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Columbus Grand Island

Discoverers

Islanders

The Grand Island (NE) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Columbus (NE) by a score of 56-54.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Columbus	-	-	-	-	54
Grand Island	-	-	-	-	56

Final score provided by A. Fahey.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Grand Island (24-25)

Columbus

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	159	54	18	45	40	44
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	26	11	5	10	50	55
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	19	4	2	4	50	50
4	Will Wickham (Sr)	24	4	2	6	33	33
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	21	19	4	11	36	41
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	13	0	0	2	0	0
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	16	4	2	4	50	50
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	26	12	3	7	43	57
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	14	0	0	1	0	0

Grand Island

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	56	22	58	38	41
2	Babur Choul (Sr)	20	7	17	41	47
3	V. Fisher Jr. (Jr)	16	6	15	40	40
4	Ethan Coslor (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20
5	B. Barrientos (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20
10	Cody Garrett (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
12	Nathan Kosmicki (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
14	Carter Bernal (Jr)	8	3	8	38	50
24	Riley Holling (Sr)	6	3	3	100	100

Columbus

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	159	54	4	11	36	14	19	74	14	34	41
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	26	11	1	2	50				4	8	50
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	19	4							2	4	50
4	Will Wickham (Sr)	24	4	0	1	0				2	5	40
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	21	19	1	4	25	10	13	77	3	7	43
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	13	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	16	4	0	1	0				2	3	67
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	26	12	2	2	100	4	6	67	1	5	20
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	14	0							0	1	0

Grand Island

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	56	4	19	21	8	16	50	18	39	46
2	Babur Choul (Sr)	20	2	6	33	4	6	67	5	11	45
3	V. Fisher Jr. (Jr)	16	0	2	0	4	8	50	6	13	46
4	Ethan Coslor (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
5	B. Barrientos (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
10	Cody Garrett (Sr)	2	0	1	0				1	3	33
12	Nathan Kosmicki (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Carter Bernal (Jr)	8	2	5	40	0	0	0	1	3	33
24	Riley Holling (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	100

Columbus

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	159	54	8	23	31	5	12	9	13
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	26	11	1	3	4	1	5	2	4
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	19	4	2	6	8		1	0	2
4	Will Wickham (Sr)	24	4	1	1	2	1	2	1
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	21	19	1	4	5	1	2	2	4
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	13	0	0	2	2	0		1	1
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	16	4	1	3	4	1	1	2	2
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	26	12	2	4	6	1	1
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	14	0						1

Grand Island

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	56	12	21	33	9	5	4	13	2
2	Babur Choul (Sr)	20	3	7	10	4	1	2	1	0
3	V. Fisher Jr. (Jr)	16	2	7	9	1	2	0	6	1
4	Ethan Coslor (Sr)	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1
5	B. Barrientos (Sr)	2	1	3	4	2	2	1	2	0
10	Cody Garrett (Sr)	2	1	0	1
12	Nathan Kosmicki (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
14	Carter Bernal (Jr)	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	Riley Holling (Sr)	6	3	3	6	1	0	1	1	0

Columbus

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	0.56	1.33	0.92
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	0.50	2.50	1.25
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)		1.00	0.50
4	Will Wickham (Sr)	1.00	2.00
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	0.50	1.00	0.50
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.50

Grand Island

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.69	0.39	2.50	2.00	1	1
2	Babur Choul (Sr)	4.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	0	1
3	V. Fisher Jr. (Jr)	0.17	0.33	2.00	0.00	0	0
4	Ethan Coslor (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
5	B. Barrientos (Sr)	1.00	1.00	2.00	1.00	0	0
14	Carter Bernal (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0
24	Riley Holling (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Columbus can't hold off Grand Island

December 7, 2024: Columbus, NE 68601

The Grand Island Islanders nipped the host Columbus Discoverers basketball squad by a final score of 56-54 in Saturday's non-league outing.

Next, the Islanders face the Burke Bulldogs (Omaha, NE) in a non-league outing, on Monday, December 9. Grand Island will attempt to upgrade on its 1-1 season record. The Bulldogs enter the outing with a 1-1 record after their 67-55 non-league win over Omaha Northwest (Omaha, NE).

The Discoverers (0-2) will now prepare for their outing against Omaha Northwest (Omaha, NE). The Huskies enter the non-league outing with a 0-2 record. In their last outing, Omaha Northwest was nipped by Burke (Omaha, NE), 67-55, in a non-league outing.

Columbus vs Grand Island Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 7, 2024 @ 1:30p

At Omaha South

The Grand Island (NE) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Columbus (NE) by a score of 56-54.

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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

Grand Island (24-25)

NE	Class
78	17

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
13-12	0-2	5-4	7-5	1-3	.520	.000	1,326	1,416

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Columbus	11.9	14.3	13.4	13.8	13.0	-	53.6
Grand Island	11.8	11.2	12.2	13.6	6.0	4.0	53.0

Head-to-Head

Grand Island won on 12/7/2024

12/7 @ 1:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Columbus - - - - 54
Grand Island - - - - 56

The Columbus (NE) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Grand Island (NE) by a score of 56-54.
Box score
Grand Island won on 2/20/2025

2/20 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Grand Island - - - - 54
Columbus - - - - 47

The Grand Island (NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Columbus (NE) by a score of 54-47.
Box score

2/20 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Grand Island	-	-	-	-	54
Columbus	-	-	-	-	47

Team Stat Comparison

Columbus		Grand Island
52.8	Points Per Game	53.0
30.0	Rebounds Per Game	26.0
11.4	Assists Per Game	13.2
7.3	Steals Per Game	6.9
1.4	Blocks Per Game	2.5

Team Leaders

Columbus		Grand Island	National Avg.
#2 Jaxson Vasicek10.5	Points Per Game	#3 Victor Fisher Jr.17.0	4.9
#2 Jaxson Vasicek5.7	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Victor Fisher Jr.8.6	2.6
#0 Luke Messersmith2.8	Assists Per Game	#4 Ethan Coslor3.3	1.0
#0 Luke Messersmith2.2	Steals Per Game	#2 Babur Choul1.4	0.8
#2 Jaxson Vasicek0.4	Blocks Per Game	#3 Victor Fisher Jr.1.4	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Columbus	5-13		Grand Island	8-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Omaha South	Columbus	(L) 69-67	1/4/25	Omaha South	Grand Island	(W) 61-56
12/9/24	Columbus	Omaha Northwest	(W) 58-45	1/18/25	Grand Island	Omaha Northwest	(W) 55-33
12/13/24	Columbus	Lincoln Southeast	(L) 74-37	1/2/25	Grand Island	Lincoln Southeast	(L) 64-47
12/20/24	Columbus	North Platte	(W) 42-39	12/14/24	Grand Island	North Platte	(W) 51-33
2/28/25	North Platte	Columbus	(W) 76-52
12/28/24	Columbus	Lincoln Southwest	(L) 78-42	1/23/25	Lincoln Southwest	Grand Island	(L) 72-67
1/2/25	Norfolk	Columbus	(W) 57-45	2/24/25	Norfolk	Grand Island	(W) 67-54
1/31/25	Norfolk	Columbus	(W) 62-53
1/7/25	Columbus	Lincoln North Star	(L) 78-33	12/13/24	Lincoln North Star	Grand Island	(L) 72-34
				1/29/25	Grand Island	Lincoln North Star	(L) 87-59
1/10/25	Columbus	Lincoln Northeast	(L) 75-65	12/20/24	Lincoln Northeast	Grand Island	(L) 82-60
1/17/25	Lincoln High	Columbus	(L) 83-64	12/28/24	Grand Island	Lincoln High	(L) 64-51
1/24/25	Columbus	Kearney	(L) 79-41	2/6/25	Grand Island	Kearney	(L) 55-39
1/28/25	Columbus	Fremont	(L) 60-55	1/10/25	Fremont	Grand Island	(W) 65-55
2/14/25	Fremont	Columbus	(L) 70-40
2/8/25	Columbus	Benson	(L) 71-60	2/4/25	Grand Island	Benson	(W) 61-43
2/11/25	Columbus	Burke	(L) 75-55	12/9/24	Grand Island	Burke	(L) 57-50
2/15/25	Columbus	Lincoln East	(L) 85-58	1/28/25	Lincoln East	Grand Island	(W) 57-55
				2/13/25	Lincoln East	Grand Island	(W) 64-52
3/1/25	Columbus	Omaha Westside	(L) 81-29	12/21/24	Grand Island	Omaha Westside	(L) 71-42

Record Breakdown

Columbus (24-25)		Grand Island (24-25)
7-18	Overall	13-12
1-3	League	1-2
6-13	Non-League	10-8
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
5-13	Common Opponent	8-9
4-6	Home	5-4
1-10	Away	7-5
2-2	Neutral	1-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-18	In-State	13-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0