Bezlyk tops Rockets with 21 points

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

NEILLSVILLE — Neillsville made eight 3-pointers, and it proved too much for Spencer to overcome as the Warriors won 52-42 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Thursday at Neillsville High School.

Neillsville led 28-21 at halftime and outscored the Rockets by three in the second half to preserve the win.

Neillsville (6-2, 5-1 Cloverbelt East) was 8 of 25 on 3-pointers while Spencer made just 2 of 15 from long range, providing the difference. The Rockets (2-6, 2-4 Cloverbelt East) were also hurt by free throw shooting, making just 12 of 23 at the charity stripe.

Jack Bezlyk scored 21 points on 8 of 18 shooting to lead Spencer. The rest of the Rockets were 6 of 27 from the field.

Spencer hosts Colby on Tuesday.

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

Warriors 52, Rockets 42

Spencer 21 21 – 42

Neillsville 28 24 – 52

SPENCER (42): Jack Bezlyk 8-18 5-9 21, Noah Zastrow 2-11 3-4 7, Collin Nieman 2-6 0-2 6, Lukas Ellefson 0-2 3-4 3, Nate Karau 1-1 1-3 3, Jacob Miller 1-2 0-0 2, Austin Bacon 0-1 0-1 0, Vladimir Rivera 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 14-45. FT: 12-23. 3-pointers: 2-15 (Nieman 2-5, Zastrow 0-1, Ellefson 0-1, Bacon 0-1, Bezlyk 0-6). Rebounds: 44 (Bezlyk 9). Fouls: 20. Fouled out: none. Record: 2-6, 2-4 Cloverbelt East.

NEILLSVILLE (52): Isaac Bryan 5-15 3-5 16, Adam Schmidt 6-15 0-0 16, Cody Roman 3-5 4-5 11, Alex King 1-11 2-5 4, Paul Miller 2-2 0-0 4, Noah Henchen 0-2 1-1 1, Logan Matson 0-2 0-0 0, Hunter Hand 0-0 0-0 0, Nic Kuhn 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 17-56. FT: 10-16. 3-pointers: 8-25 (Schmidt 4-7, Bryan 3-6, roman 1-3, Matson 0-1, Kuhn 0-1, King 0-7). Rebounds: 38 (Bryan 6). Fouls: 21. Fouled out: Schmidt, Miller. Record: 6-2, 5-1 Cloverbelt East.