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AUBURNDALE – Bobby Pilz scored 17 of his game-high 28 points in the second half as the Spencer boys basketball team surged past Auburndale 67-55 in a nonconference game Tuesday at Auburndale High School.
The Rockets led 29-26 at halftime before outscoring Auburndale by 11 in the second half to pull away.
Pilz hit 11 of 19 shots from the field, including a pair of 3-pointers, and was 4 of 4 at the free throw line for the Rockets. Calvin Lenz added 14 points on the strength of four 3-pointers, Jack Bezlyk had 11 points and eight rebounds, and Ryan Busse had 10 points and eight rebounds for Spencer.
The Rockets (7-4) were 9 of 20 from 3-point range in the victory.
Caleb Weinfurter had 17 points, including five 3-pointers, and Luke Olsen and Nicholas Steele each had 10 for Auburndale (3-8).
Rockets 67, Apaches 55
Spencer 29 38 – 67
Auburndale 26 29 – 55
SPENCER (67): Bobby Pilz 11-19 4-4 28, Calvin Lenz 5-9 0-1 14, Jack Bezlyk 5-9 1-1 11, Ryan Busse 3-12 1-2 10, Jonny Tomke 2-6 0-0 4, Jacob Miller 0-0 0-0 0, Colin Nieman 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 26-55. FT: 6-8. 3-pointers: 9-20 (Lenz 4-5, Busse 3-7, Pilz 2-5, Bezlyk 0-1, Tomke 0-2). Rebounds: 29 (Busse 8, Bezlyk 8). Fouls: 7. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-4.
AUBURNDALE (55): Caleb Weinfurter 6-12 0-0 17, Luke Olsen 4-6 0-0 10, Nicholas Steele 4-6 1-1 10, Christian Firnstahl 4-7 0-0 8, Dylan Peplinski 3-8 0-0 6, Collin Hawkins 1-3 0-0 2, Logan Willfahrt 1-1 0-0 2, Logan Brown 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 23-44. FT: 1-1. 3-pointers: 8-18 (Weinfurter 5-9, Olsen 2-4, Steele 1-2, Peplinski 0-3). Rebounds: 23. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 3-8.