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Columbus Lincoln East

Discoverers

Spartans

The Lincoln East (Lincoln, NE) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Columbus (NE) by a score of 73-31.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Columbus	-	-	-	-	31
Lincoln East	-	-	-	-	73

Final score provided by J. Campbell.

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Game Stats

Lincoln East (22-23)

Columbus

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	31	13	36	36	38
1	Remi Alvarado (So)	2	1	4	25	25
1	L. Messersmith (So)	2	1	3	33	33
2	Tanner Esch (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
4	Will Wickham (So)	2	0	1	0	0
5	Jose Garcia (Jr)	6	2	5	40	50
21	Griffin Micek (Jr)	6	3	4	75	75
22	Zaiden Gully (So)	5	2	4	50	50
23	Braeden Schefus (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
24	Connor Martinez (Sr)	6	3	7	43	43
32	Caden Kapels (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
33	Quinn Freshour (So)	0	0	1	0	0

Lincoln East

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	73	31	55	56	61
0	C. Melessa (Sr)	7	3	3	100	100
1	Cohen Sand (So)	7	3	5	60	70
3	Connor Hamilton (Sr)	5	2	4	50	50
5	C. Christensen (Sr)	3	1	5	20	30
5	Connor Johnson (Jr)	4	1	3	33	33
10	Jared Townsley (Sr)	13	6	11	55	59
13	Jang Dak (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
21	Carter Toomey (Sr)	11	4	6	67	75
23	C. Tempelmeyer (Sr)	13	6	7	86	93
24	Carter Mick (Jr)	8	4	8	50	50

Columbus

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	31	1	7	14	4	8	50	12	29	41
1	Remi Alvarado (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
1	L. Messersmith (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
2	Tanner Esch (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Will Wickham (So)	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	0	0
5	Jose Garcia (Jr)	6	1	3	33	1	2	50	1	2	50
21	Griffin Micek (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	75
22	Zaiden Gully (So)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	4	50
23	Braeden Schefus (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Connor Martinez (Sr)	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	50
32	Caden Kapels (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
33	Quinn Freshour (So)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0

Lincoln East

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	73	5	23	22	6	8	75	26	32	81
0	C. Melessa (Sr)	7	0	0	0	1	1	100	3	3	100
1	Cohen Sand (So)	7	1	1	100	0	0	0	2	4	50
3	Connor Hamilton (Sr)	5	0	2	0	1	2	50	2	2	100
5	C. Christensen (Sr)	3	1	4	25	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Connor Johnson (Jr)	4	0	2	0	2	2	100	1	1	100
10	Jared Townsley (Sr)	13	1	5	20	0	1	0	5	6	83
13	Jang Dak (Jr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
21	Carter Toomey (Sr)	11	1	3	33	2	2	100	3	3	100
23	C. Tempelmeyer (Sr)	13	1	2	50	0	0	0	5	5	100
24	Carter Mick (Jr)	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	6	67

Columbus

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	31	6	12	18	1	7	2	24	9
1	Remi Alvarado (So)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3
1	L. Messersmith (So)	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	7	0
2	Tanner Esch (Jr)	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	2
4	Will Wickham (So)	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
5	Jose Garcia (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Ryder Bock (So)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	Griffin Micek (Jr)	6	0	2	2	0	1	0	4	2
22	Zaiden Gully (So)	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
23	Braeden Schefus (Sr)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
24	Connor Martinez (Sr)	6	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0
32	Caden Kapels (Jr)	2	1	4	5	0	0	1	3	1
33	Quinn Freshour (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Lincoln East

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	73	11	16	27	12	16	2	12	13
0	C. Melessa (Sr)	7	1	1	2	3	4	1	1	0
1	Cohen Sand (So)	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2
3	Connor Hamilton (Sr)	5	1	4	5	2	1	0	1	2
5	C. Christensen (Sr)	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	1
5	Connor Johnson (Jr)	4	3	0	3	0	4	0	1	2
10	Jared Townsley (Sr)	13	0	3	3	2	1	0	0	0
13	Jang Dak (Jr)	2	1	4	5	0	1	1	1	1
15	Luke Lindquist (Jr)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
21	Carter Toomey (Sr)	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	C. Tempelmeyer (Sr)	13	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	3
24	Carter Mick (Jr)	8	3	2	5	1	0	0	2	1

Columbus

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.04	0.29	0.78	0.22	6
1	Remi Alvarado (So)	0.00	1.00	0.67	0.00	0
1	L. Messersmith (So)	0.14	0.14	1.00	0.00	1
2	Tanner Esch (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
4	Will Wickham (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1
12	Ryder Bock (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
21	Griffin Micek (Jr)	0.00	0.25	0.50	0.00	0
22	Zaiden Gully (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
24	Connor Martinez (Sr)	0.00	0.67	2.00	0.00	0
32	Caden Kapels (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0

Lincoln East

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	1.33	1.23	0.15	9
0	C. Melessa (Sr)	3.00	4.00	4.00	1.00	2
1	Cohen Sand (So)	0.33	0.33	0.50	0.00	1
3	Connor Hamilton (Sr)	2.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0
5	C. Christensen (Sr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	0
5	Connor Johnson (Jr)	0.00	4.00	2.00	0.00	0
10	Jared Townsley (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	2
13	Jang Dak (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0
15	Luke Lindquist (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
21	Carter Toomey (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
23	C. Tempelmeyer (Sr)	2.00	3.00	1.00	0.00	2
24	Carter Mick (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Lincoln East overwhelms Columbus

December 9, 2022: Lincoln, NE 68510

Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Lincoln East Spartans (Lincoln, NE) and the visiting Columbus Discoverers (Columbus, NE), saw Lincoln East's basketball squad wallop Columbus by a tally of 73-31.

With the victory, Lincoln East improves its record to 3-0 on the campaign. The Spartans host Omaha Central (Omaha, NE) to confront the Eagles in a A District TBD challenge on Saturday, December 10. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 4-0. Omaha Central won 86-43 in their recent league challenge against Omaha Northwest (Omaha, NE)

Next up, the Discoverers confront the Buena Vista (Omaha, NE) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 10. Columbus will attempt to improve on its 1-2 season record. The come into the challenge with a 0-3 record after their 96-24 non-league loss to Lincoln Northeast (Lincoln, NE).

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Rankings & Records

Columbus (22-23)

NE	Class
178	28

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-18	3-14	4-9	1-9	.217	.176	1,075	1,421

Lincoln East (22-23)

NE	Class
18	6

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-6	18-5	13-1	5-4	1-1	.760	.783	1,572	1,396

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Columbus	11.8	11.5	10.9	11.8	-	46.7
Lincoln East	16.0	16.1	16.8	16.0	8.0	62.9

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Team Stat Comparison

Columbus		Lincoln East
46.0	Points Per Game	62.9
24.7	Rebounds Per Game	29.3
9.3	Assists Per Game	13.5
6.3	Steals Per Game	7.1
1.0	Blocks Per Game	3.1

Team Leaders

Columbus		Lincoln East	National Avg.
#21 Griffin Micek8.5	Points Per Game	#24 Carter Mick15.3	4.9
#32 Caden Kapels6.2	Rebounds Per Game	#0 Christian Melessa7.8	2.6
#1 Luke Messersmith3.2	Assists Per Game	#10 Jared Townsley3.0	1.0
#1 Luke Messersmith1.4	Steals Per Game	#23 Carter Tempelmeyer1.6	0.8
#32 Caden Kapels0.4	Blocks Per Game	#0 Christian Melessa1.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Columbus	4-11		Lincoln East	13-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/22	Grand Island	Columbus	(W) 59-50	1/31/23	Lincoln East	Grand Island	(W) 50-44
2/3/23	Grand Island	Columbus	(L) 56-48
12/16/22	Columbus	Lincoln Northeast	(L) 60-33	12/30/22	Lincoln Northeast	Lincoln East	(W) 58-55
				1/17/23	Lincoln Northeast	Lincoln East	(W) 60-55
12/28/22	Columbus	Pius X	(L) 83-55	12/29/22	Pius X	Lincoln East	(L) 54-52
1/7/23	Pius X	Columbus	(L) 55-35	2/10/23	Lincoln East	Pius X	(W) 58-53
12/29/22	Norfolk	Columbus	(W) 69-59	2/3/23	Norfolk	Lincoln East	(W) 57-33
1/13/23	Columbus	Norfolk	(W) 46-39
1/6/23	Fremont	Columbus	(W) 63-42	1/7/23	Fremont	Lincoln East	(W) 67-47
1/14/23	Columbus	Creighton Prep	(L) 64-31	12/17/22	Lincoln East	Creighton Prep	(W) 62-60
1/20/23	Lincoln North Star	Columbus	(L) 81-53	2/14/23	Lincoln North Star	Lincoln East	(W) 72-68
1/26/23	Columbus	Lincoln High	(L) 70-28	12/15/22	Lincoln East	Lincoln High	(L) 54-51
2/4/23	Lincoln Southwest	Columbus	(L) 75-56	1/27/23	Lincoln East	Lincoln Southwest	(W) 75-59
				2/27/23	Lincoln Southwest	Lincoln East	(W) 76-72
2/11/23	Columbus	Kearney	(L) 59-27	1/12/23	Kearney	Lincoln East	(W) 75-57
2/14/23	Columbus	Lincoln Southeast	(L) 71-40	12/3/22	Lincoln Southeast	Lincoln East	(W) 59-51
				1/24/23	Lincoln East	Lincoln Southeast	(L) 60-41
2/24/23	Omaha Northwest	Columbus	(L) 66-64	2/4/23	Omaha Northwest	Lincoln East	(W) 79-52

Record Breakdown

Columbus (22-23)		Lincoln East (22-23)
5-18	Overall	19-6
3-14	League	19-5
1-2	Non-League	0-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-11	Common Opponent	13-3
4-9	Home	13-1
1-9	Away	5-4
0-0	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	0-1
5-18	In-State	19-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0