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MARSHFIELD – Zach Zettler scored 12 of his game-high 24 points in the decisive second quarter to lead the Colby boys basketball team to a 57-50 win over Marshfield Columbus Catholic on Tuesday night at Columbus High School.
Colby used a 20-10 run in the second quarter to take a 28-19 lead at halftime. The Hornets held off a late run by Columbus led by Paul Selz.
Selz dranked three 3-pointers and scored 11 points in the fourth quarter as the Dons attempted a comeback, but fell short. Colby made 8 of 10 free throws in the final quarter to ice it, winning its season-opener. Columbus, the defending Cloverbelt Conference East Division champion, falls to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in conference play.
The Dons shot a high percentage from 2-point range, making 14 of 25 (56 percent), but were just 4 of 22 from 3-point range. Selz made all four on eight attempts.
Columbus plays at Neillsville in a Cloverbelt East game on Thursday, while Colby hosts Granton in its home opener.
Hornets 57, Dons 50
Colby 8 20 11 18 – 57
Columbus 9 10 12 19 – 50
COLBY (57): Aaron Koermer 1 1-4 3, Michael Knetter 3 0-0 9, Jeremy Rahm 4 2-5 10, Tyler Empey 1 5-6 7, Zach Zettler 10 1-1 24, Cullen DuVall 0 0-0 0, Hunter Busse 0 0-0 0, Tyler Meyer 0 0-0 0, Michael Stange 0 0-0 0, Andrew Kaiser 0 2-2 2, Alex Joregenson 1 0-0 2. FG: 20. FT: 11-18. 3-pointers: 6 (Zettler 3, Knetter 3). Record: 1-0 overall and Cloverbelt East.
COLUMBUS (50): Mike Iwanski 3-3 2-2 8, Travis Pischel 3-7 0-0 6, Brandon Nikolai 0-3 1-4 1, Tyler Derfus 0-1 2-2 2, Jared Boyle 5-16 2-3 12, Paul Selz 7-12 0-2 18, David Cleveland 0-1 0-0 0, Zach Strobel 1-3 1-2 3. FG: 19-45. FT: 8-15. 3-pointers: 4 (Selz 4). Record: 2-3, 1-1 Cloverbelt East.