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Columbus North Platte

Discoverers

Bulldogs

The North Platte (NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Columbus (NE) by a score of 42-39.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Columbus	-	-	-	-	42
North Platte	-	-	-	-	39

Final score provided by L. Albrecht.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

North Platte (24-25)

Columbus

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	178	42	15	46	33	40
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	27	12	5	11	45	55
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	22	14	5	7	71	93
4	Will Wickham (Sr)	6	0	0	1	0	0
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	29	2	1	8	13	13
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	21	2	1	5	20	20
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	18	4	1	1	100	100
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	23	2	0	3	0	0
22	Blake Barnett (Fr)	2
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	5
32	Barrett Brown (Fr)	25	6	2	10	20	30

North Platte

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	39	14	35	40	46
2	Logan Hayes (So)	9	3	6	50	58
3	Sam Uehling (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
4	Easton Jones (Sr)	14	5	12	42	42
5	J. Smeltzer (So)	4	1	4	25	38
20	Eli Broman (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
21	Alonzo Torrez (Sr)	3	1	2	50	75
24	Jake Kinkaid (So)	5	2	4	50	63
32	Evan Mccuskey (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
45	Carter Dishman (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100

Columbus

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	178	42	7	24	29	5	10	50	8	22	36
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	27	12	2	6	33				3	5	60
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	22	14	3	5	60	1	4	25	2	2	100
4	Will Wickham (Sr)	6	0	0	1	0
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	29	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	7	14
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	21	2	0	4	0				1	1	100
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	18	4				2	2	100	1	1	100
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	23	2				2	2	100	0	3	0
22	Blake Barnett (Fr)	2
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	5
32	Barrett Brown (Fr)	25	6	2	7	29				0	3	0

North Platte

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	39	4	16	25	7	10	70	10	19	53
2	Logan Hayes (So)	9	1	1	100	2	2	100	2	5	40
3	Sam Uehling (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
4	Easton Jones (Sr)	14	0	4	0	4	4	100	5	8	63
5	J. Smeltzer (So)	4	1	3	33	1	2	50	0	1	0
20	Eli Broman (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Alonzo Torrez (Sr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	Jake Kinkaid (So)	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	2	50
32	Evan Mccuskey (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	Carter Dishman (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	100

Columbus

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	178	42	10	15	25	10	12	1	15
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	27	12				3	6		1
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	22	14	1	3	4	0	1		2
4	Will Wickham (Sr)	6	0		1	1				1
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	29	2				2	1		1
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	21	2	1	1	2		2
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	18	4	2	3	5	1			1
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	23	2	2	3	5	1		1	4
22	Blake Barnett (Fr)	2					2
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	5		1	2	3	1	2		3
32	Barrett Brown (Fr)	25	6	3	2	5	0			2

North Platte

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	39	2	20	22	11	8	3	19	16
2	Logan Hayes (So)	9	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	1
3	Sam Uehling (Jr)	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
4	Easton Jones (Sr)	14	1	4	5	3	3	1	4	3
5	J. Smeltzer (So)	4	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	0
20	Eli Broman (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	5	3
21	Alonzo Torrez (Sr)	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
24	Jake Kinkaid (So)	5	1	9	10	1	2	1	4	4
32	Evan Mccuskey (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
45	Carter Dishman (Sr)	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3

Columbus

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.67	0.80	1	14
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	3.00	6.00		4
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	0.00	0.50		4
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	2.00	1.00		1
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)				2
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	1.00			1
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	0.25			1
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	0.33	0.67		1
32	Barrett Brown (Fr)	0.00		1

North Platte

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.58	0.42	0.50	0.19	9
2	Logan Hayes (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1
3	Sam Uehling (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
4	Easton Jones (Sr)	0.75	0.75	1.00	0.33	3
5	J. Smeltzer (So)	2.00	1.00	2.00	0.00	0
20	Eli Broman (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
21	Alonzo Torrez (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
24	Jake Kinkaid (So)	0.25	0.50	0.50	0.25	2
32	Evan Mccuskey (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Columbus nips North Platte

December 20, 2024: North Platte, NE 69101

In Friday's non-league contest, the visiting Columbus Discoverers basketball team scored a close 42-39 triumph over the North Platte Bulldogs.

The Discoverers (3-3) will now prepare for their contest against South Sioux City (South Sioux City, NE). The Cardinals go into the non-league contest with a 3-1 record.

In their next game, the Bulldogs battle the Norfolk Panthers (Norfolk, NE) in a non-league contest, on Saturday, December 21. North Platte will attempt to better on its 0-6 season record. The Panthers go into the contest with a 1-3 record after their 42-38 non-league loss to Lincoln East (Lincoln, NE).

Columbus @ North Platte Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 20, 2024 @ 6:15p

The North Platte (NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Columbus (NE) by a score of 42-39.

Rankings & Records

Columbus (24-25)

NE	Class
160	26

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
7-18	1-2	4-6	1-10	2-2	.280	.333	1,340	1,677

North Platte (24-25)

NE	Class
226	31

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
2-21	0-1	0-9	1-9	1-3	.087	.000	1,028	1,369

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Columbus	11.9	14.3	13.4	13.8	13.0	53.6
North Platte	15.0	9.0	8.0	10.3	3.0	44.7

Head-to-Head

Columbus won on 12/20/2024

12/20 @ 6:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Columbus - - - - 42
North Platte - - - - 39

The Columbus (NE) varsity basketball team won Friday's away non-conference game against North Platte (NE) by a score of 42-39.
Box score
Columbus won on 2/28/2025

2/28 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

North Platte - - - - 52
Columbus - - - - 76

The North Platte (NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Columbus (NE) by a score of 76-52.
Box score

2/28 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
North Platte	-	-	-	-	52
Columbus	-	-	-	-	76

Team Stat Comparison

Columbus		North Platte
52.8	Points Per Game	44.7
30.0	Rebounds Per Game	24.1
11.4	Assists Per Game	11.0
7.3	Steals Per Game	6.4
1.4	Blocks Per Game	1.6

Team Leaders

Columbus		North Platte	National Avg.
#2 Jaxson Vasicek10.5	Points Per Game	#4 Easton Jones9.4	4.9
#2 Jaxson Vasicek5.7	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Jake Kinkaid5.4	2.6
#0 Luke Messersmith2.8	Assists Per Game	#4 Easton Jones2.9	1.0
#0 Luke Messersmith2.2	Steals Per Game	#4 Easton Jones1.6	0.8
#2 Jaxson Vasicek0.4	Blocks Per Game	#4 Easton Jones0.6	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Columbus	3-3		North Platte	0-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/7/24	Columbus	Grand Island	(L) 56-54	12/14/24	Grand Island	North Platte	(L) 51-33
2/20/25	Grand Island	Columbus	(L) 54-47
12/21/24	South Sioux City	Columbus	(W) 67-49	12/6/24	South Sioux City	North Platte	(L) 59-57
1/2/25	Norfolk	Columbus	(W) 57-45	12/7/24	North Platte	Norfolk	(L) 51-42
1/31/25	Norfolk	Columbus	(W) 62-53	12/21/24	Norfolk	North Platte	(L) 68-47
1/24/25	Columbus	Kearney	(L) 79-41	1/2/25	North Platte	Kearney	(L) 81-38

Record Breakdown

Columbus (24-25)		North Platte (24-25)
7-18	Overall	2-21
1-3	League	0-1
6-13	Non-League	2-19
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
3-3	Common Opponent	0-5
4-6	Home	0-9
1-10	Away	1-9
2-2	Neutral	1-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-18	In-State	1-21
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0