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MARATHON – Marathon ran out to a nine-point lead by halftime and held off Spencer 53-46 in a nonconference boys basketball game Monday night at Marathon High School.
Bobby Pilz was on fire for Spencer (2-1), scoring 29 points on 9 of 14 shooting, including 6 of 10 from 3-point range, but the rest of the Rockets were just 4 of 26 from the field and 0-for-10 on 3-pointers. Pilz also added a team-high seven rebounds.
Preston Wirkus has 16 points to lead Marathon (3-1), which shot 50 percent (22 of 44) from the field and held a 34-25 rebounding advantage.
Spencer plays at Granton on Tuesday.
Raiders 53, Rockets 46
Spencer 18 28 – 46
Marathon 27 26 – 53
SPENCER (46): Bobby Pilz 9-14 5-8 29, Calvin Lenz 2-8 1-1 5, Jack Bezlyk 1-4 3-8 5, Ryan Busse 1-8 3-5 5, Jonny Tomke 0-6 2-2 2, Jacob Miller 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 13-40. FT: 14-22. 3-pointers: 6-20 (Pilz 6-10, Lenz 0-2, Busse 0-3, Tomke 0-5). Rebounds: 25 (Pilz 7). Turnovers: 16. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: Tomke. Record: 2-1.
MARATHON (53): Preston Wirkus 7-9 2-4 16, Xavier Lechleitner 3-8 3-4 10, Ryan Gassner 5-7 0-0 10, Nathan Stoffel 3-5 0-1 6, Kellen Vetter 2-4 0-0 4, Karter Underwood 1-3 0-2 3, Bryce Seubert 1-2 0-0 2, Donovan Free 0-6 2-3 2. FG: 22-44. FT: 7-14. 3-pointers: 2-9 (Underwood 1-2, Lechleitner 1-4, Free 0-3). Rebounds: 34 (Stoffel 9). Turnovers: 17. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: none. Record: 3-1.