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SPENCER – The Spencer boys basketball team rebounded well from a loss earlier in the week to Marshfield Columbus Catholic by pounding Granton 59-26 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Friday night at Spencer High School.
The Rockets outscored Granton 25-6 in the first quarter and led 40-11 at halftime. Spencer improves 2-2 overall and in the Cloverbelt East. Granton falls to 0-5, 0-4 in conference.
Spencer shot 42.6 percent (26 of 61), while holding the Bulldogs to 29.4 percent (10 of 34) from the field. The Rockets also dominated the boards, outrebounding Granton 39-15.
Steven Gilboy had 12 points and six rebounds, Wyatt Phillips added 10 points, six rebounds and four steals for the Rockets.
Spencer plays at Greenwood on Tuesday.
Rockets 59, Bulldogs 26
Granton 6 5 6 9 – 26
Spencer 25 15 7 12 – 59
GRANTON (26): Ezra Schier 3-7 4-4 10, John Richmond 3-5 0-0 8, Billy Pongratz 2-5 0-0 4, Devin Klein 1-3 0-0 2, Chris Redcay 1-5 0-0 2, Dustin Nickel 0-2 0-0 0, Troy Garbisch 0-1 0-0 0, Travis Nickel 0-1 0-0 0, Jeff Richmond 0-3 0-0 0, Kenny Pettit 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 10-34. FT: 4-4. 3-pointers: 2-10 (Jo. Richmond 2-3, Schier 0-2, Redcay 0-1, Pettit 0-1, Je. Richmond 0-3). Rebounds: 15 (Jo. Richmond 5). Assists: 5 (Schier 2, Je. Richmond 2). Turnovers: 20. Total fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 0-5, 0-4 Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (59): Steven Gilboy 6-9 0-1 12, Wyatt Phillips 5-8 0-4 10, Luke Kromanaker 3-6 0-0 8, Sam Cattanach 3-4 0-0 6, Collin Cowell 2-5 0-0 5, Ryan Krause 2-9 2-2 4, Phil Ivacic 1-3 2-2 4, Jordan Buss 1-3 1-2 3, Adam Skrzeczkoski 1-7 1-5 3, Matt Mlsna 1-3 0-0 2, Hunter Reckner 1-2 0-0 2, Josh Olson 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 26-61. FT: 4-14. 3-pointers: 3-7 (Kromanaker 2-2, Cowell 1-1, Ivacic 0-2, Krause 0-1, Olson 0-1). Rebounds: 39 (Phillips 6, Cattanach 6, Skrzeczkoski 6). Assists: 7 (Phillips 2). Turnovers: 11. Total fouls: 6. Fouled out: none. Record: 2-2 overall and Cloverbelt East.