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North Platte Columbus

Bulldogs

Discoverers

The Columbus (NE) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against North Platte (NE) by a score of 57-46.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
North Platte	11	14	17	15	57
Columbus	13	10	14	9	46

Final score provided by M. Kaminski.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Columbus (22-23)

North Platte

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	57	21	53	40	47
2	Carter Kelley (Sr)	12	5	8	63	69
4	Lance Gifford (Jr)	6	1	10	10	15
5	D. John shea (Sr)	12	5	9	56	56
10	River Johnston (Sr)	11	4	13	31	38
12	Jesse Mauch (Jr)	14	5	10	50	70
23	Caleb Kinkaid (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33

Columbus

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	46	19	42	45	50
1	L. Messersmith (So)	8	4	9	44	44
2	Tanner Esch (Jr)	7	3	6	50	58
5	Quinn Freshour (So)	5	2	6	33	42
21	Griffin Micek (Jr)	8	4	9	44	44
22	Zaiden Gully (So)	2	1	1	100	100
23	Braeden Schefus (Sr)	3	1	4	25	38
24	Connor Martinez (Sr)	7	2	5	40	50
32	Caden Kapels (Jr)	6	2	2	100	100

North Platte

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	57	8	23	35	7	20	35	13	30	43
2	Carter Kelley (Sr)	12	1	4	25	1	4	25	4	4	100
4	Lance Gifford (Jr)	6	1	5	20	3	4	75	0	5	0
5	D. John shea (Sr)	12	0	0	0	2	2	100	5	9	56
10	River Johnston (Sr)	11	2	6	33	1	5	20	2	7	29
11	Caden Joneson (So)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
12	Jesse Mauch (Jr)	14	4	8	50	0	3	0	1	2	50
23	Caleb Kinkaid (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33

Columbus

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	46	4	17	24	4	6	67	15	25	60
1	L. Messersmith (So)	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	7	57
2	Tanner Esch (Jr)	7	1	2	50	0	0	0	2	4	50
5	Quinn Freshour (So)	5	1	5	20	0	0	0	1	1	100
21	Griffin Micek (Jr)	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	8	50
22	Zaiden Gully (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
23	Braeden Schefus (Sr)	3	1	4	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Connor Martinez (Sr)	7	1	3	33	2	4	50	1	2	50
32	Caden Kapels (Jr)	6	0	0	0	2	2	100	2	2	100

North Platte

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	57	14	16	30	17	10	1	12	13
1	Jackson Polk (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2	Carter Kelley (Sr)	12	1	6	7	5	4	1	2	0
4	Lance Gifford (Jr)	6	3	2	5	1	2	0	3	1
5	D. John shea (Sr)	12	4	1	5	0	0	0	0	2
10	River Johnston (Sr)	11	3	2	5	9	3	0	2	3
11	Caden Joneson (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12	Jesse Mauch (Jr)	14	3	2	5	2	0	0	3	4
22	Landon O'brien (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Caleb Kinkaid (Sr)	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	0

Columbus

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	46	3	21	24	11	5	3	22	23
1	Remi Alvarado (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1	L. Messersmith (So)	8	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	4
2	Tanner Esch (Jr)	7	0	3	3	0	1	0	4	2
5	Quinn Freshour (So)	5	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	2
21	Griffin Micek (Jr)	8	2	1	3	1	2	0	1	1
22	Zaiden Gully (So)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
23	Braeden Schefus (Sr)	3	0	5	5	2	0	0	1	2
24	Connor Martinez (Sr)	7	0	2	2	3	0	2	6	4
32	Caden Kapels (Jr)	6	1	6	7	1	1	1	4	5

North Platte

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.42	0.83	0.77	0.08	1	19
2	Carter Kelley (Sr)	2.50	2.00	4.00	1.00	0	5
4	Lance Gifford (Jr)	0.33	0.67	2.00	0.00	1	1
5	D. John shea (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
10	River Johnston (Sr)	4.50	1.50	1.00	0.00	0	8
12	Jesse Mauch (Jr)	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
23	Caleb Kinkaid (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	2

Columbus

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.50	0.23	0.22	0.13	1	12
1	L. Messersmith (So)	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
2	Tanner Esch (Jr)	0.00	0.25	0.50	0.00	0	7
5	Quinn Freshour (So)	1.00	0.50	0.50	0.00	0	3
21	Griffin Micek (Jr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0	0
23	Braeden Schefus (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
24	Connor Martinez (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.50	0	1
32	Caden Kapels (Jr)	0.25	0.25	0.20	0.20	1	0

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Columbus' stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Columbus knocked off by North Platte

December 20, 2022: Columbus, NE 68601

The North Platte Bulldogs basketball team scored 57 points and held the host Columbus Discoverers to 46 in the Bulldogs league triumph on Tuesday.

The Bulldogs now sport a 3-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Beatrice for a non-league contest on Thursday, December 29. North Platte will meet a Orangemen team coming off a 60-37 non-league win over Malcolm (Malcolm, NE). The Orangemen record now stands at 3-2.

The Discoverers (2-4) will now prepare for their contest against Pius X (Lincoln, NE). The Thunderbolts enter the non-league contest with a 2-3 record. In their last contest, Pius X was outscored by Omaha Westside (Omaha, NE), 62-52, in a league contest.

North Platte @ Columbus Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 20, 2022 @ 7p

The Columbus (NE) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against North Platte (NE) by a score of 57-46.

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Rankings & Records

North Platte (22-23)

NE	Class
41	13

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
14-9	2-1	7-4	7-3	0-2	.609	.667	1,338	1,247

Columbus (22-23)

NE	Class
178	28

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-18	3-14	4-9	1-9	.217	.176	1,075	1,421

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
North Platte	13.4	13.5	15.8	14.9	9.0	58.2
Columbus	11.8	11.5	10.9	11.8	-	46.7

Team Stat Comparison

North Platte		Columbus
58.2	Points Per Game	46.0
24.8	Rebounds Per Game	24.7
11.5	Assists Per Game	9.3
6.0	Steals Per Game	6.3
1.7	Blocks Per Game	1.0

Team Leaders

North Platte		Columbus	National Avg.
#10 River Johnston19.1	Points Per Game	#21 Griffin Micek8.5	4.9
#2 Carter Kelley5.5	Rebounds Per Game	#32 Caden Kapels6.2	2.6
#10 River Johnston4.0	Assists Per Game	#1 Luke Messersmith3.2	1.0
#10 River Johnston2.1	Steals Per Game	#1 Luke Messersmith1.4	0.8
#2 Carter Kelley0.7	Blocks Per Game	#32 Caden Kapels0.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
North Platte	2-5		Columbus	2-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/1/22	Lincoln Northeast	North Platte	(L) 69-47	12/16/22	Columbus	Lincoln Northeast	(L) 60-33
12/3/22	Pius X	North Platte	(L) 43-42	12/28/22	Columbus	Pius X	(L) 83-55
1/6/23	North Platte	Pius X	(L) 65-56	1/7/23	Pius X	Columbus	(L) 55-35
12/17/22	Norfolk	North Platte	(W) 66-64	12/29/22	Norfolk	Columbus	(W) 69-59
				1/13/23	Columbus	Norfolk	(W) 46-39
1/4/23	North Platte	Kearney	(L) 69-56	2/11/23	Columbus	Kearney	(L) 59-27
2/3/23	North Platte	Hastings	(W) 60-50	1/19/23	Columbus	Hastings	(L) 66-47
2/25/23	North Platte	Lincoln Southeast	(L) 63-49	2/14/23	Columbus	Lincoln Southeast	(L) 71-40

Record Breakdown

North Platte (22-23)		Columbus (22-23)
14-9	Overall	5-18
2-2	League	3-14
11-6	Non-League	1-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-5	Common Opponent	2-6
7-4	Home	4-9
7-3	Away	1-9
0-2	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
14-9	In-State	5-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0