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The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Sacred Heart (Falls City, NE) by a score of 55-29.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Sacred Heart	9	28	12	6	55
McCool Junction	4	8	12	5	29

Final score provided by L. Santo.

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	29	10	45	22	24
10	Kayleigh Betka (Fr)	3	1	7	14	21
12	Leah Dawson (So)	0	0	1	0	0
14	Natalie Clark (So)	4	1	13	8	8
20	Bailey Hall (Sr)	0	0	7	0	0
22	Claire Brugger (Jr)	15	5	9	56	56
24	Harley Stutzman (So)	5	2	4	50	63
52	Pieper Epp (So)	2	1	4	25	25

McCool Junction

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	29	2	16	13	7	13	54	8	29	28
10	Kayleigh Betka (Fr)	3	1	5	20	0	3	0	0	2	0
12	Leah Dawson (So)	0	0	1	0
14	Natalie Clark (So)	4	0	5	0	2	4	50	1	8	13
20	Bailey Hall (Sr)	0	0	2	0				0	5	0
22	Claire Brugger (Jr)	15				5	6	83	5	9	56
24	Harley Stutzman (So)	5	1	3	33				1	1	100
52	Pieper Epp (So)	2							1	4	25

McCool Junction

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	29	6	19	26	8	2	2	24
10	Kayleigh Betka (Fr)	3	1	3	4		1		3
12	Leah Dawson (So)	0		1	1				1
14	Natalie Clark (So)	4			1	3		1	2
20	Bailey Hall (Sr)	0		1	1	1	1		3
22	Claire Brugger (Jr)	15	4	5	9	2			7
24	Harley Stutzman (So)	5		3	3	2			4
44	D. Wollenburg (Sr)			1	1			1	1
52	Pieper Epp (So)	2	1	5	6				3

McCool Junction

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.33	0.08
10	Kayleigh Betka (Fr)		0.33
14	Natalie Clark (So)	1.50
20	Bailey Hall (Sr)	0.33	0.33
22	Claire Brugger (Jr)	0.29
24	Harley Stutzman (So)	0.50

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - McCool Junction overwhelmed by Sacred Heart

December 28, 2024: Falls City, NE 68355

In Saturday's non-league test, the Sacred Heart Irish (Falls City, NE) basketball squad trounced the visiting McCool Junction Mustangs (McCool Junction, NE), by a final score of 55-29.

Next, the Irish clash with the Syracuse Rockets (Syracuse, NE) in a non-league test, on Monday, December 30. Sacred Heart will attempt to upgrade on its 6-1 season record. The Rockets come into the test with a 3-4 record after their 47-38 non-league win over Freeman (Adams, NE).

The Mustangs (4-2) will now prepare for their test against Sutton (Sutton, NE). The Mustangs come into the non-league test with a 5-2 record. In their last test, Sutton bounced Mead (Mead, NE), 60-19, in a non-league test.

Sacred Heart vs MCJHS Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 28, 2024 @ 3:30p

The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Sacred Heart (Falls City, NE) by a score of 55-29.

Rankings & Records

Sacred Heart (24-25)

NE	Class
21	1

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
25-4	4-0	11-2	6-1	8-1	.862	1.000	1,456	1,001

McCool Junction (24-25)

NE	Class
199	32

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
10-13	2-3	3-5	6-5	1-3	.435	.400	880	1,030

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Sacred Heart	12.7	13.9	13.8	11.2	0	50.2
McCool Junction	9.7	9.2	9.8	9.7	9.0	38.3

Team Stat Comparison

Sacred Heart		McCool Junction
-	Points Per Game	38.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	31.8
-	Assists Per Game	8.0
-	Steals Per Game	10.5
-	Blocks Per Game	2.9

Team Leaders

Sacred Heart		McCool Junction	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#14 Natalie Clark14.3	4.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Claire Brugger9.7	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#14 Natalie Clark2.7	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#22 Claire Brugger3.3	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#22 Claire Brugger1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Sacred Heart	5-0		McCool Junction	1-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/24	Sacred Heart	Exeter-Milligan/Friend	(W) 44-34	2/11/25	Exeter-Milligan/Friend	McCool Junction	(L) 50-32
1/13/25	Sacred Heart	Exeter-Milligan/Friend	(W) 47-39	2/18/25	McCool Junction	Exeter-Milligan/Friend	(W) 32-29
1/4/25	Sacred Heart	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(W) 59-34	1/21/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	McCool Junction	(L) 42-36
				1/27/25	McCool Junction	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(L) 45-40
1/16/25	Sacred Heart	Freeman	(W) 30-28	12/30/24	McCool Junction	Freeman	(L) 63-21
3/8/25	Sacred Heart	Dorchester	(W) 52-25	2/14/25	Dorchester	McCool Junction	(L) 46-27

Record Breakdown

Sacred Heart (24-25)		McCool Junction (24-25)
25-4	Overall	10-13
5-0	League	3-3
10-3	Non-League	7-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
5-0	Common Opponent	1-5
11-2	Home	3-5
6-1	Away	6-5
8-1	Neutral	1-3
4-0	Playoff	0-0
23-4	In-State	10-13
2-0	Out-of-State	0-0