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Meridian Nebraska Lutheran

Mustangs

Knights

The Nebraska Lutheran (Waco, NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Meridian (Daykin, NE) by a score of 49-35.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	9	6	14	6	35
Nebraska Lutheran	8	13	9	19	49

Final score provided by C. Beagle.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Meridian (25-26)

Meridian has not entered stats for this game.

Nebraska Lutheran (25-26)

Nebraska Lutheran

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	49	18	64	28	32
1	Gio Martin (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
2	Weston Koontz (Sr)	3	0	4	0	0
3	Morgan Krahling (So)	0	0	1	0	0
4	Barrett Koontz (Sr)	11	4	13	31	35
5	Carson Malchow (So)	5	2	10	20	25
10	Luke Otte (Sr)	8	4	12	33	33
11	Bob Papik (So)	18	6	19	32	39
30	Tucker Murray (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100

Nebraska Lutheran

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	49	5	23	22	8	12	67	13	41	32
1	Gio Martin (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
2	Weston Koontz (Sr)	3	0	1	0	3	4	75	0	3	0
3	Morgan Krahling (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Barrett Koontz (Sr)	11	1	3	33	2	4	50	3	10	30
5	Carson Malchow (So)	5	1	6	17	0	0	0	1	4	25
10	Luke Otte (Sr)	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	11	36
11	Bob Papik (So)	18	3	12	25	3	4	75	3	7	43
30	Tucker Murray (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100

Nebraska Lutheran

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	49	12	24	36	4	12	10	18
1	Gio Martin (Jr)	2	2	2	4	1	2	0	0
2	Weston Koontz (Sr)	3	1	2	3	0	4	2	1
3	Morgan Krahling (So)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
4	Barrett Koontz (Sr)	11	3	6	9	0	2	2	2
5	Carson Malchow (So)	5	1	3	4	0	2	0	3
10	Luke Otte (Sr)	8	3	6	9	1	1	3	2
11	Bob Papik (So)	18	1	5	6	0	1	1	3
30	Tucker Murray (Sr)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3

Nebraska Lutheran

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	0.40	1.20	0.67
1	Gio Martin (Jr)	1.00	2.00	2.00
2	Weston Koontz (Sr)	0.00	2.00	4.00
3	Morgan Krahling (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00
4	Barrett Koontz (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00
5	Carson Malchow (So)	0.00	2.00	0.67
10	Luke Otte (Sr)	0.33	0.33	0.50
11	Bob Papik (So)	0.00	1.00	0.33

Nebraska Lutheran's stats are presented by iScore Basketball ScorekeeperiScore Sports

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Nebraska Lutheran thwarts Meridian

December 4, 2025: Waco, NE 68460

Fans at Thursday's non-league battle between the Nebraska Lutheran Knights (Waco, NE) and the visiting Meridian Mustangs (Daykin, NE), witnessed Nebraska Lutheran's basketball squad prevail over Meridian by a count of 49-35.

With the victory, Nebraska Lutheran advances its record to 1-0 on the year. The Knights host Twin River (Genoa, NE) to meet the Titans in a non-league battle on Tuesday, December 9. The Titans enter the battle with a record of 1-0. Twin River won 52-43 in their recent league battle against Shelby-Rising City (Shelby, NE)

The Mustangs now own a 0-1 record. They play next when they host Dorchester for a non-league challenge on Friday, December 5. Meridian will encounter a Longhorns team coming off a 88-31 non-league loss to Deshler (Deshler, NE). The Longhorns record now stands at 0-1.

Meridian @ NLHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 4, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Nebraska Lutheran (Waco, NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Meridian (Daykin, NE) by a score of 49-35.

Rankings & Records

Meridian (25-26)

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
1-3	0-1	1-1	0-2	.250	.000	158	207

Nebraska Lutheran (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
3-1	2-0	0-0	1-1	.750	192	183

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	12.7	8.7	12.7	8.7	39.5
Nebraska Lutheran	10.0	10.8	11.5	15.8	48.0

Team Stat Comparison

Meridian		Nebraska Lutheran
-	Points Per Game	48.0
-	Rebounds Per Game	32.5
-	Assists Per Game	9.8
-	Steals Per Game	7.8
-	Blocks Per Game	1.0

Team Leaders

Meridian		Nebraska Lutheran	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#11 Bob Papik16.0	5.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Bob Papik6.8	2.9
-	Assists Per Game	#3 Morgan Krahling3.3	1.1
-	Steals Per Game	#1 Gio Martin2.0	1.0
-	Blocks Per Game	#5 Carson Malchow0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Meridian	1-1		Nebraska Lutheran	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/25	Dorchester	Meridian	(W) 56-34	2/5/26	Nebraska Lutheran	Dorchester
12/12/25	Cross County	Meridian	(L) 67-30	2/3/26	Nebraska Lutheran	Cross County
12/30/25	Meridian	Deshler		2/10/26	Deshler	Nebraska Lutheran
1/8/26	Meridian	McCool Junction		2/6/26	Nebraska Lutheran	McCool Junction
1/10/26	Meridian	Shelby-Rising City		1/17/26	Shelby-Rising City	Nebraska Lutheran
1/20/26	Twin River	Meridian		12/9/25	Twin River	Nebraska Lutheran	(W) 51-45
1/22/26	Meridian	East Butler		1/13/26	Nebraska Lutheran	East Butler
2/3/26	Meridian	High Plains		1/15/26	Nebraska Lutheran	High Plains
2/6/26	Osceola	Meridian		1/6/26	Nebraska Lutheran	Osceola
2/20/26	Meridian	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley		1/8/26	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	Nebraska Lutheran

Record Breakdown

Meridian (25-26)		Nebraska Lutheran (25-26)
1-3	Overall	3-1
0-1	League	0-0
1-2	Non-League	2-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-1	Common Opponent	1-0
1-1	Home	2-0
0-2	Away	0-0
0-0	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
1-3	In-State	2-0
0-0	Out-of-State	1-1