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MEQUON – The Columbus Catholic boys basketball team rebounded a day after suffering its first loss of the 2023-24 season with a 75-58 win over Winnebago Lutheran on Thursday afternoon at the Rick Majerus Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook Shootout at Concordia University.
The Dons led 37-34 at halftime before pulling away with a 14-point advantage in the second half to finish off the victory.
Charlie Moore made five 3-pointers and Blake Jakobi had four long balls as each finished with 18 points to lead Columbus Catholic (9-1). Cy Becker added 17 points and Lucas Kreklau had 10 in the win.
Gannan Schwartz led Winnebago Lutheran (6-3) with 17 points.
Columbus Catholic will have a week off before hosting Colby in a big Cloverbelt Conference East Division game next Friday, Jan. 5, at 7:15 p.m. The two teams are tied for the conference lead at 4-0.
Dons 75, Vikings 58
Winnebago Lutheran 34 24 – 58
Columbus Catholic 37 38 – 75
WINNEBAGO LUTHERAN (58): Gannan Schwartz 5 6-7 17, Marcus Christensen 0 0-0 0, Noah Gensler 4 2-5 11, Sam Ferguson 2 0-0 4, Andy Simon 0 0-0 0, Sam Loehr 4 4-7 13, Max Hansmann 2 2-2 7, Miles McAuly 1 0-0 2, Chop Simmons 2 0-2 4, Owen Reible 0 0-0 0. FG: 20. FT: 14-23. 3-pointers: 4 (Schwartz 1, Gensler 1, Loehr 1, Hansmann 1). Record: 6-3.
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (75): Mac Konieczny 4 0-1 8, Nathan Nemitz 1 0-0 2, Alex Edwards 0 0-0 0, Lucas Kreklau 5 0-0 10, Charlie Moore 6 1-1 18, Blake Jakobi 6 2-2 18, Sam Dums 1 0-0 2, Cy Becker 5 4-6 17. FG: 29. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 10 (Moore 5, Jakobi 4, Becker 1). Record: 9-1.