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SPENCER – Spencer jumped on Owen-Withee early and rolled to a 54-40 win in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Tuesday night at Spencer High School.
Sam Cattanach scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Wyatt Phillips had 16 points and six rebounds for the Rockets, who improve to 1-1 overall and in the Cloverbelt East. O-W falls to 0-2 overall and in conference action.
Spencer led 14-6 after the first quarter and had a 32-14 lead by halftime as it put away the Blackhawks early.
Spencer shot 41.7 percent (20 of 48) from the field to overcome a poor night from the free-throw line where it made just 9 of 21. The Rockets forced 20 turnovers and held O-W to 29.6 percent shooting (16 of 54).
Spencer is off until next Tuesday when it plays at Marshfield Columbus Catholic.
Rockets 54, Blackhawks 40
Owen-Withee 6 8 12 14 – 40
Spencer 14 18 13 9 – 54
OWEN-WITHEE (40): Steven Easker 6-14 2-4 14, Alan Geiger 3-6 2-4 8, Kordell Kaduce 3-5 0-1 7, Dakota Halida 2-10 1-1 5, Brandon Bredlau 1-0 0-0 3, Kyle VanWinkle 1-8 1-2 3, Nick Wood 0-1 0-0 0, Jakob Kelsey 0-0 0-0 0, Nick Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Hayden Dobrzynski 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 16-54. FT: 6-12. 3-pointers: 2-17 (Bredlau 1-8, Kaduce 1-2, Halida 0-5, Easker 0-1, Geiger 0-1). Rebounds: 28 (Easker 11). Assists: 6 (Halida 4). Total fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 0-2 overall and Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (54): Sam Cattanach 7-9 3-5 17, Wyatt Phillips 5-8 3-5 16, Steven Gilboy 3-11 2-5 8, Phillip Ivacic 2-6 0-0 4, Luke Kromanaker 1-4 0-0 3, Ryan Krause 1-1 0-0 3, Hunter Reckner 1-4 0-0 2, Colin Cowell 0-0 1-2 1, Jordan Buss 0-3 0-0 0, Matt Misna 0-1 0-2 0, Adam Skrzeczkoski 0-1 0-0 0, Josh Olson 0-0 0-2 0. FG: 20-48. FT: 9-21. 3-pointers: 5-12 (Phillips 3-5, Kromanaker 1-2, Krause 1-1, Buss 0-2, Ivacic 0-2). Rebounds: 32 (Cattanach 8). Assists: 9 (Phillips 3). Total fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-1 overall and Cloverbelt East.