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COLBY – Colby outscored Spencer by double digits in both halves and cruised to a 73-50 win in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Tuesday night at Colby High School.
Luke Hannula had 22 points and 12 rebounds to pace Colby (7-8, 5-4 Clovebelt East).
Sam Bezlyk had 18 points, and Mathers McHone scored 15 points and pulled down nine rebounds for Spencder (11-6, 5-4 Cloverbelt East).
Spencer and Colby are now in a tie with Neillsville for fourth place in the conference standings, one game behind Columbus Catholic and Loyal, and two in back of Owen-Withee with five Cloverbelt East contests remaining.
Spencer will play at first-place Owen-Withee on Friday.
Hornets 73, Rockets 50
Spencer 20 30 – 50
Colby 32 41 – 73
SPENCER (50): Mathers McHone 6-9 1-4 15, Oliver Young 1-2 0-0 2, Drake Johnson 0-3 0-0 0, Weston Nieman 2-6 0-0 5, Chuan Heng Chan 0-1 0-0 0, Hezekiah Duda 0-0 0-0 0, Benjamin Felgner 1-5 1-2 3, Tyler Peterson 0-1 0-0 0, Sam Bezlyk 6-19 5-5 18, Clay Nieman 0-0 0-0 0, Breckin Miller 3-5 1-2 7. FG: 19-51. FT: 8-13. 3-pointers: 4-18 (McHone 2-4, W. Nieman 1-4, Bezlyk 1-5, Felgner 0-1, Miller 0-1, Young 0-1, Johnson 0-2). Rebounds: 30 (McHone 9). Fouls: 17. Fouled out: Felgner. Record: 11-6, 5-4 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
COLBY (73): Reed Fleischmann 5-7 2-2 13, Luke Hannula 9-13 4-7 22, Izaac Carrera 1-1 0-0 2, Devon Meyer 0-0 2-2 2, Miguel Morillon 2-9 0-0 4, Bryan Castillo 0-0 0-0 0, Braiden Johnson 1-3 0-0 3, Colton Orth 1-4 0-0 2, Rolyn Hopperdetzel 0-0 0-0 0, Cyler Pagelsdorf 0-0 0-0 0, Hayden Kaiser 0-1 0-0 0, Landon Steinman 3-14 2-4 9, Xander Buchanah 0-0 0-0 0, Tucker Hayes 8-13 0-1 16. FG: 30-65. FT: 10-16. 3-pointers: 3-15 (Fleischmann 1-2, Johnson 1-3, Steinman 1-5, Kaiser 0-1, Morillon 0-1, Hannula 0-1, Orth 0-2). Rebounds: 35 (Hannula 12). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-8, 5-4 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.