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SPENCER – The Spencer boys basketball team ended a four-game losing streak with a 57-49 win over Gilman in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division matchup Tuesday night at Spencer High School.
Spencer led by just two at halftime before opening its lead up late and winning by eight.
Spencer shot 40 percent from the field (24 of 60), but held Gilman to only 31 percent shooting (19 of 61) and just 1 of 16 from 3-point range.
Jack Bezlyk topped Spencer (2-4, 2-2 Cloverbelt East) with 17 points. Noah Zastrow and Lukas Ellefson each added nine points for the Rockets. Ellefson was a perfect 4-for-4 at the free throw line, while the rest of the team made just 4 of 12.
Crick led Gilman (1-5, 1-4 Cloverbelt East) with 16 points.
Spencer plays at Greenwood on Friday.
Rockets 57, Pirates 49
Gilman 28 21 – 49
Spencer 30 27 – 57
GILMAN (49): Crick 6-16 4-5 16, Nagel 4-9 4-6 12, Konsella 4-16 0-0 9, Skabroud 3-6 2-4 8, Wininger 1-4 0-0 2, Emstrom 1-2 0-0 2, Grunseth 0-0 0-0 0, Schmitt 0-5 0-0 0. FG: 19-61. FT: 10-15. 3-pointers: 1-16 (Konsella 1-8, Crick 0-1, Skabroud 0-1, Wininger 0-2, Schmitt 0-3). Rebounds: 46. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: Skabroud. Record: 1-5, 1-4 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
SPENCER (57): Jack Bezlyk 8-15 1-3 17, Noah Zastrow 4-15 1-4 9, Lukas Ellefson 2-7 4-4 9, Vladimir Rivera 4-5 0-3 8, Jacob Miller 4-9 0-0 8, Colin Nieman 1-4 2-2 4, Nate Karau 1-2 0-0 2, Austin Bacon 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 24-60. FT: 8-16. 3-pointers: 1-7 (Ellefson 1-4, Nieman 0-1, Bezlyk 0-2). Rebounds: 40. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: Miller. Record: 2-4, 2-2 Cloverbelt East.