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The South Sioux City (NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Bennington (NE) by a score of 78-39.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Bennington	22	28	13	15	78
South Sioux City	11	8	12	8	39

Final score provided by L. Olson.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Bennington (23-24)

Bennington

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	77	28	57	49	53
1	Austin Kaiser (Jr)	7	3	7	43	50
3	Gavin Olson	12	4	8	50	50
5	Jace Fitzgerald (Jr)	7	2	9	22	28
10	Brady Nichols (So)	5	2	7	29	36
11	Aidan Smith (Jr)	4	2	2	100	100
15	Myles Gifford	2	1	1	100	100
15	Easton Lapel (Sr)	6	2	3	67	67
20	K. Gilliland	7	3	5	60	70
21	Tyler Zach (Jr)	7	2	2	100	100
22	E. Andersen (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Will Koesters (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0
25	Cooper Johnson	2	1	3	33	33
33	Hudson Neuverth (Jr)	16	6	8	75	75

Bennington

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	77	4	23	17	17	24	71	24	34	71
1	Austin Kaiser (Jr)	7	1	3	33	0	0	0	2	4	50
3	Gavin Olson	12	0	1	0	4	7	57	4	7	57
5	Jace Fitzgerald (Jr)	7	1	7	14	2	2	100	1	2	50
10	Brady Nichols (So)	5	1	6	17	0	0	0	1	1	100
11	Aidan Smith (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
15	Myles Gifford	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
15	Easton Lapel (Sr)	6	0	1	0	2	2	100	2	2	100
20	K. Gilliland	7	1	3	33	0	0	0	2	2	100
21	Tyler Zach (Jr)	7	0	0	0	3	4	75	2	2	100
22	E. Andersen (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Will Koesters (Jr)	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	0	0
25	Cooper Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
33	Hudson Neuverth (Jr)	16	0	0	0	4	7	57	6	8	75

Bennington

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl
	Team Totals	77	10	21	31	13	9
1	Austin Kaiser (Jr)	7	1	3	4	3	3
3	Gavin Olson	12	3	1	4	1	1
5	Jace Fitzgerald (Jr)	7	0	1	1	3	0
10	Brady Nichols (So)	5	0	3	3	1	0
11	Aidan Smith (Jr)	4	2	3	5	2	1
15	Myles Gifford	2	0	1	1	0	0
15	Easton Lapel (Sr)	6	0	1	1	1	2
20	K. Gilliland	7	0	1	1	1	2
21	Tyler Zach (Jr)	7	0	2	2	0	0
22	E. Andersen (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Will Koesters (Jr)	2	1	2	3	0	0
25	Cooper Johnson	2	0	2	2	0	0
33	Hudson Neuverth (Jr)	16	3	1	4	0	0

Bennington

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	13.00	9.00	9.00
1	Austin Kaiser (Jr)	3.00	3.00	3.00
3	Gavin Olson	1.00	1.00	1.00
5	Jace Fitzgerald (Jr)	3.00	0.00	0.00
10	Brady Nichols (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00
11	Aidan Smith (Jr)	2.00	1.00	1.00
15	Easton Lapel (Sr)	1.00	2.00	2.00
20	K. Gilliland	1.00	2.00	2.00
22	E. Andersen (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00

South Sioux City (23-24)

South Sioux City has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Bennington overwhelms South Sioux City

February 2, 2024: South Sioux City, NE 68776

Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Bennington Badgers (Bennington, NE) and the host South Sioux City Cardinals (South Sioux City, NE), saw Bennington's basketball squad wallop South Sioux City by a count of 78-39.

With the victory, Bennington upgrades its record to 11-7 on the campaign. The Badgers travel to Roncalli Catholic (Omaha, NE) to play the Crimson Pride in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, February 6. The Crimson Pride come into the challenge with a record of 12-5. Roncalli Catholic won 85-29 in their recent non-league challenge against South Sioux City (South Sioux City, NE)

Next up, the Cardinals play the Roncalli Catholic Crimson Pride (Omaha, NE) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, February 3. South Sioux City will attempt to upgrade on its 0-18 season record. The Crimson Pride come into the challenge with a 11-5 record after their 82-42 league win over Ralston (Ralston, NE).

Bennington @ SSCHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 2, 2024 @ 7p

The South Sioux City (NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Bennington (NE) by a score of 78-39.

Rankings & Records

Bennington (23-24)

NE	Class
37	6

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-9	4-0	12-2	5-4	0-3	.654	1.000	1,642	1,427

South Sioux City (23-24)

NE	Class
245	27

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
1-22	0-1	1-9	0-9	0-4	.043	.000	919	1,551

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Bennington	16.1	16.3	15.5	15.7	3.5	63.2
South Sioux City	8.5	9.5	9.4	11.4	-	40.0

Team Stat Comparison

Bennington		South Sioux City
63.3	Points Per Game	15.5
25.3	Rebounds Per Game	8.8
13.2	Assists Per Game	2.9
6.4	Steals Per Game	2.6
0.6	Blocks Per Game	0.8

Team Leaders

Bennington		South Sioux City	National Avg.
#1 Austin Kaiser14.9	Points Per Game	#24 Adam Hamilton8.5	4.9
#1 Austin Kaiser5.8	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Alejandro Macias-arias4.8	2.6
#4 Bryce Dunning2.8	Assists Per Game	#0 Haggai Lakabung2.2	1.0
#3 Gavin Olson1.7	Steals Per Game	#24 Adam Hamilton2.5	0.8
#15 Easton Lapel0.2	Blocks Per Game	#21 Goy Tuach0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Bennington	6-1		South Sioux City	1-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/2/24	Ralston	Bennington	(W) 61-44	2/6/24	South Sioux City	Ralston	(L) 45-44
1/6/24	Blair	Bennington	(W) 66-46	2/21/24	South Sioux City	Blair	(L) 62-32
2/22/24	Blair	Bennington	(W) 63-48
1/30/24	Skutt Catholic	Bennington	(W) 65-60	12/12/23	Skutt Catholic	South Sioux City	(L) 80-30
2/6/24	Bennington	Roncalli Catholic	(L) 77-74	2/3/24	South Sioux City	Roncalli Catholic	(L) 85-29
2/8/24	Bennington	Gross Catholic	(W) 62-58	2/9/24	Gross Catholic	South Sioux City	(W) 46-34
2/15/24	Bennington	Mount Michael Benedictine	(W) 62-60	1/19/24	South Sioux City	Mount Michael Benedictine	(L) 68-23
				1/25/24	Mount Michael Benedictine	South Sioux City	(L) 68-17

Record Breakdown

Bennington (23-24)		South Sioux City (23-24)
17-9	Overall	1-22
4-0	League	0-2
12-6	Non-League	1-14
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
6-1	Common Opponent	1-6
12-2	Home	1-9
5-4	Away	0-9
0-3	Neutral	0-4
0-1	Playoff	0-0
17-9	In-State	1-16
0-0	Out-of-State	0-6