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AUGUSTA – Augusta outscored Spencer 22-13 in the first quarter and cruised to a 62-40 win over Spencer in Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball action Tuesday at Augusta High School.
Augusta remains undefeated, improving to 15-0 overall and 12-0 in the Cloverbelt East. Spencer lost for the fourth straight time to drop to 4-9 and 4-8 in the conference.
Spencer shot just 38 percent (15 of 39) and turned it over 17 times in the loss.
Jeremiah Cattanach and Bobby Pilz each scored eight points to lead the Rockets.
Joe Whalen topped Augusta with 24 points.
Spencer returns to action Friday at home against Greenwood.
Beavers 62, Rockets 40
Spencer 13 12 4 11 – 40
Augusta 22 12 9 19 – 62
SPENCER (40): Jeremiah Cattanach 3-8 0-0 8, Bobby Pilz 3-8 0-0 8, Calvin Lenz 3-3 1-1 7, Cody Esser 3-5 0-0 6, Mitchell Susa 1-4 3-4 6, Joe Meyers 1-4 0-0 2, Miles Weber 1-6 0-2 2, Spencer Susa 0-1 1-2 1, Ben Grieser 0-0 0-0 0, Nate Mercier 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 15-39. FT: 5-9. 3-pointers: 5-16 (Cattanach 2-3, Pilz 2-6, M. Susa 1-4, Meyers 0-3). Rebounds: 20 (Weber 5). Turnovers: 17. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-9, 4-8 Cloverbelt East.
AUGUSTA (62): Joe Whalen 9-18 3-4 24, Jamie Sieg 7-16 5-8 19, Bradley Grunewald 2-8 1-2 7, Noah Plewa 2-2 1-2 5, Aaron Herrick 2-6 0-0 4, Marshall Mayer 1-3 1-2 3, Zach Nelson 0-0 0-0 0, Brandon Kimball 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 23-53. FT: 11-20. 3-pointers: 5-21 (Whalen 3-10, Grunewald 2-7, Sieg 0-2, Herrick 0-2). Rebounds: 20 (Mayer 7). Turnovers: 1. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 15-0, 12-0 Cloverbelt East.