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SPENCER – Greenwood dominated the first three quarters of Tuesday’s Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game at Spencer, then held off a furious comeback by the Rockets to win 54-45.
Greenwood led 10-3 after the first quarter and used a 16-3 run in the third quarter to take a 36-16 lead.
Spencer scored a whopping 29 points in the final quarter, but Greenwood was able to muster 18 and held on for the victory, improving to 13-7 and 11-6 in the Cloverbelt East. Spencer drops to 9-11 and 8-9 in the conference.
Brandon Herr scored 16 points and Hayden Hinker added 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Indians.
Spencer was led by Steven Gilboy, who had 14 points and eight rebounds.
Greenwood’s final advantage was a result of free-throw shooting. The Indians were 18 of 25 from the line, while Spencer was just 7 of 15.
Spencer wraps up its Cloverbelt East schedule Friday at Neillsville. It will play a Cloverbelt Crossover game on Thursday against an opponent yet to be announced.
Greenwood hosts Marshfield Columbus Catholic at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in a make-up of Monday’s originally scheduled game that was postponed.
Indians 54, Rockets 45
Greenwood 10 10 16 18 – 54
Spencer 3 10 3 29 – 45
GREENWOOD (54): Brandon Herr 6-11 2-4 16, Hayden Hinker 4-11 5-8 13, Joshua Harlander 3-10 4-6 10, Westin Wuerthrich 2-3 2-3 8, Josh Cook 0-2 5-6 5, Jeffrey Rachu 1-6 0-0 2, Ryan Ehlers 0-1 0-0 0, Tyler Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Derek Sterland 0-0 0-0 0, Nick Mavis 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 16-44. FT: 18-25. 3-pointers: 4-11 (Herr 2-4, Wuerthrich 2-2, Harlander 0-4, Rachu 0-1). Rebounds: 33 (Hinker 11), Harlander 9). Assists: 8 (Harlander 3). Turnovers: 11. Total fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 13-7, 11-6 Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (45): Steven Gilboy 5-19 3-5 14, Wyatt Phillips 5-12 1-4 12, Phillip Ivacic 2-9 3-4 8, Sam Cattanach 3-4 0-0 6, Luke Kromanaker 1-3 0-0 3, Jordan Buss 1-1 0-0 2, Hunter Reckner 0-3 0-2 0, Ryan Krause 0-1 0-0 0, Colin Cowell 0-0 0-0 0, Adam Skrzeczkoski 0-0 0-0 0, Josh Olson 0-0 0-0 0, Matt Mlsna 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 17-52. FT: 7-15. 3-pointers: 4-21 (Gilboy 1-7, Phillips 1-6, Ivacic 1-6, Kromanaker 1-3). Rebounds: 25 (Gilboy 8). Assists: 9 (Buss 3). Turnovers: 10. Total fouls: 20. Fouled out: Phillips, Cattanach. Record: 9-11, 8-9 Cloverbelt East.