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SPENCER – Spencer used a big third quarter to knock of Colby 58-50 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball contest Friday night at Spencer High School.
Trailing by one point at halftime, the Rockets outscored Colby 22-11 in the third to forge ahead and they held on to the lead from there.
Spencer made 16 of 17 free throws in the win, its third straight. The Rockets are now 13-6 overall and 12-5 in the Cloverbelt East.
Bobby Pilz scored 20 points, and Mitchell Susa and Joe Meyers each added 13 for Spencer. Susa had a game-high eight rebounds as well, while Meyers was a perfect 9 of 9 from the free throw line.
Jake Hoernke led Colby (8-11, 6-10 Cloverbelt East) with 12 points.
Spencer wraps up its Cloverbelt East schedule Monday at Marshfield Columbus Catholic.
Rockets 58, Hornets 50
Colby 15 10 11 14 – 50
Spencer 11 13 22 12 – 58
COLBY (50): Jake Hoernke 5-11 2-2 12, Reggie Kellnhofer 2-7 5-6 9, Tanner Geatz 4-4 1-2 9, Josh Rahm 2-8 1-2 5, Trevor Buchholz 1-7 2-4 5, Ryan Lynn 2-3 0-0 5, Zach Meyer 1-1 0-0 3, Ty Raatz 1-5 0-1 2, Luis Castillo 0-0 0-0 0, Brandon Riegert 0-0 0-0 0, Adrian Lynn 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 18-46. FT: 11-17. 3-pointers: 3-11 (Buchholz 1-4, Lynn 1-1, Meyer 1-1, Raatz 0-4, Rahm 0-1). Rebounds: 17 (five tied with 3).Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 8-11, 6-10 Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (58): Bobby Pilz 8-17 3-3 20, Mitchell Susa 4-12 4-5 13, Joe Meyers 2-10 9-9 13, Jeremiah Cattanach 4-8 0-0 8, Cody Esser 1-2 0-0 2, Spencer Susa 1-2 0-0 2, No. 12 (no name provided) 0-1 0-0 0, Miles Weber 0-2 0-0 0, Ryan Busse 0-1 0-0 0, Brenton Engevold 0-1 0-0 0, Nick Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Ben Greiser 0-0 0-0 0, Calvin Lenz 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 20-58. FT: 16-17. 3-pointers: 2-12 (Pilz 1-3, M. Susa 1-5, Meyers 0-3, Cattanach 0-1). Rebounds : 26 (M. Susa 8). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 13-6, 12-5 Cloverbelt East.