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COLBY – The Spencer boys basketball team shot 52 percent and held Colby to 31 percent on its way to an 87-44 victory in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Friday night at Colby High School.
The Rockets charged out to a 43-24 halftime lead and put 44 more on Colby in the second half.
Calvin Lenz had 22 points, seven rebounds and four assists, Noah Zastrow added 17 points, and Jack Bezlyk had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Rockets (14-6, 10-5 Cloverbelt East).
Bobby Pilz had 12 points and three assists, and Ryan Busse added 12 points and a team-high 11 rebounds for Spencer.
The Rockets finish their Cloverbelt East schedule Monday at conference champion Columbus Catholic. The game will be broadcast on WOSQ-FM 92.3 and wdlbwosq.com.
Rockets 87, Hornets 44
Colby 24 20 – 44
Spencer 43 44 – 87
COLBY (44): Eric Jorgenson 5-10 0-2 10, Mathew Karl 3-10 1-3 9, Jared Seeman 2-7 4-4 8, Nolan Derrico 2-4 1-2 7, Trey Rau 1-3 1-2 3, Ty Raatz 1-4 0-0 3, Tony Ortega 0-2 2-2 2, Wyatt Dawson 1-5 0-0 2, Preston Mertins 0-1 0-0 0, Nate Meyer 0-2 0-0 0, Lucas Bruesweitz 0-0 0-0 0, Freddie Morillion 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 15-48. FT: 9-15. 3-pointers: 5-18 (Karl 2-7, Derrico 2-4, Raatz 1-4, Ortega 0-1, Meyer 0-1, Mertins 0-1). Rebounds: 32 (Seeman 10). Assists: 9 (Jorgenson 2, Mertins 2, Meyer 2). Turnovers: 18. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-14, 6-9 Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (87): Calvin Lenz 8-12 3-5 22, Noah Zastrow 7-9 2-3 17, Jack Bezlyk 5-13 3-6 13, Bobby Pilz 6-14 0-1 12, Ryan Busse 4-6 4-6 12, Aaron Pankratz 2-4 3-3 7, Jacob Miller 1-1 0-0 2, Lucas Ellefson 1-1 0-0 2, Jonny Tomke 0-6 0-0 0. FG: 34-66. FT: 15-24. 3-pointers: 4-13 (Lenz 3-4, Zastrow 1-2, Bezlyk 0-1, Busse 0-1, Pankratz 0-1, Pilz 0-3, Tomke 0-1). Rebounds: 43 (Busse 11). Assists: 13 (Lenz 4). Turnovers: 13. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: Pilz. Record: 14-6, 10-5 Cloverbelt East.