Greyhounds remain unbeaten in Cloverbelt East

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

SPENCER — Loyal pushed out to a double-digit lead by halftime and beat Spencer 58-48 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Thursday night at Spencer High School.

Loyal (5-1, 4-0 Cloverbelt East) led 29-14 at halftime and ended up making 15 of 20 free throws to hold on for the victory.

Spencer (2-5, 2-3 Cloverbelt East) stayed in the game by making 7 of 22 shots from 3-point range, including three by Noah Zastrow and a pair from Collin Nieman.

Jack Bezlyk topped the Rockets with 20 points and seven rebounds, and Zastrow finished with 13 points.

Riley Geiger led Loyal with 22 points, making 10 of 13 free throws.

Spencer’s next game is Jan. 5 at Neillsville.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Greyhounds 58, Rockets 48

Loyal 29 29 – 58

Spencer 14 34 – 48

LOYAL (58): Riley Geiger 6-13 10-13 22, Cameron Brussow 5-9 2-3 13, Quinn Brussow 3-5 3-4 9, Elliot Genteman 4-8 0-0 8, Jordan Radue 3-4 0-0 6, Luke Bogdonovich 0-2 0-0 0, Waylon Foreba 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 21-42. FT: 15-20. 3-pointers: 1-8 (C. Brussow 1-1, Bogdonovich 0-1, Froeba 0-1, Geiger 0-5). Rebounds: 28. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 5-1, 4-0 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.

SPENCER (48): Jack Bezlyk 7-15 5-6 20, Noah Zastrow 5-10 0-1 13, Collin Nieman 2-6 0-0 6, Austin Bacon 2-5 0-2 5, Jacob Miller 1-3 0-0 2, Vladimir Rivera 1-3 0-1 2, Lukas Ellefson 0-2 0-0 0, Nate Karau 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 18-49. FT: 5-10. 3-pointers: 7-22 (Zastrow 3-4, Nieman 2-5, Bezlyk 1-5, Bacon 1-4, Ellefson 0-2). Rebounds: 31. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 2-5, 2-3 Cloverbelt East.