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COLBY – Spencer turned to its 3-point shooting to try to keep pace with Colby, but in the end the Hornets proved too strong and won Friday’s Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game 70-56 at Colby High School.
The Rockets made 13 3-pointers on 43 attempts, including six by Weston Nieman who had a team-high 20 points.
Colby finished off the game with a 43-point second half to stay in a first-place tie with Marshfield Columbus Catholic in the Cloverbelt East standings at 3-0 (3-3 overall).
Joseph Streveler had 27 points and eight rebounds for the Hornets.
Breckin Miller chipped in 17 points, which including four 3-pointers, for Spencer (2-5, 0-3 Cloverbelt East).
Spencer returns to action Thursday at home against Owen-Withee.
Hornets 70, Rockets 56
Spencer 22 34 – 56
Colby 27 43 – 70
SPENCER (56): Weston Nieman 7-20 0-0 20, Drake Johnson 0-3 0-0 0, Davide Chemello 1-5 0-0 2, Tyler Peterson 0-1 0-0 0, Sam Bezlyk 3-8 0-0 8, Mathers McHone 4-7 0-0 9, Breckin Miller 6-11 1-2 17, Carter Luepke 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 21-55. FT: 1-2. 3-pointers: 13-43 (Nieman 6-18, Miller 4-8, Bezlyk 2-7, McHone 1-3, Peterson 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Chemello 0-4). Rebounds: 28 (Bezlyk 11). Record: 2-5, 0-3 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
COLBY (70): Reed Fleischmann 1-7 0-0 2, Luke Hannula 0-0 0-0 0, Tayt Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Miguel Morillion 2-5 0-0 5, Jaxon Polivka 4-9 2-2 10, Adrian Lopez 5-12 0-0 13, Gavin Voss 1-2 2-4 4, Joseph Streveler 13-21 0-0 27, Landon Steinman 0-4 2-2 2, Tucker Hayes 3-5 1-3 7. FG: 29-65. FT: 7-11. 3-pointers: 5-19 (Lopez 3-9, Morillion 1-2, Streveler 1-3, Steinman 0-1, Hayes 0-1, Fleischmann 0-3). Rebounds: 39 (Streveler 8). Record: 3-3, 3-0 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.