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SPENCER – The Spencer boys basketball team overcame a seven-point halftime deficit and edged Owen-Withee 42-41 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Tuesday at the Spencer Dome.
The Rockets trailed 23-16 at halftime before storming back to grab the one-point win and send Owen-Withee to its first conference loss.
Weston Nieman had 14 points, Noah Anderson chipped in 10 points, and Sam Bezlyk had eight points and 12 rebounds for Spencer (7-4, 1-2 Cloverbelt East).
Colin Fritz led Owen-Withee (6-3, 2-1 Cloverbelt East) with 19 points and nine rebounds.
Spencer is back in action Friday at Greenwood.
Rockets 42, Blackhawks 41
Owen-Withee 23 18 – 41
Spencer 16 26 – 42
OWEN-WITHEE (41): Mason Gay 1 1-2 3, Dominic Sherwood 1 0-0 2, Sam Wells 3 1-2 7, Colton Paczkowski 0 0-0 0, Colin Fritz 4 8-10 19, Brett Baehr 0 0-0 0, Winston Poehler 1 0-0 2, Jack Wendler 4 0-0 8. FG: 14. FT: 10-14. 3-pointers: 3 (Fritz 3). Rebounds: 42 (Fritz 9). Fouls: 9. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-3, 2-1 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
SPENCER (42): Mathers McHone 1-5 0-0 2, Drake Johnson 1-1 0-0 3, Weston Nieman 6-15 0-0 14, Madden Prybylski 0-0 0-0 0, Noah Anderson 2-7 5-8 10, Ben Felgner 2-5 1-3 5, Tyler Peterson 0-0 0-0 0, Sam Bezlyk 4-12 0-0 8, Breckin Miller 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 16-46. FT: 6-11. 3-pointers: 4-20 (Nieman 2-8, Johnson 1-1, Anderson 1-5, Felgner 0-1, Miller 0-1, McHone 0-4). Rebounds: 32 (Bezlyk 12). Fouls: 9. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-4, 1-2 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.