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SPENCER – Spencer’s Bobby Pilz and Nate Mercier continued their hot long-range shooting, propelling the Rockets to a 67-33 rout of Gilman in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Tuesday night at Spencer High School.
Pilz and Mercier, who combined to make 12 3-pointers in a one-point loss to Auburndale on Saturday, were 8 of 15 from 3-point range Tuesday night. Pilz had 19 points and Mercier finished with 16 for the Rockets.
Mitch Susa added 10 points for Spencer, which improves to 6-1 overall and 5-0 in the Cloverbelt East. Gilman is now 2-7 and 1-7 in the conference.
Spencer pushed out to a 31-14 lead by halftime and cruised from there.
Spencer’s next game is at home Friday against Colby.
Rockets 67, Pirates 33
Gilman 8 6 11 8 – 33
Spencer 14 17 19 17 – 67
GILMAN (33): Zach Sonnentag 1-5 1-2 3, James Copenhaver 4-13 3-5 11, Ethan Aldinger 1-5 2-2 4, Emmit Sherfield 2-2 1-2 5, Chanse Rosemeyer 1-8 0-0 3, Landen Tischer 0-1 0-0 0, Colton Schmitt 3-6 1-3 7. FG: 12-42. FT: 8-14. 3-pointers: 1-12 (Rosemeyer 1-8, Aldinger 0-1, Copenhaver 0-3). Record: 2-7, 1-7 Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (67): Jonathan Tomke 0-0 0-0 0, Noah Zastrow 2-3 2-2 6, Nate Mercier 5-12 2-3 16, Calvin Lenz 0-1 0-0 0, Bobby Pilz 7-13 1-1 19, Miles Weber 2-4 0-0 4, Jack Burnett 0-0 0-0 0, Jake Meyers 0-1 0-0 0, Ryan Busse 3-7 0-0 6, Mitch Susa 4-9 1-2 10, Dakota Andreae 3-4 0-0 6. FG: 26-54. FT: 6-8. 3-pointers: 9-21 (Mercier 4-9, Pilz 4-6, Susa 1-5, Zastrow 0-1). Record: 6-1, 5-0 Cloverbelt East.