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Norfolk Columbus

Panthers

Discoverers

The Columbus (NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Norfolk (NE) in overtime by a score of 74-73.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Norfolk	17	11	19	11	9	6	73
Columbus	10	16	13	19	9	7	74

Final score provided by N. Sliva.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Columbus (23-24)

Norfolk

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	73	28	57	49	54
2	Easton Sullivan (Sr)	13	5	13	38	46
4	Braylon Owens (So)	2	0	4	0	0
4	Chase Swanson (Jr)	19	9	11	82	86
10	B. Hendershot (Sr)	6	2	4	50	75
12	Ethan Synovec (Jr)	14	7	9	78	78
15	Drew Streich (So)	10	1	8	13	13
34	Taivien Winsley (So)	9	4	8	50	50

Columbus

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	74	25	72	35	42
1	L. Messersmith (Jr)	21	7	14	50	68
2	Tanner Esch (Sr)	10	4	13	31	35
3	P. Hastreiter (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
5	Quinn Freshour (Jr)	13	4	14	29	36
5	Jose Garcia (Sr)	6	2	6	33	42
21	Griffin Micek (Sr)	16	6	20	30	35
32	Caden Kapels (Sr)	8	2	4	50	50

Norfolk

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	73	5	16	31	12	13	92	23	41	56
2	Easton Sullivan (Sr)	13	2	6	33	1	1	100	3	7	43
4	Braylon Owens (So)	2	0	2	0	2	2	100	0	2	0
4	Chase Swanson (Jr)	19	1	1	100	0	0	0	8	10	80
10	B. Hendershot (Sr)	6	2	4	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Ethan Synovec (Jr)	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	9	78
15	Drew Streich (So)	10	0	2	0	8	8	100	1	6	17
34	Taivien Winsley (So)	9	0	1	0	1	2	50	4	7	57

Columbus

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	74	11	32	34	13	25	52	14	40	35
1	L. Messersmith (Jr)	21	5	9	56	2	6	33	2	5	40
2	Tanner Esch (Sr)	10	1	3	33	1	2	50	3	10	30
3	P. Hastreiter (Sr)	0	0	1	0
5	Quinn Freshour (Jr)	13	2	6	33	3	4	75	2	8	25
5	Jose Garcia (Sr)	6	1	4	25	1	2	50	1	2	50
21	Griffin Micek (Sr)	16	2	9	22	2	4	50	4	11	36
32	Caden Kapels (Sr)	8				4	7	57	2	4	50

Norfolk

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	73	7	26	33	12	6	5	12
2	Easton Sullivan (Sr)	13	0	2	2	3	0	0	3
4	Braylon Owens (So)	2	3	7	10	4	1	2	1
4	Chase Swanson (Jr)	19	0	2	2	1	1	0	2
10	B. Hendershot (Sr)	6	0	1	1	3	1	0	2
12	Ethan Synovec (Jr)	14	3	9	12	0	1	2	2
13	Gavin Jarecki (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Drew Streich (So)	10	0	4	4	1	1	1	1
34	Taivien Winsley (So)	9	1	1	2	0	1	0	0

Columbus

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	74	17	19	36	15	13	2	13
1	L. Messersmith (Jr)	21		1	1	5	3		1
2	Tanner Esch (Sr)	10	3	2	5	4	3		3
3	P. Hastreiter (Sr)	0	3	4	7		2	1	1
5	Quinn Freshour (Jr)	13	2	1	3	2	1	1	2
5	Jose Garcia (Sr)	6	1	2	3	1	1		1
21	Griffin Micek (Sr)	16	2	3	5	1	2		2
32	Caden Kapels (Sr)	8	6	6	12	2	1		3

Norfolk

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.00	0.50	6.00	5.00
2	Easton Sullivan (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
4	Braylon Owens (So)	4.00	1.00	1.00	2.00
4	Chase Swanson (Jr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.00
10	B. Hendershot (Sr)	1.50	0.50	1.00	0.00
12	Ethan Synovec (Jr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	2.00
15	Drew Streich (So)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
34	Taivien Winsley (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00

Columbus

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.15	1.00	3	14
1	L. Messersmith (Jr)	5.00	3.00		3
2	Tanner Esch (Sr)	1.33	1.00	1	1
3	P. Hastreiter (Sr)		2.00		5
5	Quinn Freshour (Jr)	1.00	0.50	1	1
5	Jose Garcia (Sr)	1.00	1.00		1
21	Griffin Micek (Sr)	0.50	1.00		3
32	Caden Kapels (Sr)	0.67	0.33	1

Norfolk's stats are presented by HoopStats Basketball Scoring for iPhone/iPadRare Software

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Columbus nudges Norfolk

February 8, 2024: Columbus, NE 68601

Columbus Discoverers (Columbus, NE) backers were in high spirits Thursday as they witnessed their basketball squad tip the visiting Norfolk Panthers (Norfolk, NE), 74-73 in a league bout.

With the win, Columbus upgrades its record to 6-14 on the season. The Discoverers host Lincoln Southeast (Lincoln, NE) to clash with the Knights in a A District TBD bout on Tuesday, February 13. The Knights go into the bout with a record of 16-6. Lincoln Southeast won 63-59 in their recent league bout against Papillion-LaVista (Papillion, NE)

Next up, the Panthers clash with the Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks (Lincoln, NE) in a A District TBD bout, on Friday, February 9. Norfolk will attempt to upgrade on its 6-13 season record. The Silver Hawks go into the bout with a 11-6 record after their 68-65 league win over Columbus (Columbus, NE).

Norfolk @ Columbus Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 8, 2024 @ 7:15p

The Columbus (NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Norfolk (NE) in overtime by a score of 74-73.

Rankings & Records

Norfolk (23-24)

NE	Class
143	25

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-15	6-13	9-4	0-11	.375	.316	1,262	1,398

Columbus (23-24)

NE	Class
154	28

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
7-17	5-11	6-7	1-10	.292	.312	1,226	1,505

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Norfolk	11.7	13.1	14.3	11.9	7.5	5.5	52.6
Columbus	11.9	9.6	13.6	12.9	7.5	7.0	51.1

Head-to-Head

Norfolk won on 12/29/2023

12/29 @ 2:45p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Columbus 16 10 7 6 39
Norfolk 12 9 13 13 47

The Columbus (NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against Norfolk (NE) by a score of 47-39.
Box score
Columbus won on 2/8/2024

2/8 @ 7:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 OT2 Final

Norfolk 17 11 19 11 9 6 73
Columbus 10 16 13 19 9 7 74

The Norfolk (NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Columbus (NE) in overtime by a score of 74-73.
Box score

12/29 @ 2:45p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Columbus	16	10	7	6	39
Norfolk	12	9	13	13	47

Team Stat Comparison

Norfolk		Columbus
52.7	Points Per Game	51.0
24.1	Rebounds Per Game	26.7
10.0	Assists Per Game	10.1
5.7	Steals Per Game	8.2
1.0	Blocks Per Game	1.1

Team Leaders

Norfolk		Columbus	National Avg.
#2 Easton Sullivan11.2	Points Per Game	#21 Griffin Micek11.7	4.9
#4 Braylon Owens5.7	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Preston Hastreiter6.7	2.6
#4 Braylon Owens2.2	Assists Per Game	#1 Luke Messersmith2.6	1.0
#4 Braylon Owens1.0	Steals Per Game	#2 Tanner Esch2.0	0.8
#4 Braylon Owens0.5	Blocks Per Game	#32 Caden Kapels0.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Norfolk	4-10		Columbus	2-13

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/30/23	Bellevue East	Norfolk	(W) 49-44	12/7/23	Columbus	Bellevue East	(W) 59-54
12/7/23	Norfolk	Lincoln North Star	(L) 58-41	1/18/24	Columbus	Lincoln North Star	(L) 80-51
12/15/23	Norfolk	Fremont	(L) 53-38	1/4/24	Columbus	Fremont	(L) 52-47
12/22/23	Norfolk	Lincoln Northeast	(L) 63-55	12/15/23	Lincoln Northeast	Columbus	(L) 57-44
1/23/24	Lincoln Northeast	Norfolk	(W) 65-64
1/16/24	Pius X	Norfolk	(L) 72-30	1/6/24	Columbus	Pius X	(L) 63-40
1/19/24	Kearney	Norfolk	(L) 70-27	12/12/23	Kearney	Columbus	(L) 81-62
1/26/24	Norfolk	Grand Island	(L) 58-47	12/2/23	Columbus	Grand Island	(L) 54-39
				2/16/24	Columbus	Grand Island	(L) 54-51
1/30/24	Norfolk	Lincoln Southeast	(L) 73-43	12/22/23	Columbus	Lincoln Southeast	(L) 60-31
				2/13/24	Lincoln Southeast	Columbus	(L) 64-31
2/2/24	Lincoln East	Norfolk	(L) 67-64	12/8/23	Lincoln East	Columbus	(L) 75-36
2/9/24	Norfolk	Lincoln Southwest	(L) 65-43	2/6/24	Columbus	Lincoln Southwest	(L) 68-65
2/15/24	Lincoln High	Norfolk	(W) 77-57	1/26/24	Lincoln High	Columbus	(W) 66-63
2/16/24	North Platte	Norfolk	(W) 59-58	12/21/23	North Platte	Columbus	(L) 58-57
2/24/24	Norfolk	Omaha North	(L) 58-43	2/2/24	Omaha North	Columbus	(L) 78-63

Record Breakdown

Norfolk (23-24)		Columbus (23-24)
9-15	Overall	7-17
6-13	League	5-11
3-1	Non-League	2-4
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
4-10	Common Opponent	2-13
9-4	Home	6-7
0-11	Away	1-10
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
9-15	In-State	7-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0