Colby cruises out to early lead, knocks off Spencer boys basketball

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COLBY – Colby shot 56 percent from the field and put up 43 first-half points to blow past Spencer 74-52 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Friday night at Colby High School.

The Hornets surged to an 18-7 lead after one quarter and then put up 25 points in the second quarter to take a 43-21 lead at halftime.

Alex Jorgensen made 10 of 13 shots and scored 22 points to lead Colby (16-4, 14-3 Cloverbelt East), which remains one game behind first-place Augusta. The two team match up in the conference finale on Monday at Augusta.

Joe Meyers led Spencer with 14 points, Jeremiah Cattanach added 11 and Jordan Buss had 10 in the loss. The Rockets fall to 11-9 and 8-9 in the Cloverbelt East and will host Neillsville in their final conference game on Monday.

Hornets 74, Rockets 52
Spencer 7 14 13 18 – 52
Colby 18 25 17 14 – 74
SPENCER (52):
Joe Meyers 5-8 0-0 14, Jeremiah Cattanach 5-11 0-0 11, Jordan Buss 3-11 4-7 10, Steven Gilboy 3-9 1-1 7, Sam Cattanach 2-3 0-0 4, Matt Mlsna 1-4 0-2 2, Cody Esser 1-7 0-2 2, Adam Skrzeczkoski 1-3 0-1 2, Collin Cowell 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 21-57. FT: 5-13. 3-pointers: 5-20 (Meyers 4-7, J. Cattanach 1-5, Gilboy 0-1, Skrzeczkoski 0-1, Cowell 0-1, Buss 0-2, Esser 0-3). Rebounds: 22 (Gilboy 5, S. Cattanach 5). Turnovers: 13. Fouls: 24. Fouled out: none. Record: 11-9, 8-9 Cloverbelt East.
COLBY (74): Alex Jorgensen 10-13 2-3 22, Hunter Busse 5-6 3-4 15, Michael Knetter 5-7 3-5 13, Aaron Koerner 3-8 1-4 7, Tyler Robida 1-2 3-4 5, Colten Duvall 2-2 0-0 4, Tyler Meyer 1-4 0-0 3, Andrew Kaiser 1-2 0-0 2, Nathaniel Underwood 0-3 2-8 2, Brandon Wickersham 0-0 1-2 1, Tanner Uhlig 0-1 0-0 0, Matt Langreck 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 28-50. FT: 15-30. 3-pointers: 3-11 (Busse 2-3, Meyer 1-3, Knetter 0-1, Underwood 0-1, Uhlig 0-1, Langreck 0-2). Rebounds: 29 (Knetter 8). Turnovers: 12. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 16-4, 14-3 Cloverbelt East.