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Kearney Columbus

Bearcats

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The Columbus (NE) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Kearney (NE) by a score of 81-62.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Kearney	-	-	-	-	81
Columbus	-	-	-	-	62

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Columbus (23-24)

Kearney

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	81	28	52	54	63
0	Karter Lee (Sr)	5	1	4	25	38
2	Colt Straka (Sr)	3	0	0
3	Jacob Webber (So)	17	6	11	55	77
11	Asher Endorf (Sr)	25	10	16	63	63
15	Jacob Hansen (Sr)	11	5	6	83	92
22	Turner Bertrand (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
30	Ian Piper (Sr)	6	2	3	67	100
44	Ben Johnson (Jr)	14	4	10	40	45

Columbus

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	62	24	53	45	58
1	L. Messersmith (Jr)	5	2	9	22	28
2	Tanner Esch (Sr)	16	7	11	64	73
3	P. Hastreiter (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50
5	Quinn Freshour (Jr)	6	2	9	22	33
5	Jose Garcia (Sr)	9	3	5	60	90
10	Zach Nelson (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
21	Griffin Micek (Sr)	21	8	13	62	81
22	Zaiden Gulley (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
32	Caden Kapels (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0

Kearney

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	81	10	20	50	15	18	83	18	32	56
0	Karter Lee (Sr)	5	1	3	33	2	2	100	0	1	0
2	Colt Straka (Sr)	3	0	0	0	3	4	75	0	0	0
3	Jacob Webber (So)	17	5	7	71	0	0	0	1	4	25
11	Asher Endorf (Sr)	25	0	2	0	5	6	83	10	14	71
15	Jacob Hansen (Sr)	11	1	2	50	0	0	0	4	4	100
22	Turner Bertrand (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30	Ian Piper (Sr)	6	2	3	67	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Ben Johnson (Jr)	14	1	3	33	5	6	83	3	7	43

Columbus

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	62	14	32	44	10	21	48
1	L. Messersmith (Jr)	5	1	5	20	1	4	25
2	Tanner Esch (Sr)	16	2	5	40	5	6	83
3	P. Hastreiter (Sr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0
5	Quinn Freshour (Jr)	6	2	6	33	0	3	0
5	Jose Garcia (Sr)	9	3	5	60	0	0	0
10	Zach Nelson (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
21	Griffin Micek (Sr)	21	5	7	71	3	6	50
22	Zaiden Gulley (Jr)	2	0	0	0	1	1	100
32	Caden Kapels (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Kearney

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	81	7	21	28	20	9	2	8	10
0	Karter Lee (Sr)	5	0	4	4	9	1	0	3	2
2	Colt Straka (Sr)	3	0	3	3	4	4	0	0	2
3	Jacob Webber (So)	17	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	3
11	Asher Endorf (Sr)	25	1	3	4	3	3	1	0	0
15	Jacob Hansen (Sr)	11	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0
22	Turner Bertrand (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	Ian Piper (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
44	Ben Johnson (Jr)	14	4	6	10	3	0	1	4	1

Columbus

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	62	1	17	18	19	6	0	11
1	Remi Alvarado (Jr)								1
1	L. Messersmith (Jr)	5	0	3	3	3	1	0	4
2	Tanner Esch (Sr)	16	0	2	2	8	2	0	3
3	P. Hastreiter (Sr)	3	0	3	3	1	2	0	1
5	Quinn Freshour (Jr)	6	0	1	1	5	0	0	1
5	Jose Garcia (Sr)	9	0	4	4	1	1	0	0
21	Griffin Micek (Sr)	21	0	1	1	1	0	0	1
22	Zaiden Gulley (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Caden Kapels (Sr)	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0

Kearney

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	2.50	1.13	0.90	0.20	21
0	Karter Lee (Sr)	3.00	0.33	0.50	0.00	8
2	Colt Straka (Sr)	4.00	4.00	2.00	0.00	3
3	Jacob Webber (So)	0.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	2
11	Asher Endorf (Sr)	3.00	3.00	3.00	1.00	1
15	Jacob Hansen (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
22	Turner Bertrand (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
30	Ian Piper (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
44	Ben Johnson (Jr)	0.75	0.00	0.00	1.00	2

Columbus

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.73	0.55	1	7
1	L. Messersmith (Jr)	0.75	0.25		2
2	Tanner Esch (Sr)	2.67	0.67		2
3	P. Hastreiter (Sr)	1.00	2.00		1
5	Quinn Freshour (Jr)	5.00	0.00		0
5	Jose Garcia (Sr)	1.00	1.00		1
21	Griffin Micek (Sr)	1.00	0.00		0
22	Zaiden Gulley (Jr)	0.00	0.00	1	0
32	Caden Kapels (Sr)	0.00	0.00		1

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Columbus beaten by Kearney

December 12, 2023: Columbus, NE 68601

The Kearney Bearcats ran past the host Columbus Discoverers basketball team by a final score of 81-62 in Tuesday's league game.

In their next game, the Bearcats face the Omaha Northwest Huskies (Omaha, NE) in a non-league game, on Saturday, December 16. Kearney will attempt to move on its 3-2 season record.

With the defeat, Columbus moves to 1-4 on the year. The Discoverers host Lincoln Northeast (Lincoln, NE) to face the Rockets in a A District TBD game on Friday, December 15. The Rockets enter the game with a record of 2-2. Lincoln Northeast lost 93-78 in their recent league game against Gretna (Gretna, NE)

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Kearney @ Columbus Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 12, 2023 @ 7:15p

The Columbus (NE) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Kearney (NE) by a score of 81-62.

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Kearney (23-24)

NE	Class
20	8

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-7	10-3	9-3	8-2	0-2	.708	.769	1,619	1,294

Columbus (23-24)

NE	Class
154	28

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
7-17	5-11	6-7	1-10	.292	.312	1,226	1,505

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Kearney	15.9	16.8	14.8	16.2	-	-	67.5
Columbus	11.9	9.6	13.6	12.9	7.5	7.0	51.1

Team Stat Comparison

Kearney		Columbus
67.5	Points Per Game	51.0
29.1	Rebounds Per Game	26.7
17.5	Assists Per Game	10.1
5.4	Steals Per Game	8.2
2.4	Blocks Per Game	1.1

Team Leaders

Kearney		Columbus	National Avg.
#44 Ben Johnson18.4	Points Per Game	#21 Griffin Micek11.7	4.9
#44 Ben Johnson9.8	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Preston Hastreiter6.7	2.6
#0 Karter Lee5.7	Assists Per Game	#1 Luke Messersmith2.6	1.0
#2 Colt Straka1.5	Steals Per Game	#2 Tanner Esch2.0	0.8
#3 Jacob Webber0.7	Blocks Per Game	#32 Caden Kapels0.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Kearney	12-3		Columbus	2-13

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/7/23	Kearney	Lincoln High	(W) 73-36	1/26/24	Lincoln High	Columbus	(W) 66-63
12/28/23	Grand Island	Kearney	(W) 76-47	12/2/23	Columbus	Grand Island	(L) 54-39
1/4/24	Kearney	Grand Island	(W) 55-46	2/16/24	Columbus	Grand Island	(L) 54-51
2/24/24	Grand Island	Kearney	(W) 52-38
12/29/23	Lincoln Southeast	Kearney	(L) 61-55	12/22/23	Columbus	Lincoln Southeast	(L) 60-31
2/9/24	Lincoln Southeast	Kearney	(W) 51-48	2/13/24	Lincoln Southeast	Columbus	(L) 64-31
1/2/24	Kearney	North Platte	(W) 91-53	12/21/23	North Platte	Columbus	(L) 58-57
1/16/24	Lincoln East	Kearney	(W) 74-58	12/8/23	Lincoln East	Columbus	(L) 75-36
1/19/24	Kearney	Norfolk	(W) 70-27	12/29/23	Columbus	Norfolk	(L) 47-39
				2/8/24	Norfolk	Columbus	(W) 74-73
1/26/24	Lincoln North Star	Kearney	(W) 67-51	1/18/24	Columbus	Lincoln North Star	(L) 80-51
1/27/24	Bellevue West	Kearney	(L) 74-63	2/24/24	Columbus	Bellevue West	(L) 83-40
1/30/24	Kearney	Pius X	(L) 68-66	1/6/24	Columbus	Pius X	(L) 63-40
2/3/24	Kearney	Lincoln Northeast	(W) 74-49	12/15/23	Lincoln Northeast	Columbus	(L) 57-44
2/13/24	Kearney	Fremont	(W) 75-56	1/4/24	Columbus	Fremont	(L) 52-47
2/15/24	Lincoln Southwest	Kearney	(W) 84-77	2/6/24	Columbus	Lincoln Southwest	(L) 68-65

Record Breakdown

Kearney (23-24)		Columbus (23-24)
17-7	Overall	7-17
10-3	League	5-11
5-4	Non-League	2-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
12-3	Common Opponent	2-13
9-3	Home	6-7
8-2	Away	1-10
0-2	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
17-7	In-State	7-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0