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Meridian Friend

Mustangs

Bulldogs

The Friend (NE) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's neutral conference game against Meridian (Daykin, NE) by a score of 68-19.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	7	10	0	2	19
Friend	27	15	20	6	68

Final score provided by S. Pohlmann.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Meridian (22-23)

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	19	6	24	25	27
3	Dylan Peterson (Sr)	1	0	2	0	0
13	M. Escobar de leon (Jr)	9	3	12	25	25
14	Jordan Stockton (Sr)	3	1	4	25	38
32	Jesus Nunez (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
43	Cooper Wolfe (So)	0	0	1	0	0
55	Kolton Kumpf (Jr)	6	2	4	50	50

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	19	1	9	11	6	15	40	5	15	33
3	Dylan Peterson (Sr)	1	0	1	0	1	4	25	0	1	0
13	M. Escobar de leon (Jr)	9	0	4	0	3	6	50	3	8	38
14	Jordan Stockton (Sr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	2	0
32	Jesus Nunez (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	Cooper Wolfe (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	Kolton Kumpf (Jr)	6	0	0	0	2	5	40	2	4	50

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	19	6	10	16	2	3	30	12
3	Dylan Peterson (Sr)	1	0	1	1	0	1	8	1
10	Colby Smith (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	M. Escobar de leon (Jr)	9	2	2	4	1	2	5	1
14	Darrian Eyer (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	Jordan Stockton (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
15	Chase Bartels (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	1
15	Tucker Simms (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
30	C. Guenther	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
32	Jesus Nunez (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
42	Landon Peterson (Fr)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2
55	Kolton Kumpf (Jr)	6	2	5	7	0	0	5	3

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.07	0.10	0.25	6
3	Dylan Peterson (Sr)	0.00	0.13	1.00	0
13	M. Escobar de leon (Jr)	0.20	0.40	2.00	2
15	Chase Bartels (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
42	Landon Peterson (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1
55	Kolton Kumpf (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

Meridian's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Friend (22-23)

Friend has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Friend overwhelms Meridian

February 21, 2023: Daykin, NE 68338

Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Friend Bulldogs (Friend, NE) and the host Meridian Mustangs (Daykin, NE), saw Friend's basketball squad wallop Meridian by a count of 68-19.

With the victory, Friend upgrades its record to 16-7 on the campaign.

Meridian vs Friend Basketball Game Info

Tue., Feb. 21, 2023 @ 5:30p

The Friend (NE) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's neutral conference game against Meridian (Daykin, NE) by a score of 68-19.

Rankings & Records

Meridian (22-23)

NE	Class
269	45

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
4-19	2-3	1-8	2-7	1-4	.174	.400	821	1,279

Friend (22-23)

NE	Class
112	9

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-9	3-0	5-5	9-2	3-2	.654	1.000	1,581	1,204

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	8.3	9.2	8.9	8.3	35.7
Friend	15.9	15.4	15.7	15.2	60.8

Head-to-Head

Friend won on 2/9/2023

2/9 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Meridian 10 7 3 0 20
Friend 15 23 28 13 79

The Meridian (Daykin, NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Friend (NE) by a score of 79-20.
Box score
Friend won on 2/21/2023

2/21 @ 5:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Meridian 7 10 0 2 19
Friend 27 15 20 6 68

The Meridian (Daykin, NE) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's neutral conference game against Friend (NE) by a score of 68-19.
Box score

2/9 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	10	7	3	0	20
Friend	15	23	28	13	79

Team Stat Comparison

Meridian		Friend
35.7	Points Per Game	61.1
29.1	Rebounds Per Game	34.3
7.7	Assists Per Game	13.6
5.6	Steals Per Game	10.0
0.8	Blocks Per Game	4.1

Team Leaders

Meridian		Friend	National Avg.
#13 Mario Escobar de leon12.4	Points Per Game	#24 Chase Svehla15.6	4.9
#55 Kolton Kumpf9.9	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Chase Svehla8.3	2.6
#13 Mario Escobar de leon3.3	Assists Per Game	#3 Breckan Schluter4.5	1.0
#13 Mario Escobar de leon2.8	Steals Per Game	#3 Breckan Schluter2.9	0.8
#55 Kolton Kumpf0.6	Blocks Per Game	#24 Chase Svehla1.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Meridian	2-10		Friend	9-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/22	Meridian	Dorchester	(W) 43-22	1/10/23	Friend	Dorchester	(W) 72-18
12/9/22	Meridian	Cross County	(L) 88-29	2/17/23	Cross County	Friend	(L) 68-58
12/13/22	Meridian	Sterling	(L) 56-52	12/6/22	Sterling	Friend	(W) 77-26
1/14/23	Meridian	Sterling	(W) 38-35
12/30/22	Meridian	Diller-Odell	(L) 60-28	2/10/23	Friend	Diller-Odell	(W) 61-45
1/3/23	Meridian	Lewiston	(L) 52-47	12/1/22	Lewiston	Friend	(W) 85-47
1/5/23	McCool Junction	Meridian	(L) 73-34	1/7/23	Friend	McCool Junction	(W) 57-49
1/10/23	Meridian	Pawnee City	(L) 57-29	1/27/23	Friend	Pawnee City	(W) 77-66
1/17/23	Meridian	Exeter-Milligan	(L) 52-29	12/20/22	Exeter-Milligan	Friend	(W) 71-47
1/21/23	Meridian	Exeter-Milligan	(L) 42-41	2/23/23	Exeter-Milligan	Friend	(W) 72-41
2/2/23	East Butler	Meridian	(L) 55-38	12/30/22	Friend	East Butler	(W) 70-30
2/3/23	Meridian	Osceola	(L) 53-42	1/12/23	Osceola	Friend	(L) 70-44
				2/27/23	Friend	Osceola	(L) 64-45

Record Breakdown

Meridian (22-23)		Friend (22-23)
4-19	Overall	17-9
2-3	League	3-1
2-12	Non-League	11-6
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
2-10	Common Opponent	9-3
1-8	Home	5-5
2-7	Away	9-2
1-4	Neutral	3-2
0-0	Playoff	1-0
4-19	In-State	17-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0