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Meridian Deshler

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The Deshler (NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral tournament game against Meridian (Daykin, NE) by a score of 44-40.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	11	9	15	9	44
Deshler	15	16	4	5	40

Final score provided by J. Nash.

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Game Stats

Deshler (23-24)

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	16	41	39	43
2	Beau Bartels (Fr)	2	1	3	33	33
3	Chase Schafer (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0
10	Colby Smith (So)	0	0	2	0	0
13	M. Escobar de leon (Sr)	14	5	14	36	43
14	Darrian Eyer (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
15	Tucker Simms (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
34	Maddox Haake (Fr)	5	1	5	20	30
42	Landon Peterson	2	1	2	50	50
55	Kolton Kumpf (Sr)	21	8	10	80	80

Deshler

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	40	13	32	41	47
1	Kaden Kleen (So)	4	1	4	25	25
2	Cameron Harding (Sr)	10	3	6	50	67
20	Brent Buescher (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
22	Easton Nash (So)	14	3	12	25	33
25	Brendan M lemke (So)	0	0	1	0	0
42	Carson Sieber (So)	10	5	8	63	63

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	3	17	18	9	19	47	13	24	54
2	Beau Bartels (Fr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
3	Chase Schafer (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Colby Smith (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	M. Escobar de leon (Sr)	14	2	8	25	2	8	25	3	6	50
14	Darrian Eyer (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	Tucker Simms (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Maddox Haake (Fr)	5	1	2	50	2	2	100	0	3	0
42	Landon Peterson	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	50
55	Kolton Kumpf (Sr)	21	0	0	0	5	6	83	8	10	80

Deshler

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	40	4	19	21	10	14	71	9	13	69
1	Kaden Kleen (So)	4	0	3	0	2	2	100	1	1	100
2	Cameron Harding (Sr)	10	2	5	40	2	2	100	1	1	100
20	Brent Buescher (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
22	Easton Nash (So)	14	2	10	20	6	8	75	1	2	50
25	Brendan M lemke (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Carson Sieber (So)	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	8	63

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	44	10	11	21	8	7	2	17	14
2	Beau Bartels (Fr)	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
3	Chase Schafer (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10	Colby Smith (So)	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	2
13	M. Escobar de leon (Sr)	14	2	1	3	2	1	0	3	4
14	Darrian Eyer (Jr)	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	0
15	Tucker Simms (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
34	Maddox Haake (Fr)	5	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
42	Landon Peterson	2	3	3	6	3	3	2	4	4
55	Kolton Kumpf (Sr)	21	2	2	4	1	0	0	5	2

Deshler

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	40	4	16	20	11	7	20	20
0	Tregan Lefave (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1	Kaden Kleen (So)	4	0	4	4	5	2	4	5
2	Cameron Harding (Sr)	10	1	1	2	1	1	3	4
20	Brent Buescher (Jr)	2	1	2	3	1	1	5	4
22	Easton Nash (So)	14	0	1	1	1	1	2	2
25	Brendan M lemke (So)	0	1	2	3	0	1	3	2
42	Carson Sieber (So)	10	1	6	7	2	1	3	3

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.47	0.41	0.50	0.14	1	10
2	Beau Bartels (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
10	Colby Smith (So)	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.00	0	3
13	M. Escobar de leon (Sr)	0.67	0.33	0.25	0.00	0	3
14	Darrian Eyer (Jr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	0.00	1	1
34	Maddox Haake (Fr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	1
42	Landon Peterson	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.50	0	2
55	Kolton Kumpf (Sr)	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0

Deshler

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.55	0.35	0.35	2	13
0	Tregan Lefave (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
1	Kaden Kleen (So)	1.25	0.50	0.40	0	2
2	Cameron Harding (Sr)	0.33	0.33	0.25	0	3
20	Brent Buescher (Jr)	0.20	0.20	0.25	0	1
22	Easton Nash (So)	0.50	0.50	0.50	0	4
25	Brendan M lemke (So)	0.00	0.33	0.50	0	1
42	Carson Sieber (So)	0.67	0.33	0.33	2	2

Meridian's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Deshler's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Deshler nipped by Meridian

December 29, 2023: Daykin, NE 68338

The Meridian Mustangs tipped the visiting Deshler Dragons basketball team by a final score of 44-40 in Friday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Mustangs face the Lewiston Tigers (Lewiston, NE) in a non-league game, on Tuesday, January 2. Meridian will attempt to move on its 3-6 season record. The Tigers enter the game with a 3-5 record after their 57-29 non-league win over Dorchester (Dorchester, NE).

With the defeat, Deshler moves to 4-4 on the year. The Dragons travel to Shelton (Shelton, NE) to face the Bulldogs in a non-league game on Friday, January 5. The Bulldogs enter the game with a record of 11-0. Shelton won 75-46 in their recent non-league game against Gibbon (Gibbon, NE)

Rankings & Records

Meridian (23-24)

NE	Class
261	42

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-16	1-0	3-4	0-9	2-3	.238	1.000	761	1,056

Deshler (23-24)

NE	Class
176	27

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
12-9	0-1	6-3	4-4	2-2	.571	.000	850	870

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	8.1	8.9	11.3	8.9	36.2
Deshler	11.3	10.8	8.9	9.6	40.5

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Team Stat Comparison

Meridian		Deshler
36.2	Points Per Game	40.5
27.8	Rebounds Per Game	22.7
6.7	Assists Per Game	9.1
6.8	Steals Per Game	8.4
2.1	Blocks Per Game	1.4

Team Leaders

Meridian		Deshler	National Avg.
#13 Mario Escobar de leon11.8	Points Per Game	#22 Easton Nash11.3	4.9
#55 Kolton Kumpf9.3	Rebounds Per Game	#42 Carson Sieber7.8	2.6
#13 Mario Escobar de leon3.0	Assists Per Game	#2 Cameron Harding2.2	1.0
#13 Mario Escobar de leon3.2	Steals Per Game	#22 Easton Nash2.0	0.8
#42 Landon Peterson1.2	Blocks Per Game	#42 Carson Sieber0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Meridian	2-3		Deshler	4-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/1/23	Dorchester	Meridian	(W) 45-22	11/30/23	Deshler	Dorchester	(W) 42-15
12/12/23	Sterling	Meridian	(W) 47-35	12/7/23	Deshler	Sterling	(W) 43-18
12/15/23	Meridian	Superior	(L) 54-33	1/23/24	Deshler	Superior	(W) 47-30
2/9/24	Silver Lake	Meridian	(L) 65-49	12/1/23	Deshler	Silver Lake	(L) 51-32
2/20/24	Meridian	Red Cloud	(L) 44-19	2/3/24	Deshler	Red Cloud	(W) 40-32
				2/8/24	Deshler	Red Cloud	(L) 34-18

Record Breakdown

Meridian (23-24)		Deshler (23-24)
5-16	Overall	12-9
1-1	League	0-1
2-12	Non-League	10-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-3	Common Opponent	4-2
3-4	Home	6-3
0-9	Away	4-4
2-3	Neutral	2-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
5-16	In-State	12-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0