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Columbus Benson

Discoverers

Bunnies

The Benson (Omaha, NE) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Columbus (NE) by a score of 71-60.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Columbus	10	18	6	26	60
Benson	16	19	20	16	71

Final score provided by C. Lambert.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Benson (24-25)

Columbus

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	161	60	20	60	33	43
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	30	5	2	8	25	31
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	26	22	8	16	50	66
3	Connor Kallweit (Sr)	8
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	30	10	3	11	27	36
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	7	5	2	2	100	125
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	9	0	0	4	0	0
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	24	10	2	7	29	29
22	Blake Barnett (Fr)	16	8	3	8	38	50
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	4	0	0	1	0	0
32	Barrett Brown (Fr)	7	0	0	3	0	0

Benson

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	199	71	25	50	50	55
0	J. Green (Fr)	20	3	1	3	33	50
2	J. Chatmon-flakes (Fr)	33	13	4	8	50	63
3	Goanar Bamach (Jr)	38	23	7	19	37	39
10	Daniel Lino (Sr)	28		0	1	0	0
21	Jayden Vaughn (Jr)	40	9	4	5	80	80
22	Ne'Rae Lee (Sr)	40	23	9	14	64	68

Columbus

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	161	60	11	35	31	9	13	69	9	25	36
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	30	5	1	5	20				1	3	33
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	26	22	5	10	50	1	4	25	3	6	50
3	Connor Kallweit (Sr)	8
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	30	10	2	7	29	2	2	100	1	4	25
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	7	5	1	1	100				1	1	100
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	9	0	0	2	0				0	2	0
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	24	10	0	1	0	6	7	86	2	6	33
22	Blake Barnett (Fr)	16	8	2	7	29				1	1	100
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	4	0							0	1	0
32	Barrett Brown (Fr)	7	0	0	2	0				0	1	0

Benson

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	199	71	5	18	28	16	22	73	20	32	63
0	J. Green (Fr)	20	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	J. Chatmon-flakes (Fr)	33	13	2	5	40	3	4	75	2	3	67
3	Goanar Bamach (Jr)	38	23	1	6	17	8	11	73	6	13	46
10	Daniel Lino (Sr)	28		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Jayden Vaughn (Jr)	40	9	0	0	0	1	2	50	4	5	80
22	Ne'Rae Lee (Sr)	40	23	1	3	33	4	5	80	8	11	73

Columbus

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	161	60	8	20	28	18	8	16
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	30	5		1	1	5	2	1
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	26	22	4	6	10	1		3
3	Connor Kallweit (Sr)	8			2	2
5	Quinn Freshour (Sr)	30	10		5	5	7
10	Zach Nelson (Sr)	7	5
12	Ryder Bock (Sr)	9	0		2	2			3
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)	24	10	4	1	5		3	6
22	Blake Barnett (Fr)	16	8				3	2	1
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)	4	0					1	1
32	Barrett Brown (Fr)	7	0		3	3	2		1

Benson

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	199	71	6	28	34	8	9	8	14	11
0	J. Green (Fr)	20	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	J. Chatmon-flakes (Fr)	33	13	1	3	4	1	2	0	3	1
3	Goanar Bamach (Jr)	38	23	1	10	11	2	1	5	6	4
10	Daniel Lino (Sr)	28		0	3	3	0	1	1	2	2
21	Jayden Vaughn (Jr)	40	9	1	9	10	2	3	2	1	3
22	Ne'Rae Lee (Sr)	40	23	2	2	4	2	2	0	2	1

Columbus

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.13	0.50
0	L. Messersmith (Sr)	5.00	2.00
2	Jaxson Vasicek (Fr)	0.33
21	Gavin Anderson (Fr)		0.50
22	Blake Barnett (Fr)	3.00	2.00
23	Q. Gustafson (Sr)		1.00
32	Barrett Brown (Fr)	2.00

Benson

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.57	0.64	0.82	0.73
0	J. Green (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2	J. Chatmon-flakes (Fr)	0.33	0.67	2.00	0.00
3	Goanar Bamach (Jr)	0.33	0.17	0.25	1.25
10	Daniel Lino (Sr)	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.50
21	Jayden Vaughn (Jr)	2.00	3.00	1.00	0.67
22	Ne'Rae Lee (Sr)	1.00	1.00	2.00	0.00

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Benson defeats Columbus

February 8, 2025: Omaha, NE 68104

The Benson Bunnies (Omaha, NE) basketball were winner over the visiting Columbus Discoverers (Columbus, NE), 71-60 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Bunnies now possess a 9-12 record. They play next when they travel to Papillion-LaVista for a non-league bout on Tuesday, February 11. Benson will play a Monarchs team coming off a 66-57 league win over Fremont (Fremont, NE). The Monarchs record now stands at 9-10.

With the loss, Columbus falls to 5-13 on the campaign. The Discoverers travel to Burke (Omaha, NE) to play the Bulldogs in a non-league bout on Tuesday, February 11. The Bulldogs go into the bout with a record of 7-12. Burke lost 83-57 in their recent league bout against Elkhorn South (Omaha, NE)

Columbus @ Benson Basketball Game Info

Sat., Feb. 8, 2025

The Benson (Omaha, NE) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Columbus (NE) by a score of 71-60.

Rankings & Records

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

Benson (24-25)

NE	Class
122	24

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-16	1-2	3-7	4-8	2-1	.360	.333	1,555	1,656

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Columbus	11.9	14.3	13.4	13.8	13.0	53.6
Benson	13.3	16.0	17.4	15.2	8.0	62.2

Team Stat Comparison

Columbus		Benson
52.8	Points Per Game	62.0
30.0	Rebounds Per Game	29.5
11.4	Assists Per Game	8.9
7.3	Steals Per Game	6.5
1.4	Blocks Per Game	4.2

Team Leaders

Columbus		Benson	National Avg.
#2 Jaxson Vasicek10.5	Points Per Game	#3 Goanar Bamach17.1	4.9
#2 Jaxson Vasicek5.7	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Daniel Lino9.3	2.6
#0 Luke Messersmith2.8	Assists Per Game	#22 Ne'Rae Lee2.8	1.0
#0 Luke Messersmith2.2	Steals Per Game	#3 Goanar Bamach1.7	0.8
#2 Jaxson Vasicek0.4	Blocks Per Game	#3 Goanar Bamach3.3	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Columbus	2-11		Benson	6-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Omaha South	Columbus	(L) 69-67	1/17/25	Benson	Omaha South	(W) 76-66
12/7/24	Columbus	Grand Island	(L) 56-54	2/4/25	Grand Island	Benson	(L) 61-43
2/20/25	Grand Island	Columbus	(L) 54-47
12/9/24	Columbus	Omaha Northwest	(W) 58-45	12/5/24	Omaha Northwest	Benson	(W) 77-48
				1/23/25	Benson	Omaha Northwest	(W) 85-44
12/28/24	Columbus	Lincoln Southwest	(L) 78-42	1/18/25	Lincoln Southwest	Benson	(L) 81-79
1/14/25	Millard North	Columbus	(L) 84-31	1/11/25	Benson	Millard North	(L) 71-61
				3/1/25	Benson	Millard North	(L) 81-36
1/24/25	Columbus	Kearney	(L) 79-41	2/14/25	Kearney	Benson	(L) 83-55
1/28/25	Columbus	Fremont	(L) 60-55	1/3/25	Fremont	Benson	(W) 63-56
2/14/25	Fremont	Columbus	(L) 70-40
2/7/25	Westview	Columbus	(L) 87-46	12/17/24	Westview	Benson	(L) 74-65
2/11/25	Columbus	Burke	(L) 75-55	1/4/25	Benson	Burke	(L) 72-52
2/15/25	Columbus	Lincoln East	(L) 85-58	1/7/25	Benson	Lincoln East	(L) 61-51
2/21/25	Bryan	Columbus	(W) 84-51	12/9/24	Benson	Bryan	(W) 97-53
				12/19/24	Benson	Bryan	(W) 79-43

Record Breakdown

Columbus (24-25)		Benson (24-25)
7-18	Overall	9-16
1-3	League	1-3
6-13	Non-League	5-11
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-11	Common Opponent	6-8
4-6	Home	3-7
1-10	Away	4-8
2-2	Neutral	2-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-18	In-State	9-16
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0