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Anselmo-Merna Paxton

Coyotes

Tigers

The Paxton (NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's neutral non-conference game against Anselmo-Merna (Merna, NE) by a score of 31-29.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Anselmo-Merna	6	10	7	8	31
Paxton	2	9	13	5	29

Final score provided by J. Rhodes.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Paxton (21-22)

Anselmo-Merna

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	30	14
4	Garrett Porter (Sr)	1
5	Carter Johnson (Sr)	4	2
10	Dalton Duryea (Sr)	16	8
14	Elijah Downey (Sr)	2	1
23	Wyat Lambertson (Sr)	2	1
23	Quinten Myers (So)	5	2

Paxton

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	29	12	37	32	36
10	Josh Eakins (So)	10	4	7	57	64
20	Tommy Markussen (So)	8	3	10	30	35
23	Rylin Johns (Jr)	2	1	7	14	14
30	T. Hebblethwaite (Fr)	2	1	1	100	100
30	Isaiah Sean fox (Jr)	7	3	12	25	29

Anselmo-Merna

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FTM	2FGM
	Team Totals	30	2	14
4	Garrett Porter (Sr)	1	1
5	Carter Johnson (Sr)	4		2
10	Dalton Duryea (Sr)	16		8
14	Elijah Downey (Sr)	2		1
23	Wyat Lambertson (Sr)	2		1
23	Quinten Myers (So)	5	1	2

Paxton

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	29	3	13	23	2	7	29	9	24	38
10	Josh Eakins (So)	10	1	1	100	1	3	33	3	6	50
20	Tommy Markussen (So)	8	1	4	25	1	2	50	2	6	33
23	Rylin Johns (Jr)	2	0	4	0	0	2	0	1	3	33
30	T. Hebblethwaite (Fr)	2							1	1	100
30	Isaiah Sean fox (Jr)	7	1	4	25				2	8	25

Anselmo-Merna

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	30	11	22	33	10	10
4	Garrett Porter (Sr)	1	4	3	7	1	1
5	Carter Johnson (Sr)	4	1	5	6	2	3
10	Dalton Duryea (Sr)	16	3	6	9	1	1
14	Elijah Downey (Sr)	2	1	4	5
23	Wyat Lambertson (Sr)	2	1	2	3		1
23	Quinten Myers (So)	5	1	2	3	6	4

Paxton

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	29	3	19	22	7	5	5	20	9
10	Josh Eakins (So)	10	1		1	1	1		7	2
20	Tommy Markussen (So)	8	1	8	9	1				1
22	J. Holzfaster (Jr)	0	1	1	2	1		2	3	1
23	Rylin Johns (Jr)	2		2	2	2	4		5	3
30	T. Hebblethwaite (Fr)	2				1			1
30	Isaiah Sean fox (Jr)	7		8	8	1		3	4	2

Anselmo-Merna

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Defl
	Team Totals	25
4	Garrett Porter (Sr)	4
5	Carter Johnson (Sr)	7
10	Dalton Duryea (Sr)	2
23	Wyat Lambertson (Sr)	3
23	Quinten Myers (So)	9

Paxton

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.35	0.25	0.56	0.56
10	Josh Eakins (So)	0.14	0.14	0.50
22	J. Holzfaster (Jr)	0.33			2.00
23	Rylin Johns (Jr)	0.40	0.80	1.33
30	T. Hebblethwaite (Fr)	1.00
30	Isaiah Sean fox (Jr)	0.25			1.50

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Anselmo-Merna nips Paxton

December 2, 2021: Merna, NE 68856

Anselmo-Merna Coyotes (Merna, NE) backers were pleased Thursday as they saw their basketball squad hold off the visiting Paxton Tigers (Paxton, NE), 31-29 in a non-league bout.

With the victory, Anselmo-Merna upgrades its record to 1-0 on the campaign. The Coyotes travel to Sandhills Valley (Stapleton, NE) to play the Mavericks in a non-league bout on Friday, December 3. The Mavericks come into the bout with a record of 0-0.

Next up, the Tigers play the Medicine Valley Raiders (Curtis, NE) in a D2 District 9 bout, on Friday, December 3. Paxton will attempt to upgrade on its 0-1 season record. The Raiders enter the game with a 1-0 record after their 61-37 non-league win over Southwest (Bartley, NE).

Rankings & Records

Anselmo-Merna (21-22)

NE	Class
125	13

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
15-10	3-2	6-3	4-5	5-2	.600	.600	1,205	1,155

Paxton (21-22)

NE	Class
157	16

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
13-10	2-2	6-4	5-3	2-3	.565	.500	1,095	931

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Anselmo-Merna	13.1	13.5	11.4	14.9	5.0	48.2
Paxton	13.3	12.4	12.2	9.1	7.0	47.6

Team Stat Comparison

Anselmo-Merna		Paxton
47.4	Points Per Game	47.6
29.5	Rebounds Per Game	24.8
13.5	Assists Per Game	10.2
11.1	Steals Per Game	5.3
2.0	Blocks Per Game	3.4

Team Leaders

Anselmo-Merna		Paxton	National Avg.
#23 Wyat Lambertson13.3	Points Per Game	#40 Caden Holm13.6	4.9
#23 Wyat Lambertson7.1	Rebounds Per Game	#40 Caden Holm10.0	2.6
#23 Quinten Myers5.5	Assists Per Game	#40 Caden Holm2.8	1.0
#23 Quinten Myers2.6	Steals Per Game	#30 Isaiah Sean fox1.1	0.8
#2 Brant Schmidt0.7	Blocks Per Game	#40 Caden Holm1.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Anselmo-Merna	3-3		Paxton	2-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/21	Anselmo-Merna	Sandhills Valley	(L) 74-58	2/4/22	Sandhills Valley	Paxton	(L) 62-59
2/21/22	Sandhills Valley	Anselmo-Merna	(W) 52-47
12/27/21	Hitchcock County	Anselmo-Merna	(W) 43-40	1/18/22	Paxton	Hitchcock County	(W) 43-33
12/28/21	Anselmo-Merna	Maywood/Hayes Center	(W) 58-38	12/21/21	Paxton	Maywood/Hayes Center	(L) 54-41
				1/7/22	Maywood/Hayes Center	Paxton	(W) 48-45
				1/22/22	Paxton	Maywood/Hayes Center	(L) 46-44
1/4/22	Anselmo-Merna	St. Patrick's	(L) 69-37	2/18/22	Paxton	St. Patrick's	(L) 63-33
2/24/22	St. Patrick's	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 59-37

Record Breakdown

Anselmo-Merna (21-22)		Paxton (21-22)
15-10	Overall	13-10
4-2	League	3-3
9-6	Non-League	9-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-3	Common Opponent	2-4
6-3	Home	6-4
4-5	Away	5-3
5-2	Neutral	2-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
15-10	In-State	13-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0