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OWEN – Kole Karaba scored 17 points to help Owen-Withee come back to top Spencer 63-55 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Thursday at Owen-Withee High School.
The win pushes Owen-Withee to 2-2 overall and 2-1 in the Cloverbelt East, while Spencer falls to 1-3 overall and 1-2 in the conference after dropping its third-straight game.
Spencer led 31-29 at halftime but couldn’t hold on in the second half as the Blackhawks outscored the Rockets by 10.
Jack Bezlyk had 21 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out for Spencer.
The Rockets will host Marathon in a nonconference game Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
Blackhawks 63, Rockets 55
Owen-Withee 29 34 – 63
Spencer 31 24 – 55
OWEN-WITHEE (63): Kole Karaba 6-12 5-9 17, Marlin Pogodzinski 7-8 1-1 16, Darryn Bottlemy 5-8 3-7 13, A.J. Ovyn 2-7 2-3 6, Bennett 1-1 2-4 4, Kevin Kitlica 2-3 0-0 4, Preston Shelton 0-2 2-4 2, Derek Hubbard 0-3 1-3 1. FG: 23-46. FT: 16-32. 3-pointers: 1-3 (Pogodzinski 1-1, Bottlemy 0-1, Ovyn 0-1). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 2-2, 2-1 Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (55): Jack Bezlyk 6-10 8-14 21, Noah Zastrow 5-9 4-6 16, Colin Nieman 3-4 0-0 9, Jacob Miller 2-2 0-1 4, Nate Karau 1-1 1-2 3, Vladimir Rivera 1-2 0-1 2, Lukas Ellefson 0-3 0-0 0. FG: 18-33. FT: 13-24. 3-pointers: 6-12 (Nieman 3-4, Zastrow 2-3, Bezlyk 1-2). Rebounds: 29 (Bezlyk 11). Fouls: 23. Fouled out: Bezlyk, Miller). Record: 1-3, 1-2 Cloverbelt East.