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The Northern Valley (Almena, KS) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral conference tournament game against Western Plains (Ransom, KS) by a score of 48-40.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Western Plains	7	10	12	11	40
Northern Valley	9	14	7	18	48

Final score provided by R. Cole.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Western Plains (24-25)

Western Plains has not entered stats for this game.

Northern Valley (24-25)

Northern Valley

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	160	48	16	48	33	38
5	Gavin Thalheim (Jr)	32	23	9	17	53	59
11	Tait Thalheim (Fr)	32	11	3	16	19	22
12	Caden Lowry (Sr)	14
15	Owen Hammond (Jr)	32	7	2	11	18	18
24	Lucas Hansen (Fr)	29	3	1	2	50	75
33	G. McKinney (Fr)	21	4	1	2	50	50

Northern Valley

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	160	48	4	23	17	12	18	67	12	25	48
5	Gavin Thalheim (Jr)	32	23	2	7	29	3	4	75	7	10	70
11	Tait Thalheim (Fr)	32	11	1	12	8	4	6	67	2	4	50
12	Caden Lowry (Sr)	14
15	Owen Hammond (Jr)	32	7	0	3	0	3	4	75	2	8	25
24	Lucas Hansen (Fr)	29	3	1	1	100				0	1	0
33	G. McKinney (Fr)	21	4				2	4	50	1	2	50

Northern Valley

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	160	48	14	21	35	8	11	3	14	8
5	Gavin Thalheim (Jr)	32	23	3	3	6	1	6	1	2
11	Tait Thalheim (Fr)	32	11	1	5	6	3	2		3	2
12	Caden Lowry (Sr)	14		1	2	3	1				1
15	Owen Hammond (Jr)	32	7	5	9	14	3	3	1	5	1
24	Lucas Hansen (Fr)	29	3							1	1
33	G. McKinney (Fr)	21	4	4	2	6			1	3	3

Northern Valley

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.57	0.79	1.38	0.38
5	Gavin Thalheim (Jr)	0.50	3.00
11	Tait Thalheim (Fr)	1.00	0.67	1.00
15	Owen Hammond (Jr)	0.60	0.60	3.00	1.00
33	G. McKinney (Fr)				0.33

Game Story

Kansas High School Basketball - Western Plains falls to Northern Valley

February 7, 2025: Ransom, KS 67572

The Western Plains Bobcats basketball squad (Ransom, KS), was outscored 48-40 in Friday's league battle with the visiting Northern Valley Huskies (Almena, KS)

With the victory, Northern Valley advances its record to 5-12 on the year. The Huskies host Cheylin (Bird City, KS) to meet the Cougars in a Western Kansas Liberty battle on Saturday, February 8. The Cougars enter the battle with a record of 7-7. Cheylin lost 54-45 in their recent non-league battle against Wheatland-Grinnell (Grainfield, KS)

The Bobcats now own a 7-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Tescott for a non-league battle on Tuesday, February 11. Western Plains will meet a Trojans squad coming off a 62-54 non-league loss to Hartford (Hartford, KS). The Trojans record now stands at 7-9.

WPHS vs NVHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 7, 2025 @ 4:30p

WKLL Tournament - 2nd Round (Grinnell, KS)

The Northern Valley (Almena, KS) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral conference tournament game against Western Plains (Ransom, KS) by a score of 48-40.

Rankings & Records

Western Plains (24-25)

KS	Class
255	21

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
13-5-1	3-2	6-1	6-1-1	1-3	.711	.600	923	591

Northern Valley (24-25)

KS	Class
327	39

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-16	1-6	2-4	1-8	2-4	.238	.143	892	1,152

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Western Plains	11.6	9.6	11.6	7.4	-	48.6
Northern Valley	11.6	9.1	10.8	10.4	6.0	42.5

Head-to-Head

Western Plains won on 1/31/2025

1/31 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Northern Valley 9 9 6 14 38
Western Plains 17 7 9 15 48

The Northern Valley (Almena, KS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Western Plains (Ransom, KS) by a score of 48-38.
Box score
Northern Valley won on 2/7/2025

2/7 @ 4:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Western Plains 7 10 12 11 40
Northern Valley 9 14 7 18 48

The Western Plains (Ransom, KS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral conference tournament game against Northern Valley (Almena, KS) by a score of 48-40.
Box score

1/31 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Northern Valley	9	9	6	14	38
Western Plains	17	7	9	15	48

Team Stat Comparison

Western Plains		Northern Valley
-	Points Per Game	42.4
-	Rebounds Per Game	29.3
-	Assists Per Game	8.9
-	Steals Per Game	9.1
-	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Western Plains		Northern Valley	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#5 Gavin Thalheim15.7	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#15 Owen Hammond8.5	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#5 Gavin Thalheim3.5	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#5 Gavin Thalheim4.0	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#5 Gavin Thalheim1.0	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Western Plains	3-4		Northern Valley	1-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/14/24	Western Plains	Golden Plains	(L) 51-39	2/14/25	Northern Valley	Golden Plains	(L) 56-47
1/10/25	Western Plains	Golden Plains	(W) 44-32
2/4/25	Western Plains	Golden Plains	(L) 53-44
12/20/24	Triplains/Brewster	Western Plains		12/6/24	Triplains/Brewster	Northern Valley	(W) 81-12
2/25/25	Western Plains	Triplains/Brewster	(W) 63-22
1/17/25	Cheylin	Western Plains	(W) 45-40	1/10/25	Northern Valley	Cheylin	(L) 65-40
				2/8/25	Cheylin	Northern Valley	(L) 57-53
1/24/25	Western Plains	Wheatland-Grinnell	(L) 52-50	1/17/25	Wheatland-Grinnell	Northern Valley	(L) 48-37
2/14/25	Weskan	Western Plains	(L) 64-45	12/20/24	Weskan	Northern Valley	(L) 52-23
				2/4/25	Weskan	Northern Valley	(L) 81-37

Record Breakdown

Western Plains (24-25)		Northern Valley (24-25)
13-5-1	Overall	5-16
3-3	League	2-8
9-0-1	Non-League	2-6
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
3-4	Common Opponent	1-6
6-1	Home	2-4
6-1-1	Away	1-8
1-3	Neutral	2-4
1-0	Playoff	0-0
13-5-1	In-State	4-15
0-0	Out-of-State	1-1