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SPENCER – Spencer shot 51 percent from the field and was 17 of 22 at the free throw line to push past Owen-Withee 72-63 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Tuesday night at Spencer High School.
The Rockets made 25 of 49 shots from the field and also held a 37-32 rebounding advantage to earn the victory and improve to 6-3 overall and 5-2 in the Cloverbelt East. Owen-Withee lost its third game in a row and is now 5-5 and 4-3 in the conference.
Josiah Goerlitz scored 20 points on 9 of 17 shooting for the Blackhawks, but Spencer held the rest of the Owen-Withee team to just 17 of 50 from the field.
Bobby Pilz scored 33 points to lead Spencer and now stands just five points shy of the 1,000-career point mark. He was 9 of 11 at the free throw line and 11 of 17 from the field. Ryan Busse added 13 points and Jonny Tomke had 12 for the Rockets.
Spencer hosts undefeated Marshfield Columbus Catholic (10-0, 7-0 Cloverbelt East) on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on WOSQ-FM 92.3 and wdlbwosq.com.
Rockets 72, Blackhawks 63
Spencer 31 41 – 72
Owen-Withee 26 37 – 63
SPENCER (72): Bobby Pilz 11-17 9-11 33, Ryan Busse 5-7 2-2 13, Jonny Tomke 5-12 0-0 12, Jack Bezlyk 3-5 2-3 8, Calvin Lenz 0-5 4-6 4, Jacob Miller 1-3 0-0 2. FG: 25-49. FT: 17-22. 3-pointers: 5-13 (Tomke 2-4, Pilz 2-5, Busse 1-2, Lenz 0-2). Rebounds: 37. Turnovers: 20. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-3, 5-2 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
OWEN-WITHEE (63): Josiah Goerlitz 9-17 2-3 20, Kole Karaba 6-18 0-0 16, Marlin Pogodzinski 2-4 2-2 7, Preston Shelton 3-11 0-0 6, Darryn Bottlemy 3-4 0-0 6, A.J. Ovyn 2-9 1-2 5, Kevin Kitlica 1-4 0-0 3. FG: 29-67. FT: 5-7. 3-pointers: 6-19 (Karaba 4-11, Pogodzinski 1-1, Kitlica 1-4, Ovyn 0-2, Shelton 0-1). Rebounds: 32. Turnovers: 13. Fouls: 21. Fouled out: Shelton, Ovyn. Record: 5-5, 4-3 Cloverbelt East.