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The Anselmo-Merna (Merna, NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Sandhills Valley (Stapleton, NE) by a score of 54-43.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Sandhills Valley	8	12	10	24	54
Anselmo-Merna	8	12	7	16	43

Final score provided by B. McVay.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Anselmo-Merna (22-23)

Sandhills Valley

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	54	21	71	30	30
1	Caleb Burnside (Sr)	5	2	7	29	29
2	Leyton Connell (So)	2	1	5	20	20
4	Daniel Zuniga (7th)	6	2	8	25	25
10	Braden Powell (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
11	Isaac Goosey (So)	0	0	2	0	0
14	Cooper Layher (Jr)	16	8	16	50	50
20	Kyle Kramer (So)	8	3	11	27	27
24	Jaxton Starr (Sr)	17	5	21	24	24

Anselmo-Merna

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	43	15	40	38	44
1	Ethan Chandler (Jr)	6	2	5	40	40
4	Colin Wright (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
5	Josiah Griffith (So)	2	1	3	33	33
13	Colin Cooksley (Jr)	9	3	7	43	50
22	Owen Cantrell (Jr)	7	3	6	50	58
23	Quinten Myers (Jr)	19	6	18	33	42

Sandhills Valley

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	54	17	12	23	52	21	54	39
1	Caleb Burnside (Sr)	5	3	1	3	33	2	4	50
2	Leyton Connell (So)	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	100
4	Daniel Zuniga (7th)	6	4	2	2	100	2	4	50
10	Braden Powell (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	Isaac Goosey (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	Cooper Layher (Jr)	16	0	0	0	0	8	16	50
20	Kyle Kramer (So)	8	0	2	6	33	3	11	27
24	Jaxton Starr (Sr)	17	6	7	12	58	5	15	33

Anselmo-Merna

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	43	5	12	42	8	13	62	10	28	36
1	Ethan Chandler (Jr)	6	0	0	0	2	3	67	2	5	40
4	Colin Wright (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Josiah Griffith (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
13	Colin Cooksley (Jr)	9	1	2	50	2	5	40	2	5	40
22	Owen Cantrell (Jr)	7	1	2	50	0	1	0	2	4	50
23	Quinten Myers (Jr)	19	3	8	38	4	4	100	3	10	30

Sandhills Valley

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	54	21	19	40	8	17	4	11	20
1	Caleb Burnside (Sr)	5	3	4	7	4	5	0	1	3
2	Leyton Connell (So)	2	2	3	5	0	1	0	0	1
4	Daniel Zuniga (7th)	6	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	4
10	Braden Powell (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
11	Isaac Goosey (So)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2
14	Cooper Layher (Jr)	16	9	4	13	1	1	0	2	3
20	Kyle Kramer (So)	8	3	2	5	1	2	4	3	1
23	Brian Goforth (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
24	Jaxton Starr (Sr)	17	2	3	5	1	7	0	4	4

Anselmo-Merna

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	43	25	3	4	2	23	22
1	Ethan Chandler (Jr)	6	4	1	2	0	3	3
4	Colin Wright (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
5	Josiah Griffith (So)	2	3	0	1	1	1	4
13	Colin Cooksley (Jr)	9	7	1	0	0	4	4
22	Owen Cantrell (Jr)	7	3	0	1	0	3	4
23	Quinten Myers (Jr)	19	8	1	0	0	9	4
24	Alex Younes (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

Sandhills Valley

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.73	1.55	0.85	0.20	15
1	Caleb Burnside (Sr)	4.00	5.00	1.67	0.00	4
2	Leyton Connell (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	2
11	Isaac Goosey (So)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	1
14	Cooper Layher (Jr)	0.50	0.50	0.33	0.00	1
20	Kyle Kramer (So)	0.33	0.67	2.00	4.00	1
24	Jaxton Starr (Sr)	0.25	1.75	1.75	0.00	6

Anselmo-Merna

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.13	0.17	0.18	0.09
1	Ethan Chandler (Jr)	0.33	0.67	0.67	0.00
4	Colin Wright (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
5	Josiah Griffith (So)	0.00	1.00	0.25	0.25
13	Colin Cooksley (Jr)	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.00
22	Owen Cantrell (Jr)	0.00	0.33	0.25	0.00
23	Quinten Myers (Jr)	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.00

Game Story

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

December 2, 2022: Merna, NE 68856

The Anselmo-Merna Coyotes basketball team (Merna, NE), dropped 54-43 in Friday's non-league battle with the visiting Sandhills Valley Mavericks (Stapleton, NE)

The Mavericks now possess a 1-0 record. They put it on the line next when they host Franklin for a non-league battle on Saturday, December 3. Sandhills Valley will confront a Flyers team coming off a 81-39 league loss to Shelton (Shelton, NE). The Flyers record now stands at 0-1.

The Coyotes (0-2) will now prepare for their battle against Arcadia/Loup City (Arcadia, NE). The Rebels come into the non-league battle with a 0-2 record. In their last battle, Arcadia/Loup City dropped by Pleasanton (Pleasanton, NE), 64-38, in a non-league battle.

SVHS @ Anselmo-Merna Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 2, 2022 @ 7p

The Anselmo-Merna (Merna, NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Sandhills Valley (Stapleton, NE) by a score of 54-43.

Rankings & Records

Sandhills Valley (22-23)

NE	Class
216	44

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-14	0-1	2-6	4-6	3-2	.391	.000	1,000	1,116

Anselmo-Merna (22-23)

NE	Class
274	47

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
1-20	0-3	1-5	0-11	0-4	.048	.000	712	1,278

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Sandhills Valley	8.8	9.3	13.8	10.7	-	43.5
Anselmo-Merna	7.2	9.1	8.1	9.4	8.0	33.9

Team Stat Comparison

Sandhills Valley		Anselmo-Merna
43.4	Points Per Game	33.9
30.2	Rebounds Per Game	22.0
10.7	Assists Per Game	6.0
8.8	Steals Per Game	6.0
1.9	Blocks Per Game	1.0

Team Leaders

Sandhills Valley		Anselmo-Merna	National Avg.
#24 Jaxton Starr11.3	Points Per Game	#23 Quinten Myers10.6	4.9
#20 Kyle Kramer8.9	Rebounds Per Game	#13 Colin Cooksley4.1	2.6
#1 Caleb Burnside4.4	Assists Per Game	#23 Quinten Myers2.5	1.0
#24 Jaxton Starr2.8	Steals Per Game	#23 Quinten Myers2.2	0.8
#20 Kyle Kramer1.5	Blocks Per Game	#13 Colin Cooksley0.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Sandhills Valley	3-5		Anselmo-Merna	1-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/16/22	Twin Loup	Sandhills Valley	(W) 46-31	1/27/23	Anselmo-Merna	Twin Loup	(L) 49-44
				2/2/23	Twin Loup	Anselmo-Merna	(W) 45-31
12/19/22	Sandhills Valley	South Loup	(L) 64-27	2/7/23	Anselmo-Merna	South Loup	(L) 72-41
12/20/22	Brady	Sandhills Valley	(W) 64-40	12/30/22	Anselmo-Merna	Brady	(L) 56-26
2/2/23	Sandhills Valley	Brady	(W) 52-46	1/21/23	Anselmo-Merna	Brady	(L) 63-42
1/5/23	Sandhills Valley	Maywood/Hayes Center	(L) 63-33	2/4/23	Anselmo-Merna	Maywood/Hayes Center	(L) 82-22
1/13/23	Sandhills Valley	Sandhills/Thedford	(L) 45-40	1/12/23	Anselmo-Merna	Sandhills/Thedford	(L) 53-34
				2/21/23	Anselmo-Merna	Sandhills/Thedford	(L) 70-44
2/3/23	Paxton	Sandhills Valley	(L) 68-27	12/1/22	Anselmo-Merna	Paxton	(L) 61-29
2/6/23	Sumner-Eddyville-Miller	Sandhills Valley	(L) 68-27	1/17/23	Sumner-Eddyville-Miller	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 68-30

Record Breakdown

Sandhills Valley (22-23)		Anselmo-Merna (22-23)
9-14	Overall	1-20
1-2	League	0-3
6-10	Non-League	1-11
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-5	Common Opponent	1-9
2-6	Home	1-5
4-6	Away	0-11
3-2	Neutral	0-4
0-0	Playoff	0-0
9-14	In-State	1-20
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0