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The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Sacred Heart (Falls City, NE) by a score of 55-50.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Sacred Heart	16	14	15	5	50
McCool Junction	6	16	18	15	55

Final score provided by J. Wurtz.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Sacred Heart (24-25)

Sacred Heart has not entered stats for this game.

McCool Junction (24-25)

McCool Junction

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	55	22	50	44	49
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	1	0	6	0	0
12	Colby Yates (Fr)	6	2	8	25	38
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	5	2	5	40	50
22	Jayden Fuehrer (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	18	7	9	78	89
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
42	M. Kouchinin (Sr)	23	10	18	56	56

McCool Junction

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	55	5	20	25	6	9	67	17	30	57
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	1	0	4	0	1	2	50	0	2	0
12	Colby Yates (Fr)	6	2	5	40	0	0	0	0	3	0
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	5	1	4	25	0	0	0	1	1	100
22	Jayden Fuehrer (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	18	2	4	50	2	3	67	5	5	100
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
42	M. Kouchinin (Sr)	23	0	2	0	3	4	75	10	16	63

McCool Junction

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	55	13	16	29	17	9	4	12	8
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	1	2	1	3	5	2	0	3	1
12	Colby Yates (Fr)	6	1	0	1	3	3	1	2	0
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	5	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	2
22	Jayden Fuehrer (Sr)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	18	0	3	3	8	2	0	4	0
25	Ja Soukup (Jr)	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	2	2
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
42	M. Kouchinin (Sr)	23	5	9	14	0	1	3	0	2

McCool Junction

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.42	0.75	1.13	0.50	16
10	Bryson Plock (Sr)	1.67	0.67	2.00	0.00	3
12	Colby Yates (Fr)	1.50	1.50	3.00	1.00	5
14	Jaxon Mcdonald (Fr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	1
22	Jayden Fuehrer (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
23	Carson Mcdonald (Jr)	2.00	0.50	2.00	0.00	4
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
42	M. Kouchinin (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	1.50	1

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - McCool Junction nips Sacred Heart

December 28, 2024: Falls City, NE 68355

In Saturday's non-league contest, the visiting McCool Junction Mustangs basketball team scored a close 55-50 triumph over the Sacred Heart Irish.

The Mustangs (6-1) will now prepare for their contest against Freeman (Adams, NE). The Falcons go into the non-league contest with a 6-0 record. In their last contest, Freeman nipped Syracuse (Syracuse, NE), 49-45, in a non-league contest.

In their next game, the Irish battle the Syracuse Rockets (Syracuse, NE) in a non-league contest, on Monday, December 30. Sacred Heart will attempt to better on its 1-3 season record. The Rockets go into the contest with a 6-1 record after their 49-45 non-league loss to Freeman (Adams, NE).

Sacred Heart vs MCJHS Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 28, 2024 @ 2p

The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Sacred Heart (Falls City, NE) by a score of 55-50.

Rankings & Records

Sacred Heart (24-25)

NE	Class
139	14

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
14-12	3-2	4-4	4-5	6-3	.538	.600	1,253	1,295

McCool Junction (24-25)

NE	Class
44	2

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
23-6	9-2	8-2	6-2	.793	1,765	1,381

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Sacred Heart	18.0	9.9	12.1	10.9	48.2
McCool Junction	16.7	14.5	15.0	15.1	60.9

Team Stat Comparison

Sacred Heart		McCool Junction
-	Points Per Game	60.8
-	Rebounds Per Game	31.0
-	Assists Per Game	17.5
-	Steals Per Game	9.4
-	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Sacred Heart		McCool Junction	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#42 Mapieu Kouchinin20.6	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#42 Mapieu Kouchinin11.5	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#23 Carson Mcdonald5.3	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#10 Bryson Plock1.7	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#42 Mapieu Kouchinin1.3	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Sacred Heart	2-4		McCool Junction	3-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/24	Sacred Heart	Exeter-Milligan/Friend	(L) 71-34	2/11/25	Exeter-Milligan/Friend	McCool Junction	(L) 68-49
2/4/25	Sacred Heart	Exeter-Milligan/Friend	(L) 68-56
1/4/25	Sacred Heart	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(W) 58-56	1/21/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	McCool Junction	(W) 74-49
				2/25/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	McCool Junction	(W) 69-43
1/14/25	Meridian	Sacred Heart	(W) 54-29	1/9/25	McCool Junction	Meridian	(W) 69-39
1/30/25	Sacred Heart	Johnson-Brock	(L) 80-45	3/14/25	McCool Junction	Johnson-Brock	(L) 53-36
2/25/25	Sacred Heart	Johnson-Brock	(L) 66-34

Record Breakdown

Sacred Heart (24-25)		McCool Junction (24-25)
14-12	Overall	23-6
3-2	League	2-0
8-7	Non-League	16-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-4	Common Opponent	3-2
4-4	Home	9-2
4-5	Away	8-2
6-3	Neutral	6-2
0-1	Playoff	2-1
13-11	In-State	23-6
1-1	Out-of-State	0-0