Columbus Catholic’s Alex Edwards scored 12 points off the bench as the Dons defeated Colby 73-55 in a battle of Cloverbelt Conference East Division leaders on Friday night at Columbus Catholic High School. (Photo by Paul Lecker/MarshfieldAreaSports.com)
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By Paul Lecker
MarshfieldAreaSports.com
MARSHFIELD – The Marshfield Columbus Catholic boys basketball team used a hot-shooting first half from 3-point land, opened up a double-digit lead and held on the rest of the way to post a 73-55 win over Colby in a battle of undefeated Cloverbelt Conference East Division squads Friday night at Columbus Catholic High School.
The Dons (10-1, 5-0 Cloverbelt East) had a peculiar scoring line in the first half as they were just 2-for-14 from 2-point range, but made 10 of 14 3-pointers. Columbus Catholic was hitting from all corners of the court as Colby tried a zone defense that was effective against driving players to the basket, but left the outside open.
Charlie Moore and Alex Edwards each connected on three 3-pointers in the first half, where the Dons used a 17-6 run to take a 23-11 lead.
Following a 3-pointer from Colby’s Jaxon Polivka, Moore hit a long ball with 6:27 to go before halftime and the Dons led by double digits the rest of the game.
Edwards’ third 3-pointer gave Columbus Catholic a 36-25 lead at halftime.
The Dons pushed the lead to as much as 21 after a 3-pointer by Blake Jakobi and a three-point play by Edwards, who scored 12 points off the bench.
Columbus responded to an 8-0 run by Colby with six-straight points of its own and were able to cruise the final six minutes.
Moore scored 21 points and Jakobi added 20, combining for nine 3-pointers, to lead the Dons, who hit 14 shots from long range in the win.
Polivka had 14 points and Landon Steinman added 13 for Colby (4-5, 4-1 Cloverbelt East). Click here to view the Cloverbelt East boys basketball standings
Columbus Catholic hosts Eau Claire Regis for a nonconference game on Tuesday.
Dons 73, Hornets 55
Colby 25 30 – 55
Columbus Catholic 36 37 – 73
COLBY (55): Reed Fleischmann 0-0 0-0 0, Luke Hannula 0-0 0-0 0, Tayt Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Miguel Morillon 2-6 1-2 7, Jaxon Polivka 5-12 1-2 14, Braiden Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Adrian Lopez 2-8 1-2 7, Gavin Voss 1-1 0-0 2, Asa Martin 0-0 0-2 0, Joseph Streveler 5-10 2-2 12, Landon Steinman 5-9 0-1 13, Tucker Hayes 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 20-47. FT: 5-11. 3-pointers: 10-21 (Steinman 3-4, Polivka 3-4, Morillon 2-4, Lopez 2-8, Streveler 0-1). Rebounds: 27 (Polivka 7). Turnovers: 15. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-5, 4-1 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (73): Mac Konieczny 2-2 1-2 7, Cal Birkhauser 0-0 0-0 0, Nathan Nemitz 0-2 0-0 0, Alex Edwards 4-7 1-1 12, Lucas Kreklau 3-6 1-2 7, Charlie Moore 8-13 0-0 21, Blake Jakobi 6-13 4-4 20, Kaleb Hilgemann 0-0 0-0 0, Sam Dums 0-1 1-2 1, Cy Becker 1-6 3-6 5, Kohle Hilgemann 0-0 0-0 0, Ben Weiland 0-0 0-0 0, Cole Wallace 0-0 0-0 0, Carter Sommer 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 24-50. FT: 11-17. 3-pointers: 14-28 (Moore 5-9, Jakobi 4-9, Edwards 3-5, Konieczny 2-2, Becker 0-1, Nemitz 0-2). Rebounds: 30 (Jakobi 8). Turnovers: 10. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: none. Record: 10-1, 5-0 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.