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North Platte Columbus

Bulldogs

Discoverers

The Columbus (NE) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against North Platte (NE) by a score of 76-52.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
North Platte	-	-	-	-	52
Columbus	-	-	-	-	76

Final score provided by L. Albrecht.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

North Platte (24-25)

Columbus (24-25)

North Platte

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	20	53	38	46
1	Tommy Hagert (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
2	Logan Hayes (So)	4	2	7	29	29
3	Sam Uehling (Jr)	4	2	7	29	29
5	J. Smeltzer (So)	3	1	3	33	50
10	Jonathan Rinke (So)	7	3	7	43	43
11	Kalieb Odell (Jr)	17	6	10	60	85
20	Eli Broman (Sr)	9	3	5	60	90
24	Jake Kinkaid (So)	6	2	10	20	20
45	Carter Dishman (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0

Columbus

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	164	76	28	65	43	52
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	23	8	3	5	60	80
1	Alex Dush (Sr)	7	5	2	2	100	125
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	27	12	5	12	42	46
3	Connor Kallweit (Sr)	9	2	1	2	50	50
4	Will Wickham (Sr)	5	0	0	3	0	0
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	16	11	4	6	67	67
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	17	15	5	10	50	70
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	15	2	0	6	0	0
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	18	10	4	7	57	64
22	Blake Barnett (Fr)	8	3	1	4	25	38
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	10	2	1	3	33	33
24	Greg Moore (Sr)	3	3	1	3	33	50
32	Barrett Brown (Fr)	4	2	1	2	50	50
33	Thomas Adabo (So)	2	1

North Platte

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	9	22	41	3	12	25	11	31	35
1	Tommy Hagert (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
2	Logan Hayes (So)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	33
3	Sam Uehling (Jr)	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
5	J. Smeltzer (So)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Jonathan Rinke (So)	7	0	0	0	1	2	50	3	7	43
11	Kalieb Odell (Jr)	17	5	9	56	0	0	0	1	1	100
20	Eli Broman (Sr)	9	3	5	60	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Jake Kinkaid (So)	6	0	2	0	2	4	50	2	8	25
32	Evan Mccuskey (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
45	Carter Dishman (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0

Columbus

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	164	76	11	34	32	9	20	45	17	31	55
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	23	8	2	4	50				1	1	100
1	Alex Dush (Sr)	7	5	1	1	100				1	1	100
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	27	12	1	4	25	1	2	50	4	8	50
3	Connor Kallweit (Sr)	9	2	0	1	0				1	1	100
4	Will Wickham (Sr)	5	0	0	2	0				0	1	0
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	16	11	0	2	0	3	6	50	4	4	100
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	17	15	4	9	44	1	3	33	1	1	100
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	15	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	5	0
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	18	10	1	3	33	1	5	20	3	4	75
22	Blake Barnett (Fr)	8	3	1	3	33				0	1	0
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	10	2	0	1	0				1	2	50
24	Greg Moore (Sr)	3	3	1	3	33
32	Barrett Brown (Fr)	4	2							1	2	50
33	Thomas Adabo (So)	2	1				1	2	50

North Platte

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	52	10	18	28	14	4	20	15
1	Tommy Hagert (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Logan Hayes (So)	4	1	1	2	3	0	2	0
3	Sam Uehling (Jr)	4	2	2	4	3	0	3	1
5	J. Smeltzer (So)	3	0	1	1	2	1	2	1
10	Jonathan Rinke (So)	7	2	2	4	0	0	1	1
11	Kalieb Odell (Jr)	17	1	0	1	1	0	1	3
12	Reid O’Brien (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
20	Eli Broman (Sr)	9	0	4	4	2	2	5	3
21	Alonzo Torrez (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
24	Jake Kinkaid (So)	6	2	6	8	2	1	4	3
45	Carter Dishman (Sr)	0	2	1	3	1	0	2	2

Columbus

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	164	76	19	19	39	15	9	9	11
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	23	8		1	1	2	1		2
1	Alex Dush (Sr)	7	5				1
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	27	12	4	3	7	2		5	1
3	Connor Kallweit (Sr)	9	2	2	2	4		1
4	Will Wickham (Sr)	5	0				2			1
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	16	11		3	3	3	3	3	2
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	17	15	2		2		1
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	15	2	3	4	7	1	1	1
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	18	10	3	3	6	2	1		3
22	Blake Barnett (Fr)	8	3	2	1	3	1			1
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	10	2	3	2	5		1		1
24	Greg Moore (Sr)	3	3
32	Barrett Brown (Fr)	4	2				1
33	Thomas Adabo (So)	2	1			1

North Platte

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.70	0.20	0.27	1	5
2	Logan Hayes (So)	1.50	0.00	0.00	0	1
3	Sam Uehling (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
5	J. Smeltzer (So)	1.00	0.50	1.00	0	2
11	Kalieb Odell (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
20	Eli Broman (Sr)	0.40	0.40	0.67	1	0
24	Jake Kinkaid (So)	0.50	0.25	0.33	0	0
45	Carter Dishman (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0	1

Columbus

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.36	0.82
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	1.00	0.50
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	2.00
4	Will Wickham (Sr)	2.00
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	1.50	1.50
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	0.67	0.33
22	Blake Barnett (Fr)	1.00
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)		1.00

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - North Platte trounced by Columbus

February 28, 2025: Columbus, NE 68601

The North Platte Bulldogs basketball squad (North Platte, NE), was crushed 76-52 in Friday's league battle with the host Columbus Discoverers (Columbus, NE)

With the victory, Columbus advances its record to 7-17 on the year.

The Bulldogs now own a 2-21 record.

North Platte @ Columbus Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 28, 2025 @ 6p

The Columbus (NE) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against North Platte (NE) by a score of 76-52.

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Rankings & Records

North Platte (24-25)

NE	Class
226	31

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
2-21	0-1	0-9	1-9	1-3	.087	.000	1,028	1,369

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

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
North Platte	15.0	9.0	8.0	10.3	3.0	44.7
Columbus	11.9	14.3	13.4	13.8	13.0	53.6

Head-to-Head

Columbus won on 12/20/2024

12/20 @ 6:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Columbus - - - - 42
North Platte - - - - 39

The Columbus (NE) varsity basketball team won Friday's away non-conference game against North Platte (NE) by a score of 42-39.
Box score
Columbus won on 2/28/2025

2/28 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

North Platte - - - - 52
Columbus - - - - 76

The North Platte (NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Columbus (NE) by a score of 76-52.
Box score

12/20 @ 6:15p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Columbus	-	-	-	-	42
North Platte	-	-	-	-	39

Team Stat Comparison

North Platte		Columbus
44.7	Points Per Game	52.8
24.1	Rebounds Per Game	30.0
11.0	Assists Per Game	11.4
6.4	Steals Per Game	7.3
1.6	Blocks Per Game	1.4

Team Leaders

North Platte		Columbus	National Avg.
#4 Easton Jones9.4	Points Per Game	#2 Jaxson Vasicek10.5	4.9
#24 Jake Kinkaid5.4	Rebounds Per Game	#2 Jaxson Vasicek5.7	2.6
#4 Easton Jones2.9	Assists Per Game	#0 Luke Messersmith2.8	1.0
#4 Easton Jones1.6	Steals Per Game	#0 Luke Messersmith2.2	0.8
#4 Easton Jones0.6	Blocks Per Game	#2 Jaxson Vasicek0.4	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
North Platte	0-5		Columbus	3-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/24	South Sioux City	North Platte	(L) 59-57	12/21/24	South Sioux City	Columbus	(W) 67-49
12/7/24	North Platte	Norfolk	(L) 51-42	1/2/25	Norfolk	Columbus	(W) 57-45
12/21/24	Norfolk	North Platte	(L) 68-47	1/31/25	Norfolk	Columbus	(W) 62-53
12/14/24	Grand Island	North Platte	(L) 51-33	12/7/24	Columbus	Grand Island	(L) 56-54
				2/20/25	Grand Island	Columbus	(L) 54-47
1/2/25	North Platte	Kearney	(L) 81-38	1/24/25	Columbus	Kearney	(L) 79-41

Record Breakdown

North Platte (24-25)		Columbus (24-25)
2-21	Overall	7-18
0-1	League	1-3
2-19	Non-League	6-13
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-5	Common Opponent	3-3
0-9	Home	4-6
1-9	Away	1-10
1-3	Neutral	2-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
1-21	In-State	7-18
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0