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NEILLSVILLE – Neillsville poured in 49 second-half points to sneak past Spencer 72-67 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Tuesday at Neillsville High School.
The Rockets led 33-23 at halftime before Neillsville erupted with a 49-34 second half to pull away.
Michael Dux scored 32 points and Jake Kunze added 16 points and seven rebounds for Neillsville (4-3, 4-1 Cloverbelt East).
Bobby Pilz had 27 points and Jonny Tomke added 14 points and eight rebounds for Spencer (3-3, 2-2 Cloverbelt East).
The Rockets shot just 34 percent (22 of 64) from the field.
Spencer is off until Jan. 5 when it plays at Gilman.
Warriors 72, Rockets 67
Spencer 33 34 – 67
Neillsville 23 49 – 72
SPENCER (67): Bobby Pilz 8-17 10-12 27, Jonny Tomke 5-15 2-2 14, Calvin Lenz 3-11 2-2 9, Ryan Busse 3-11 0-0 8, Jack Bezlyk 2-8 3-4 7, Jacob Miller 1-2 0-1 2. FG: 22-64. FT: 17-21. 3-pointers: 6-16 (Tomke 2-3, Busse 2-6, Pilz 1-3, Lenz 1-4). Rebounds: 38 (Busse 9). Assists: 7 (Lenz 4). Turnovers: 11. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: Bezlyk. Record: 3-3, 2-2 Cloverbelt East.
NEILLSVILLE (72): Michael Dux 12-23 6-10 32, Jake Kunze 6-11 4-6 16, Adam Schmidt 3-7 0-0 8, Kilgore 2-3 2-4 6, David Harder 2-5 1-2 5, Jason Kurth 2-4 0-0 5, Cody Roman 0-2 0-0 0, Logan Matson 0-1 0-0 0, Tristen Heidmann 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 27-56. FT: 13-22. 3-pointers: 5-14 (Schmidt 2-5, Dux 2-7, Kurth 1-2). Rebounds: 41 (Kunze 7). Assists: 4 (Schmidt 3). Turnovers: 16. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-3, 4-1 Cloverbelt East.