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SPENCER – Owen-Withee outscored Spencer by at least three points in each quarter and handed the Rockets their first loss of the season, 64-48, in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Thursday night at Spencer High School.
Albert Goerlitz had 26 points and eight rebounds to lead the charge for the Blackhawks (3-1, 2-1 Cloverbelt East).
Spencer struggled from 3-point range (4 of 27) and at the free throw line (2 of 7) in the loss.
Owen-Withee was 26 of 32 at the free throw line as Spencer committed 22 fouls, while the Blackhawks were called for only 12.
Mitchell Susa led the Rockets (2-1 overall and Cloverbelt East) with 12 points. Spencer’s top scorer, Jeremiah Cattanach, was held to two points on 1 of 9 shooting.
Spencer plays at Granton on Tuesday.
Blackhawks 64, Rockets 48
Owen-Withee 14 14 14 22 – 64
Spencer 11 11 11 15 – 48
OWEN-WITHEE (64): Albert Goerlitz 6-14 14-16 26, Hayden Houts 3-7 5-6 12, Josiah Goerlitz 3-9 4-4 10, Lance Renderman 3-6 1-2 7, Austin Milliern 2-6 0-0 5, John Schmelzer 1-1 0-0 2, Will Maki 0-3 2-4 2, Kolton Kaduce 0-2 0-0 0, Bryce Niemi 0-1 0-0 0, Adam Shakal 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 18-49. FT: 26-32. 3-pointers: 2-9 (Houts 1-4, Milliern 1-1, J. Goerlitz 0-1, Renderman 0-1, Kaduce 0-2). Rebounds: 25 (A. Goerlitz 8). Assists: 4 (Milliern 2, Kaduce 2). Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 3-1, 2-1 Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (48): Mitchell Susa 5-12 0-1 12, Calvin Lenz 5-6 1-2 11, Ryan Busse 4-5 0-0 8, Joe Meyers 3-10 0-0 6, Bobby Pilz 2-9 0-0 5, Cody Esser 1-1 0-0 3, Jeremiah Cattanach 1-9 0-1 2, Nate Mercier 0-0 1-3 1, Miles Weber 0-1 0-0 0, Ben Greiser 0-1 0-0 0, Spencer Susa 0-0 0-0 0, Brenton Engevold 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 21-54. FT: 2-7. 3-pointers: 4-27 (M. Susa 2-8, Pilz 1-8, Esser 1-1, Meyers 0-5, Cattanach 0-4, Greiser 0-1). Rebounds: 19 (Weber 7). Assists: 11 (Cattanach 4). Fouls: 22. Fouled out: none. Record: 2-1 overall and Cloverbelt East.