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NEILLSVILLE – Neillsville opened up a 14-point lead by halftime, limiting Columbus Catholic to just 17 points over the first 18 minutes, and held on for a 57-42 win in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Thursday at Neillsville High School.
Blake Jakobi had 16 points and Emmitt Konieczny added 11 for the Dons, who fall to 11-6 overall and 6-2 in the Cloverbelt East.
Andrew Hoeser made four of Neillsville’s 10 3-pointers in the game and finished with a game-high 17 points for the Warrors (10-5, 6-3 Cloverbelt East).
Neillsville hosts Stratford for a nonconference game Saturday before both teams will be at home for Cloverbelt East contests on Tuesday as the Warriors play Loyal and Columbus Catholic takes on first-place Owen-Withee.
Click here to view the Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball standings
Warriors 57, Dons 42
Columbus Catholic 17 25 – 42
Neillsville 31 26 – 57
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (42): Emmitt Konieczny 3-12 2-2 11, Mac Konieczny 1-2 0-0 2, Nathan Nemitz 0-0 2-2 2, Alex Edwards 0-1 0-0 0, Blake Jakobi 5-11 3-5 16, Grant Olson 0-1 0-0 0, Lucas Kreklau 3-4 1-3 7, Cy Becker 1-3 1-3 4. FG: 13-34. FT: 9-15. 3-pointers: 7-24 (Jakobi 3-8, E. Konieczny 3-12, Becker 1-2, Olson 0-1, M. Konieczny 0-1). Rebounds: 26 (Becker 6). Record: 11-6, 6-2 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
NEILLSVILLE (57): Cameron Kennedy 1-4 0-0 3, Braylon Boyer 3-6 0-0 6, Andrew Hoeser 6-10 1-2 17, Bryce Erickson 3-6 0-0 7, Andrew Brown 3-14 4-6 12, Ashten Schultz 4-7 0-0 10, Max Kreitlow 0-1 0-0 0, Alex Roman 1-7 0-0 2, Sam Hayes 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 21-57. FT: 5-8. 3-pointers: 10-35 (Hoeser 4-8, Brown 2-9, Schultz 2-4, Erickson 1-4, Kennedy 1-4, Roman 0-3, Boyer 0-3). Rebounds: 23 (Schultz 6). Record: 10-5, 6-3 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.