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OWEN – Owen-Withee forced Spencer into 21 turnovers and held a rebounding advantage of 11 in a 69-44 victory in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Tuesday night at Owen-Withee High School.
Owen-Withee (9-5, 7-3 Cloverbelt East) ran out to a 30-18 lead by halftime and outscored the Rockets by 11 in the second half to pull away.
A.J. Ovyn scored a game-high 24 points, and Derek Hubbard had three 3-pointers and 13 points for the Blackhawks.
Nate Karau topped Spencer (6-9, 5-7 Cloverbelt East) with 16 points.
Spencer hosts Gilman on Friday.
Blackhawks 69, Rockets 44
Spencer 16 28 – 44
Owen-Withee 30 39 – 69
SPENCER (44): Nate Karau 7-10 2-6 16, Austin Bacon 5-8 1-2 12, Brandon Much 3-7 1-2 7, Brett Kasch 1-3 0-0 3, Collin Nieman 1-9 1-3 3, Jack Bezlyk 1-6 0-1 2, Will Johnson 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 18-44. FT: 6-16. 3-pointers: 2-10 (Kasch 1-3, Bacon 1-4, Nieman 0-3). Rebounds: 34 (Karau 8). Turnovers: 21. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-9, 5-7 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
OWEN-WITHEE (69): A.J. Ovyn 10-16 3-4 24, Derek Hubbard 5-10 0-2 13, Dylan Tomczak 4-13 4-6 13, Brandon Bennett 5-17 1-5 11, Bo Baehr 2-3 0-0 5, Kevin Kitlica 1-3 1-3 3, Marcus Ackerman 0-2 0-2 0, Mark Kitlica 0-1 0-0 0, Luke Renderman 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 27-66. FT: 9-22. 3-pointers: 6-11 (Hubbard 3-5, Ovyn 1-1, Baehr 1-1, Tomczak 1-2, Bennett 0-1, K. Kitlica 0-1). Rebounds: 45 (Bennett 10). Turnovers: 13. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: none. Record: 9-5, 7-3 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.