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GREENWOOD – Spencer used a big advantage at the free throw line and hold off Greenwood 43-37 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Thursday night at Greenwood High School.
Spencer trailed by two points at halftime before outscoring Greenwood 24-16 in the second half to pull out the victory.
The Rockets ended a two-game losing streak and is now 3-6 overall and 3-4 in the Cloverbelt East. Greenwood falls to 2-7 and 1-5 in the conference.
Spencer shot just 27 percent from the field (14 of 52) and 52 percent at the free throw line (13 of 25), but outscored Greenwood 13-1 at the line and outrebounded the Indians 48-39.
Noah Zastrow was the only Rocket to score in double figures, tallying 18 points, which included 7 of 10 on free throws. Spencer’s top scorer, Jack Bezlyk, was held to two points on 1 of 15 shooting.
Vladimir Rivera had a game-high 14 rebounds in the victory for Spencer.
Spencer is off until next Thursday when it will play at home against Granton.
Rockets 43, Indians 37
Spencer 19 24 – 43
Greenwood 21 16 – 37
SPENCER (43): Noah Zastrow 5-10 7-10 18, Lukas Ellefson 3-4 2-2 9, Vladimir Rivera 2-3 2-6 6, Collin Nieman 2-9 0-0 4, Jacob Miller 1-6 1-5 3, Jack Bezlyk 1-15 0-1 2, Austin Bacon 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 14-52. FT: 13-25. 3-pointers: 2-12 (Zastrow 1-2, Ellefson 1-2, Bacon 0-1, Bezlyk 0-3, Nieman 0-4). Rebounds: 48 (Rivera 14). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none. Record: 3-6, 3-4 Cloverbelt East.
GREENWOOD (37): Trevor Serocki 6-9 0-0 13, Alex Zimbauer 3-9 0-0 6, Zach Zimbauer 2-7 1-2 5, Walker Wuethrich 2-10 0-0 5, Devin Toburen 2-10 0-0 4, Cole Zimbauer 2-3 0-0 4, Cole Lucas 0-3 0-2 0, Marcus Marvin 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 17-58. FT: 1-4. 3-pointers: 2-19 (Serocki 1-3, Wuethrich 1-5, Marvin 0-1, Lucas 0-1, C. Zimbauer 0-1, A. Zimbauer 0-2, Toburen 0-5). Rebounds: 39 (Wuethrich 6). Fouls: 20. Fouled out: A. Zimbauer, Wuethrich. Record: 2-7, 1-5 Cloverbelt East.