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Meridian High Plains

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Storm

The High Plains (Polk, NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Meridian (Daykin, NE) by a score of 72-70.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	15	14	24	17	70
High Plains	12	22	17	21	72

Final score provided by J. Hamm.

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Game Stats

High Plains (23-24)

Meridian

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	70	25	46	54	65
2	Beau Bartels (Fr)	5	2	4	50	63
3	Chase Schafer (Fr)	5	1	3	33	50
13	M. Escobar de leon (Sr)	18	5	15	33	40
14	Darrian Eyer (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
30	C. Guenther (So)	4	2	2	100	100
34	Maddox Haake (Fr)	18	6	7	86	129
42	Landon Peterson	7	3	4	75	75
55	Kolton Kumpf (Sr)	11	5	9	56	56

High Plains

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	72	27	54	50	52
3	C. Swedenburg (Fr)	5	2	4	50	63
5	Raul Marino (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0
10	Chase Owens (So)	4	2	5	40	40
12	Haden Helgoth (Jr)	11	3	6	50	50
20	Kyler Hans (Fr)	2	0	0
23	Brodey Spurling (So)	16	7	10	70	70
24	Ayden Hans (Jr)	8	3	11	27	32
33	Carter Urkoski (So)	14	6	11	55	55
34	Maddix Fuhrman (Jr)	10	4	6	67	67

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	70	10	16	63	10	18	56	15	30	50
2	Beau Bartels (Fr)	5	1	2	50	0	0	0	1	2	50
3	Chase Schafer (Fr)	5	1	2	50	2	2	100	0	1	0
13	M. Escobar de leon (Sr)	18	2	5	40	6	11	55	3	10	30
14	Darrian Eyer (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
30	C. Guenther (So)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
34	Maddox Haake (Fr)	18	6	7	86	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Landon Peterson	7	0	0	0	1	3	33	3	4	75
55	Kolton Kumpf (Sr)	11	0	0	0	1	2	50	5	9	56

High Plains

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	72	2	9	22	16	26	62	25	45	56
3	C. Swedenburg (Fr)	5	1	3	33	0	0	0	1	1	100
5	Raul Marino (Jr)	2	0	0	0	2	3	67	0	1	0
10	Chase Owens (So)	4	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	2	100
12	Haden Helgoth (Jr)	11	0	0	0	5	7	71	3	6	50
20	Kyler Hans (Fr)	2	0	0	0	2	2	100	0	0	0
23	Brodey Spurling (So)	16	0	0	0	2	2	100	7	10	70
24	Ayden Hans (Jr)	8	1	3	33	1	5	20	2	8	25
33	Carter Urkoski (So)	14	0	0	0	2	2	100	6	11	55
34	Maddix Fuhrman (Jr)	10	0	0	0	2	3	67	4	6	67

Meridian

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	70	10	20	30	17	3	2	18	21
2	Beau Bartels (Fr)	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2
3	Chase Schafer (Fr)	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	2
13	M. Escobar de leon (Sr)	18	1	6	7	9	3	0	6	3
14	Darrian Eyer (Jr)	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3
30	C. Guenther (So)	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
34	Maddox Haake (Fr)	18	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	2
42	Landon Peterson	7	3	3	6	1	0	1	4	4
55	Kolton Kumpf (Sr)	11	4	6	10	1	0	0	3	3

High Plains

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	72	21	13	15	5
3	C. Swedenburg (Fr)	5	2	1	2	0
5	Raul Marino (Jr)	2	2	0	0	0
10	Chase Owens (So)	4	0	1	3	0
12	Haden Helgoth (Jr)	11	2	2	1	0
20	Kyler Hans (Fr)	2	3	1	1	0
23	Brodey Spurling (So)	16	4	2	2	1
24	Ayden Hans (Jr)	8	2	4	1	0
33	Carter Urkoski (So)	14	3	1	4	0
34	Maddix Fuhrman (Jr)	10	3	1	1	4

Meridian

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.94	0.17	0.14	0.10	1	3
2	Beau Bartels (Fr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	1
3	Chase Schafer (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
13	M. Escobar de leon (Sr)	1.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	0	1
14	Darrian Eyer (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	0	0
30	C. Guenther (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
34	Maddox Haake (Fr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
42	Landon Peterson	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.25	0	0
55	Kolton Kumpf (Sr)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1

Misc Totals

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - High Plains nudges Meridian

January 25, 2024: Daykin, NE 68338

In Thursday's non-league outing, the High Plains Storm (Polk, NE) basketball squad nipped the host Meridian Mustangs (Daykin, NE), by a margin of 72-70.

The Storm (8-5) will now prepare for their outing against Elba (Elba, NE). The Bluejays go into the non-league outing with a 0-12 record. In their last outing, Elba was tipped by Harvard (Harvard, NE), 53-21, in a non-league outing.

The Mustangs now own a 4-10 record. They play next when they travel to East Butler for a non-league outing on Friday, January 26. Meridian will clash with a Tigers squad coming off a 65-24 non-league loss to McCool Junction (McCool Junction, NE). The Tigers record now stands at 7-7.

Rankings & Records

Meridian (23-24)

NE	Class
261	42

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-16	1-0	3-4	0-9	2-3	.238	1.000	761	1,056

High Plains (23-24)

NE	Class
177	20

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
16-8	3-1	6-5	7-2	3-1	.667	.750	1,286	1,135

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	8.1	8.9	11.3	8.9	36.2
High Plains	12.8	13.8	13.0	13.9	53.6

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Head-to-Head

High Plains won on 1/25/2024

1/25 @ 4:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Meridian 15 14 24 17 70
High Plains 12 22 17 21 72

The Meridian (Daykin, NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's neutral tournament game against High Plains (Polk, NE) by a score of 72-70.
Box score
High Plains won on 1/30/2024

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

Meridian 9 11 10 6 36
High Plains 14 14 26 12 66

The Meridian (Daykin, NE) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away non-conference game against High Plains (Polk, NE) by a score of 66-36.
Box score

1/30 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meridian	9	11	10	6	36
High Plains	14	14	26	12	66

Team Stat Comparison

Meridian		High Plains
36.2	Points Per Game	52.9
27.8	Rebounds Per Game	29.0
6.7	Assists Per Game	12.0
6.8	Steals Per Game	10.0
2.1	Blocks Per Game	2.7

Team Leaders

Meridian		High Plains	National Avg.
#13 Mario Escobar de leon11.8	Points Per Game	#24 Ayden Hans11.8	4.9
#55 Kolton Kumpf9.3	Rebounds Per Game	#33 Carter Urkoski6.8	2.6
#13 Mario Escobar de leon3.0	Assists Per Game	#33 Carter Urkoski2.2	1.0
#13 Mario Escobar de leon3.2	Steals Per Game	#33 Carter Urkoski2.3	0.8
#42 Landon Peterson1.2	Blocks Per Game	#33 Carter Urkoski0.9	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Meridian	1-9		High Plains	5-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/1/23	Dorchester	Meridian	(W) 45-22	12/5/23	High Plains	Dorchester	(W) 59-27
12/2/23	Meridian	Nebraska Lutheran	(L) 57-33	1/11/24	Nebraska Lutheran	High Plains	(L) 54-49
				2/22/24	Nebraska Lutheran	High Plains	(W) 59-44
12/8/23	Cross County	Meridian	(L) 62-21	1/22/24	High Plains	Cross County	(L) 62-37
				2/3/24	Cross County	High Plains	(L) 68-42
12/19/23	Meridian	Hampton	(L) 40-39	1/4/24	Hampton	High Plains	(W) 53-38
1/4/24	Meridian	McCool Junction	(L) 67-19	12/7/23	McCool Junction	High Plains	(L) 59-26
1/6/24	Meridian	Shelby-Rising City	(L) 61-38	12/19/23	Shelby-Rising City	High Plains	(L) 51-42
1/20/24	Meridian	East Butler	(L) 51-33	2/2/24	High Plains	East Butler	(W) 55-36
1/26/24	Meridian	East Butler	(L) 59-44
2/2/24	Osceola	Meridian	(L) 62-20	2/16/24	High Plains	Osceola	(L) 67-50
2/16/24	Meridian	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(L) 66-46	2/9/24	High Plains	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(W) 60-53

Record Breakdown

Meridian (23-24)		High Plains (23-24)
5-16	Overall	16-8
1-1	League	4-1
2-12	Non-League	10-4
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
1-9	Common Opponent	5-6
3-4	Home	6-5
0-9	Away	7-2
2-3	Neutral	3-1
0-0	Playoff	0-1
5-16	In-State	16-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0