This story is sponsored by Victory Apparel
MarshfieldAreaSports.com
SPENCER – The Spencer boys basketball team couldn’t hold on to a slim halftime lead and dropped a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game to Owen-Withee 74-61 on Friday night at Spencer High School.
Owen-Withee trailed by one at halftime before outscoring the Rockets 47-33 in the second half. The Blackhawks made 19 of 32 free throws, eight more makes than Spencer, and outshot the Rockets 7-4 from 3-point range to provide the difference.
Spencer falls to 4-9 overall and 4-6 in the Cloverbelt East. Owen-Withee is now 9-4 and 8-2 in the conference.
Kole Karaba scored 21 points and Marlin Pogodzinski added 16 for Owen-Withee.
Jack Bezlyk had 21 points and 16 rebounds to lead Spencer.
Spencer plays at Abbotsford as part of a girls-boys nonconference doubleheader on Monday. The girls game starts at 6 p.m., with the boys to follow at approximately 7:45 p.m.
Blackhawks 74, Rockets 61
Owen-Withee 27 47 – 74
Spencer 28 33 – 61
OWEN-WITHEE (74): Kole Karaba 7-14 3-4 21, Marlin Pogodzinski 5-11 4-4 16, Preston Shelton 4-11 2-2 11, Darryn Bottlemy 3-9 3-5 9, A.J. Ovyn 1-3 6-10 8, Derek Hubbard 3-4 1-7 7, Renderman 1-1 0-0 2, RandyShelton 0-1 0-0 0, Brandon Bennett 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 24-61. FT: 19-32. 3-pointers: 7-12 (Karaba 4-5, Pogodzinski 2-4, P. Shelton 1-2, Bennett 0-1). Rebounds: 44 (Karaba 7). Turnovers: 7. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: P. Shelton. Record: 9-4, 8-2 Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (61): Jack Bezlyk 8-15 4-5 21, Noah Zastrow 6-17 1-3 13, Collin Nieman 4-10 0-0 11, Jacob Miller 2-4 3-4 7, Nate Karau 2-6 1-3 5, Lukas Ellefson 1-5 2-2 4, Austin Bacon 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 23-61. FT: 11-18. 3-pointers: 4-12 (Nieman 3-5, Bezlyk 1-4, Bacon 0-1, Ellefson 0-2). Rebounds: 44 (Bezlyk 16). Turnovers: 5. Fouls: 25. Fouled out: Zastrow. Record: 4-9, 4-6 Cloverbelt East.