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The Sandhills Valley (Stapleton, NE) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Anselmo-Merna (Merna, NE) by a score of 36-33.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Anselmo-Merna	12	7	10	4	33
Sandhills Valley	14	11	6	5	36

Final score provided by B. McVay.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Sandhills Valley (23-24)

Anselmo-Merna

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	33	12	50	24	25
4	Colin Wright (So)	4	2	5	40	40
5	Josiah Griffith (Jr)	3	1	3	33	50
10	Dalton Duryea (Fr)	5	2	10	20	20
13	Colin Cooksley (Sr)	6	1	8	13	13
22	Owen Cantrell (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
23	Quinten Myers (Sr)	11	4	19	21	21

Sandhills Valley

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	36	13	41	32	34
2	Leyton Connell (Jr)	12	3	14	21	29
10	Cayson Johnston (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
10	Braden Powell (Sr)	6	3	9	33	33
11	Isaac Goosey (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
12	Ethan Weems (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
14	Cooper Layher (Sr)	6	2	4	50	50
20	Kyle Kramer (Jr)	1	0	3	0	0
23	Brian Goforth (Jr)	9	4	6	67	67

Anselmo-Merna

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	33	1	15	7	8	15	53	11	35	31
4	Colin Wright (So)	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	40
5	Josiah Griffith (Jr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	Dalton Duryea (Fr)	5	0	2	0	1	3	33	2	8	25
13	Colin Cooksley (Sr)	6	0	3	0	4	6	67	1	5	20
22	Owen Cantrell (Sr)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	50
23	Quinten Myers (Sr)	11	0	8	0	3	4	75	4	11	36

Sandhills Valley

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	36	2	12	17	8	18	44	11	29	38
2	Leyton Connell (Jr)	12	2	9	22	4	6	67	1	5	20
10	Cayson Johnston (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
10	Braden Powell (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	9	33
11	Isaac Goosey (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Ethan Weems (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Cooper Layher (Sr)	6	0	0	0	2	4	50	2	4	50
20	Kyle Kramer (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	3	0
23	Brian Goforth (Jr)	9	0	0	0	1	2	50	4	6	67

Anselmo-Merna

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	33	13	13	26	6	10	1	12	18
2	Owen Wright (Sr)		1	3	4	1	1	0	0	3
4	Colin Wright (So)	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	3
5	Josiah Griffith (Jr)	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	4
10	Dalton Duryea (Fr)	5	6	2	8	2	0	0	1	2
13	Colin Cooksley (Sr)	6	1	3	4	1	3	1	2	1
22	Owen Cantrell (Sr)	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	4	2
23	Quinten Myers (Sr)	11	1	2	3	1	5	0	3	3

Sandhills Valley

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	36	13	23	36	8	5	7	17	19
2	Leyton Connell (Jr)	12	4	4	8	4	1	0	4	3
10	Cayson Johnston (Jr)	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
10	Braden Powell (Sr)	6	6	7	13	1	0	0	3	3
11	Isaac Goosey (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	2
12	Ethan Weems (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
14	Cooper Layher (Sr)	6	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	3
20	Kyle Kramer (Jr)	1	1	9	10	2	0	7	2	1
23	Brian Goforth (Jr)	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	5

Anselmo-Merna

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.50	0.83	0.56	0.06	1	8
2	Owen Wright (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.33	0.00		1
4	Colin Wright (So)	1.00	1.00	0.33	0.00
10	Dalton Duryea (Fr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00		3
13	Colin Cooksley (Sr)	0.50	1.50	3.00	1.00		3
23	Quinten Myers (Sr)	0.33	1.67	1.67	0.00	1	1

Sandhills Valley

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.47	0.29	0.26	0.37	8
2	Leyton Connell (Jr)	1.00	0.25	0.33	0.00	2
10	Cayson Johnston (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
10	Braden Powell (Sr)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	4
11	Isaac Goosey (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.50	0.00	0
14	Cooper Layher (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	0
20	Kyle Kramer (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	7.00	1

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Anselmo-Merna nipped by Sandhills Valley

December 1, 2023: Stapleton, NE 69163

The Sandhills Valley Mavericks tipped the visiting Anselmo-Merna Coyotes basketball team by a final score of 36-33 in Friday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Mavericks face the Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Mustangs (Sumner, NE) in a non-league game, on Tuesday, December 5. Sandhills Valley will attempt to move on its 1-0 season record. The Mustangs enter the game with a 1-1 record after their 40-39 non-league loss to Loomis (Loomis, NE).

With the defeat, Anselmo-Merna moves to 1-1 on the year. The Coyotes host Arcadia/Loup City (Arcadia, NE) to face the Rebels in a non-league game on Tuesday, December 5. The Rebels enter the game with a record of 1-1. Arcadia/Loup City won 46-36 in their recent non-league game against Pleasanton (Pleasanton, NE)

Anselmo-Merna @ SVHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 1, 2023 @ 7p

The Sandhills Valley (Stapleton, NE) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Anselmo-Merna (Merna, NE) by a score of 36-33.

Rankings & Records

Anselmo-Merna (23-24)

NE	Class
227	29

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
7-17	3-1	0-9	6-6	1-2	.292	.750	931	1,151

Sandhills Valley (23-24)

NE	Class
188	30

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
11-11	0-2	5-3	4-5	2-3	.500	.000	925	932

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Anselmo-Merna	9.8	8.4	9.6	10.3	-	38.8
Sandhills Valley	11.0	9.1	10.1	12.0	5.0	42.0

Team Stat Comparison

Anselmo-Merna		Sandhills Valley
12.9	Points Per Game	42.0
9.0	Rebounds Per Game	31.1
2.2	Assists Per Game	9.4
3.3	Steals Per Game	6.9
0.5	Blocks Per Game	4.7

Team Leaders

Anselmo-Merna		Sandhills Valley	National Avg.
#23 Quinten Myers10.3	Points Per Game	#2 Leyton Connell11.2	4.9
#10 Dalton Duryea6.9	Rebounds Per Game	#20 Kyle Kramer7.9	2.6
#13 Colin Cooksley1.9	Assists Per Game	#20 Kyle Kramer2.8	1.0
#23 Quinten Myers3.1	Steals Per Game	#2 Leyton Connell2.0	0.8
#13 Colin Cooksley0.6	Blocks Per Game	#20 Kyle Kramer4.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Anselmo-Merna	6-5		Sandhills Valley	5-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/30/23	Anselmo-Merna	Paxton	(W) 44-33	2/2/24	Sandhills Valley	Paxton	(L) 40-39
12/14/23	Anselmo-Merna	Mullen	(W) 39-36	1/22/24	Sandhills Valley	Mullen	(W) 35-33
2/20/24	Anselmo-Merna	Mullen	(W) 47-37	2/8/24	Sandhills Valley	Mullen	(W) 31-25
12/30/23	Anselmo-Merna	Brady	(W) 52-24	12/18/23	Brady	Sandhills Valley	(W) 53-18
				2/1/24	Brady	Sandhills Valley	(W) 71-36
1/11/24	Sandhills/Thedford	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 48-34	1/16/24	Sandhills/Thedford	Sandhills Valley	(L) 64-62
2/22/24	Anselmo-Merna	Sandhills/Thedford	(W) 51-46
1/16/24	Anselmo-Merna	Sumner-Eddyville-Miller	(L) 51-35	12/5/23	Sandhills Valley	Sumner-Eddyville-Miller	(L) 39-25
1/22/24	Anselmo-Merna	Twin Loup	(L) 47-44	12/15/23	Sandhills Valley	Twin Loup	(L) 39-24
2/1/24	Anselmo-Merna	Twin Loup	(W) 38-36	1/27/24	Twin Loup	Sandhills Valley	(W) 50-36
2/3/24	Maywood/Hayes Center	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 61-34	12/12/23	Maywood/Hayes Center	Sandhills Valley	(L) 59-52
2/6/24	South Loup	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 65-31	12/19/23	South Loup	Sandhills Valley	(L) 64-25
				1/25/24	Sandhills Valley	South Loup	(L) 55-33
				2/20/24	Sandhills Valley	South Loup	(L) 53-39

Record Breakdown

Anselmo-Merna (23-24)		Sandhills Valley (23-24)
7-17	Overall	11-11
3-2	League	0-2
3-13	Non-League	8-7
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
6-5	Common Opponent	5-8
0-9	Home	5-3
6-6	Away	4-5
1-2	Neutral	2-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-17	In-State	11-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0