Spencer boys basketball routs Northland Lutheran to earn first win of season

The 2023-24 Spencer High School boys basketball team. (Submitted photo)

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SPENCER – The Spencer boys basketball team picked up its first victory of the season with a dominating 67-38 nonconference win over Northland Lutheran on Thursday night at Spencer High School.

Spencer started strong, opening up a 20-point lead by halftime at 36-16 and cruised to the win, evening its season record at 1-1.

Sam Bezlyk had 22 points and 13 rebounds, and Breckin Miller chipped in 14 points on 7-for-9 shooting for the Rockets.

Spencer will host Thorp for another nonconference game Monday at 7:15 p.m. prior to opening its Cloverbelt Conference East Division season at Marshfield Columbus Catholic on Thursday, Dec. 7.

Rockets 67, Wildcats 38
Northland Lutheran 16 22 – 38
Spencer 36 31 – 67
NORTHLAND LUTHERAN (38):
Statistics not provided. Record: 0-2.
SPENCER (67): Weston Nieman 2-10 2-2 6, Drake Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Austin Lalicata 0-0 0-0 0, Madden Prybylski 2-5 1-1 5, Noah Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Davide Chemello 2-5 0-2 4, Reed Knecht 2-6 0-0 4, Sam Bezlyk 10-18 1-1 22, Mathers McHone 1-8 2-2 4, Breckin Miller 7-9 0-0 14, Logan Ehlert 1-2 0-0 2, Carter Luepke 2-4 0-2 4. FG: 29-67. FT: 6-10. 3-pointers: 1-13 (Bezlyk 1-3, McHone 0-1, Miller 0-1, Chemello 0-1, Knecht 0-2, Nieman 0-5). Rebounds: 40 (Bezlyk 13). Record: 1-1.