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NEILLSVILLE – The Neillsville boys basketball team jumped out to a big lead in the first half and went on to defeat Spencer 73-55 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Tuesday at Neillsville High School.
Neillsville dominated the first half, pulling out to a 44-26 lead by halftime and cruised to the win.
Andrew Brown had 16 points and Mason Roenz added 15 for Neillsville, which remains unbeaten in the Cloverbelt East at 6-0 and improves to 8-2 overall.
Kaleb Brandt had three 3-pointers and 21 points, and Connor Bacon added 12 for Spencer (3-9, 2-4 Cloverbelt East).
Spencer hosts Colby on Friday for a Cloverbelt East game. Neillsville is off until Monday when it travels to Independence for a nonconference game.
Warriors 73, Rockets 55
Spencer 26 29 – 55
Neillsville 44 29 – 73
SPENCER (55): Connor Bacon 12, Noah Schultz 8, Luke Roehrborn 6, Caleb Rucker 2, Carson Schmidt 4, Kaleb Brandt 21, Degan Hainz 2. 3-pointers: 7 (Brandt 3, Bacon 2, Schultz 2). Record: 3-9, 2-4 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
NEILLSVILLE (73): Braylon Boyer 0, Bryce Erickson 9, Andrew Brown 16, Taytor Lowry 4, Alex Roman 9, Mason Roenz 15, Santana Subke 12, Sam Hayes 2. 3-pointers: 7 (Erickson 3, Brown 2, Roman 2). Record: 8-2, 6-0 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.