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Columbus Kearney

Discoverers

Bearcats

The Kearney (NE) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home conference game against Columbus (NE) by a score of 59-27.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Columbus	7	4	6	10	27
Kearney	30	14	6	9	59

Final score provided by K. Klimek.

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Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Kearney (22-23)

Columbus

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	27	11	43	26	28
1	Remi Alvarado (So)	2	1	3	33	33
1	L. Messersmith (So)	4	2	5	40	40
2	Tanner Esch (Jr)	7	2	9	22	28
5	Quinn Freshour (So)	5	2	7	29	36
5	Jose Garcia (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
21	Griffin Micek (Jr)	2	1	8	13	13
22	Zaiden Gully (So)	2	1	3	33	33
23	Q. Gustafson (So)	1	0	0
23	Braeden Schefus (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33

Kearney

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	23	52	44	54
0	Karter Lee (Jr)	5	2	5	40	50
1	Jack Dahlgren (Sr)	7	2	6	33	50
1	Jake Kracl (So)	0	0	1	0	0
2	Colt Straka (Jr)	7	3	5	60	70
5	Treyven Beckman (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
11	Asher Endorf (Jr)	11	5	7	71	79
22	Turner Bertrand (So)	6	3	4	75	75
24	Jhordy Solares (Sr)	3	1	1	100	150
30	Ian Piper (Jr)	0	0	4	0	0
31	Keeghan Hunt (So)	0	0	2	0	0
34	Justin Murray (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
44	Ben Johnson (So)	18	6	11	55	73

Columbus

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	27	2	21	10	3	6	50	9	22	41
1	Remi Alvarado (So)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
1	L. Messersmith (So)	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	4	50
2	Tanner Esch (Jr)	7	1	3	33	2	2	100	1	6	17
5	Quinn Freshour (So)	5	1	4	25	0	0	0	1	3	33
5	Jose Garcia (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Griffin Micek (Jr)	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
22	Zaiden Gully (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
23	Q. Gustafson (So)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
23	Braeden Schefus (Sr)	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	100

Kearney

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	10	33	30	3	5	60	13	19	68
0	Karter Lee (Jr)	5	1	3	33	0	0	0	1	2	50
1	Jack Dahlgren (Sr)	7	2	5	40	1	2	50	0	1	0
1	Jake Kracl (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Colt Straka (Jr)	7	1	3	33	0	1	0	2	2	100
5	Treyven Beckman (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
11	Asher Endorf (Jr)	11	1	3	33	0	0	0	4	4	100
22	Turner Bertrand (So)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	75
24	Jhordy Solares (Sr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Ian Piper (Jr)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Keeghan Hunt (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Justin Murray (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44	Ben Johnson (So)	18	4	8	50	2	2	100	2	3	67

Columbus

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	27	2	18	20	5	6	17	12
1	Remi Alvarado (So)	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
1	L. Messersmith (So)	4	0	3	3	3	1	4	2
2	Tanner Esch (Jr)	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	2
5	Quinn Freshour (So)	5	1	2	3	0	1	2	4
5	Jose Garcia (Jr)	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	2
21	Griffin Micek (Jr)	2	1	6	7	1	0	2	1
22	Zaiden Gully (So)	2	0	2	2	0	0	3	0
23	Q. Gustafson (So)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
23	Braeden Schefus (Sr)	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	1

Kearney

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	59	7	22	29	21	10	4	12	10
0	Karter Lee (Jr)	5	1	3	4	3	3	0	0	0
1	Jack Dahlgren (Sr)	7	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	0
1	Jake Kracl (So)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
2	Colt Straka (Jr)	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2
5	Treyven Beckman (Sr)	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	1
11	Asher Endorf (Jr)	11	1	2	3	1	1	1	0	1
15	Jacob Hansen (Jr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
22	Turner Bertrand (So)	6	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
24	Jo Bausch (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
24	Jhordy Solares (Sr)	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2
30	Ian Piper (Jr)	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0
31	Keeghan Hunt (So)	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
34	Justin Murray (Sr)	0	1	2	3	0	2	0	2	2
44	Ben Johnson (So)	18	1	5	6	8	2	1	1	0

Columbus

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.29	0.35	0.50	8
1	Remi Alvarado (So)	1.00	1.00	1.00	2
1	L. Messersmith (So)	0.75	0.25	0.50	3
2	Tanner Esch (Jr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	0
5	Quinn Freshour (So)	0.00	0.50	0.25	0
21	Griffin Micek (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0
22	Zaiden Gully (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
23	Q. Gustafson (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1
23	Braeden Schefus (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

Kearney

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.75	0.83	1.00	0.40	6
0	Karter Lee (Jr)	3.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	0
1	Jack Dahlgren (Sr)	4.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0
1	Jake Kracl (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
2	Colt Straka (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
11	Asher Endorf (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0
22	Turner Bertrand (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
24	Jo Bausch (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0
30	Ian Piper (Jr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	1
31	Keeghan Hunt (So)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
34	Justin Murray (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
44	Ben Johnson (So)	8.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	0

Columbus' stats are presented by HudlHudl

Kearney's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Columbus overwhelmed by Kearney

February 11, 2023: Kearney, NE 68845

The Kearney Bearcats basketball team scored 59 points and restricted the visiting Columbus Discoverers to 27 in the Bearcats league victory on Saturday.

The Bearcats now sport a 15-6 record. They put it on the line next when they host Fremont for a A District TBD contest on Tuesday, February 14. Kearney will battle a Tigers team coming off a 65-60 league win over Pius X (Lincoln, NE). The Tigers record now stands at 5-15.

The Discoverers (5-15) will now prepare for their contest against Lincoln Southeast (Lincoln, NE). The Knights come into the A District TBD contest with a 12-9 record. In their last contest, Lincoln Southeast was routed by Kearney (Kearney, NE), 70-66, in a league contest.

Columbus @ Kearney Basketball Game Info

Sat., Feb. 11, 2023 @ 5:15p

The Kearney (NE) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home conference game against Columbus (NE) by a score of 59-27.

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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

Kearney (22-23)

NE	Class
49	16

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-8	8-4	9-3	6-4	2-1	.680	.667	1,522	1,311

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Columbus	11.8	11.5	10.9	11.8	46.7
Kearney	16.9	15.4	15.2	16.0	60.9

Team Stat Comparison

Columbus		Kearney
46.0	Points Per Game	60.9
24.7	Rebounds Per Game	27.0
9.3	Assists Per Game	14.2
6.3	Steals Per Game	7.6
1.0	Blocks Per Game	1.9

Team Leaders

Columbus		Kearney	National Avg.
#21 Griffin Micek8.5	Points Per Game	#1 Jack Dahlgren15.3	4.9
#32 Caden Kapels6.2	Rebounds Per Game	#44 Ben Johnson9.2	2.6
#1 Luke Messersmith3.2	Assists Per Game	#1 Jack Dahlgren3.7	1.0
#1 Luke Messersmith1.4	Steals Per Game	Luke Draper2.0	0.8
#32 Caden Kapels0.4	Blocks Per Game	#11 Asher Endorf0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Columbus	5-14		Kearney	13-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/22	Grand Island	Columbus	(W) 59-50	1/5/23	Grand Island	Kearney	(W) 37-31
2/3/23	Grand Island	Columbus	(L) 56-48
12/9/22	Columbus	Lincoln East	(L) 73-31	1/12/23	Kearney	Lincoln East	(L) 75-57
12/10/22	Buena Vista	Columbus	(W) 64-19	12/16/22	Kearney	Buena Vista	(W) 75-20
12/16/22	Columbus	Lincoln Northeast	(L) 60-33	2/4/23	Lincoln Northeast	Kearney	(L) 47-32
12/20/22	North Platte	Columbus	(L) 57-46	1/4/23	North Platte	Kearney	(W) 69-56
12/28/22	Columbus	Pius X	(L) 83-55	1/31/23	Pius X	Kearney	(L) 62-54
1/7/23	Pius X	Columbus	(L) 55-35	2/25/23	Pius X	Kearney	(W) 42-40
12/29/22	Norfolk	Columbus	(W) 69-59	1/20/23	Norfolk	Kearney	(W) 55-36
1/13/23	Columbus	Norfolk	(W) 46-39
1/6/23	Fremont	Columbus	(W) 63-42	12/28/22	Fremont	Kearney	(W) 87-51
				2/14/23	Fremont	Kearney	(W) 67-22
1/14/23	Columbus	Creighton Prep	(L) 64-31	12/1/22	Creighton Prep	Kearney	(L) 53-47
1/20/23	Lincoln North Star	Columbus	(L) 81-53	12/30/22	Kearney	Lincoln North Star	(L) 65-50
				1/27/23	Kearney	Lincoln North Star	(W) 56-51
1/26/23	Columbus	Lincoln High	(L) 70-28	12/9/22	Lincoln High	Kearney	(W) 56-50
				12/29/22	Kearney	Lincoln High	(L) 68-54
2/4/23	Lincoln Southwest	Columbus	(L) 75-56	2/17/23	Kearney	Lincoln Southwest	(L) 63-50
2/10/23	Millard South	Columbus	(L) 67-46	12/3/22	Millard South	Kearney	(W) 63-62
2/14/23	Columbus	Lincoln Southeast	(L) 71-40	2/10/23	Kearney	Lincoln Southeast	(W) 70-66
2/17/23	Papillion-LaVista	Columbus	(L) 62-57	12/15/22	Papillion-LaVista	Kearney	(W) 71-55
2/24/23	Omaha Northwest	Columbus	(L) 66-64	12/10/22	Kearney	Omaha Northwest	(W) 68-47

Record Breakdown

Columbus (22-23)		Kearney (22-23)
5-18	Overall	17-8
3-14	League	8-5
1-2	Non-League	8-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
5-14	Common Opponent	13-7
4-9	Home	9-3
1-9	Away	6-4
0-0	Neutral	2-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
5-18	In-State	17-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0