Pilz, Susa lift Spencer boys basketball past Greenwood in season opener

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GREENWOOD – The Spencer boys basketball team finally opened its 2014-15 season and did so in grand fashion, blowing past Greenwood 76-59 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division contest.

Bobby Pilz was 7 of 9 from the field and 8 of 10 at the free throw line to score a game-high 25 points for the Rockets. Mitch Susa added 22 points and Calvin Lenz chipped in with 12 for Spencer.

The Rockets were 50 percent overall and was 7 of 15 from 3-point range in the win. Susa had four 3-pointers and Pilz had three from long range.

Greenwood falls to 1-2 overall and 1-1 in the conference.

Spencer hosts Granton on Tuesday.

Rockets 76, Indians 59
SPENCER (76):
Noah Zastrow 1-3 2-3 4, Jack Burnett 0-0 0-0 0, Jake Meyers 0-0 1-2 1, Jack Bezlyk 0-0 0-0 0, Aaron Pankratz 0-0 0-0 0, Jonny Tomke 0-0 0-0 0, Nate Mercier 0-2 5-7 5, Calvin Lenz 5-9 2-3 12, Bobby Pilz 7-9 8-10 25, Miles Weber 1-2 0-0 2, Ryan Busse 2-5 1-2 5, Mitch Susa 7-16 4-6 22, Dakota Andreae 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 23-46. FT: 23-33. 3-pointers: 7-15 (Susa 4-6, Pilz 3-4, Zastrow 0-2, Mercier 0-2, Lenz 0-1). Record: 1-0 overall and Cloverbelt East.
GREENWOOD (59): Logan Johnson 5-14 1-3 15, Decker Lindner 3-7 0-0 6, Delten Schmitz 3-4 4-4 13, Booker Bredlau 5-18 1-1 12, Zachary Zimbauer 0-1 0-0 0, Walker Wuethrich 0-0 0-0 0, Trevor Serocki 0-0 2-2 2, Dane Toburen 1-5 1-2 3, Sam Revier 2-3 0-0 4, Dylan North 1-2 0-0 2. FG: 20-54. FT: 9-12. 3-pointers: 8-21 (Johnson 4-7, Schmitz 3-4, Bredlau 1-6, Toburen 0-2, Revier 0-1, Lindner 0-1). Record: 1-2, 1-1 Cloverbelt East.