Garretson3.6	Steals Per Game	#33 Ashton Seim2.1	0.8
#33 Ryland Garretson0.9	Blocks Per Game	#33 Ashton Seim0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
McCool Junction	13-1		Cross County	13-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/23	Hampton	McCool Junction	(W) 51-16	1/18/24	Cross County	Hampton	(W) 54-24
12/7/23	McCool Junction	High Plains	(W) 59-26	1/22/24	High Plains	Cross County	(W) 62-37
				2/3/24	Cross County	High Plains	(W) 68-42
12/8/23	Sutton	McCool Junction	(W) 57-33	1/4/24	Cross County	Sutton	(W) 49-25
12/15/23	Shelby-Rising City	McCool Junction	(W) 52-33	12/1/23	Cross County	Shelby-Rising City	(W) 61-34
12/16/23	McCool Junction	Heartland	(W) 70-49	1/6/24	Heartland	Cross County	(W) 63-30
1/4/24	Meridian	McCool Junction	(W) 67-19	12/8/23	Cross County	Meridian	(W) 62-21
1/18/24	Osceola	McCool Junction	(L) 53-47	1/2/24	Osceola	Cross County	(W) 57-48
				1/26/24	Osceola	Cross County	(L) 57-52
1/22/24	East Butler	McCool Junction	(W) 65-24	2/6/24	Cross County	East Butler	(W) 89-56
1/30/24	McCool Junction	East Butler	(W) 71-29
1/26/24	McCool Junction	Nebraska Lutheran	(W) 40-28	1/30/24	Nebraska Lutheran	Cross County	(W) 69-29
2/2/24	Nebraska Lutheran	McCool Junction	(W) 69-54
2/5/24	McCool Junction	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(W) 41-35	12/15/23	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	Cross County	(W) 66-26
2/6/24	McCool Junction	Exeter-Milligan/Friend	(W) 52-51	2/16/24	Exeter-Milligan/Friend	Cross County	(W) 58-56
2/9/24	McCool Junction	Dorchester	(W) 72-25	1/16/24	Dorchester	Cross County	(W) 67-9

Record Breakdown

McCool Junction (23-24)		Cross County (23-24)
19-4	Overall	24-6
3-1	League	4-1
12-2	Non-League	15-2
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
13-1	Common Opponent	13-1
9-2	Home	12-2
8-1	Away	7-1
2-1	Neutral	5-3
0-0	Playoff	2-1
19-4	In-State	24-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0