Freeman survives wild overtime thriller in C2

The Falcons beat Valentine 57-56

March 11, 2026Updated: March 11, 2026
By Eric McKay

LINCOLN - Last-second heroics have lifted Freeman on to the next round in Class C2.

Easton Buss’ lay-in with 0.8 seconds to go in overtime gave the Falcons a 57-56 win over three-seed Valentine.

That followed two straight 0-for-2 trips to the free throw line by both teams.

The game wouldn’t have gone to the extra session if not for Jayden Wiese, who tipped in a Keegan White miss as time expired in the fourth to tie the game at 47.

The Falcons will next face defending champs Bergan Catholic in Friday’s semi-finals. Valentine was making their first appearance at state since a semifinal appearance in 2004.

Score by Period

TEAM

1

2

3

4

OT

T

FHS

12

15

13

7

10

57

VHS

8

10

20

9

9

56

Team Comparison

STATISTIC

FREEMAN

VALENTINE

FG%

42%

36%

FGs

24-57

21-58

3FG%

24%

40%

3FGs

7-29

10-25

FT%

25%

67%

FTs

2-8

4-6

TOs

10

7

PtsOffTO

2

10

TotReb

41

32

DefReb

28

22

Off Reb

13

10

2ndChPts

8

2

BenchPts

4

10

PtsPaint

34

22

FstBkPt

3

10

Blocks

2

3

Steals

5

6

Assts

17

16

Times Tied:

4

Time Tied:

1:42

Lead Chg:

9

LeadTime

27:54

6:25

Freeman Full Box Score

#

Player

PTS

FG

3FG

FT

OR

DR

REB

A

PF

TO

BL

ST

MIN

+/-

0*

BUSS, EASTON

12

5-13

2-9

0-0

2

9

11

7

1

2

0

2

36

1

2*

BUSS, OWEN

11

4-11

3-10

0-0

1

7

8

5

2

2

0

0

36

1

5*

WIESE, JAYDEN

8

3-3

0-0

2-4

3

1

4

1

2

2

0

1

30

-2

21*

JANSEN, HAYDEN

10

4-14

2-9

0-0

1

2

3

4

1

3

0

0

36

1

51*

WHITE, KEEGAN

12

6-13

0-0

0-4

5

5

10

0

2

0

1

1

24

-3

31

IDEUS, BARRET

4

2-2

0-0

0-0

0

3

3

0

1

0

1

1

10

8

35

FIKAR, HUDSON

0

0-1

0-1

0-0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

8

-1

TM

TEAM

0

-

-

-

1

0

1

0

1

TOTALS

57

24-57

7-29

2-8

13

28

41

17

9

10

2

5

GAME PCT

42.1

24.1

25.0

Valentine Full Box Score

#

Player

PTS

FG

3FG

FT

OR

DR

REB

A

PF

TO

BL

ST

MIN

+/-

3*

BEEBOUT, TRYSTAN

13

5-15

1-3

2-2

1

3

4

8

2

0

0

2

36

-1

4*

BEEBOUT, DOMINIC

22

9-27

4-13

0-2

3

3

6

3

0

3

0

1

35

5

10*

STANKOSKI, CADE

8

3-7

2-5

0-0

0

6

6

4

1

0

0

1

28

-5

21*

MOSNER, DUNCAN

0

0-2

0-0

0-0

3

2

5

1

4

1

0

1

28

-1

33*

BUCKENDAHL, AIDEN

3

1-2

1-2

0-0

0

2

2

0

2

0

3

0

31

-2

1

JESPERSEN, BOONE

8

2-3

2-2

2-2

0

1

1

0

1

1

0

0

14

-5

2

BUECHLE, TRACE

2

1-2

0-0

0-0

1

0

1

0

2

1

0

1

8

4

5

TWO STRIKE, TANNER

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

TM

TEAM

0

-

-

-

2

5

7

0

1

TOTALS

56

21-58

10-25

4-6

10

22

32

16

12

7

3

6

GAME PCT

36.2

40.0

66.7

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