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GRANTON – Austin Bacon had 23 points to push the Spencer boys basketball team to a 62-52 win over Granton in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division matchup Friday night at Granton High School.
Nate Karau added 10 points and 16 rebounds, and Brett Kasch added nine points and seven boards for the Rockets, who are now 5-6 overall and 5-5 in the Cloverbelt East.
Bacon was 7-for-14 from the field, which included a pair of 3-pointers, and made 7 of 12 free throws. Karau made six free throws and had seven offensive rebounds.
Noah McConkey had 25 points for Granton (0-11, 0-8 Cloverbelt East).
Spencer plays a nonconference game at Abbotsford on Monday.
Rockets 62, Bulldogs 52
SPENCER (62): Kyler Bainer 1-9 0-0 3, Jacob Schultz 1-4 0-0 2, Brett Kasch 3-13 2-4 9, Austin Bacon 7-14 7-12 23, Nate Karau 2-12 6-12 10, Trinity Larson 1-4 1-2 3, Eric Ehlert 2-2 0-0 4, Erik Danarp 0-1 0-0 0, Kaleb Brandt 0-1 0-2 0, Carson Schmidt 0-2 0-0 0, Tyson Blume 0-1 0-2 0, Chase Wirtz 0-0 0-0 0, David Ellefson 0-0 0-0 0, Brandon Much 2-6 1-2 5, Caleb Rucker 1-1 0-0 3. FG: 19-70. FT: 17-36. 3-pointers: 5-16 (Bacon 2-3, Rucker 1-1, Kasch 1-2, Bainer 1-8, Schultz 0-1, Karau 0-1). Rebounds: 56 (Karau 16). Record: 5-6, 5-5 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
GRANTON (52): Victor Rojas 5, Rick Bartsen 3, Hunter Vine 4, Austin Carver 4, Dillon Muraski 5, Brandon Jakobi 6, Noah McConkey 25. Record: 0-11, 0-8 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.