Rockets win second in a row, now 4-4 in Cloverbelt East

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

SPENCER — Jack Bezlyk had 18 points, and Collin Nieman added 15 to lead the Spencer boys basketball team to a 77-47 victory over Granton in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division matchup Thursday night at Spencer High School.

The win is the Rockets’ second in a row, and they improve their record to 4-6 overall and 4-4 in the Cloverbelt East. Granton is now 1-10 and 0-9 in the conference.

Spencer rolled out to a 48-21 lead by halftime and held control the rest of the way.

Spencer hosts Edgar in a nonconference game Friday.

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

Rockets 77, Bulldogs 47

Granton 21 26 – 47

Spencer 48 29 – 77

GRANTON (47): Vandeberg 5-17 0-0 13, Riles 6-14 0-0 13, Opelt 4-16 0-2 10, Ludwig 1-4 3-4 5, Tyler 1-1 0-0 2, Martin 1-4 0-0 2, McConkey 0-0 1-2 1, Carver 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 18-59. FT: 5-9. 3-pointers: 6-19 (Vandeberg 3-8, Opelt 2-7, Riles 1-2). Rebounds: 35. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-10, 0-9 Cloverbelt East.

SPENCER (77): Jack Bezlyk 7-10 2-3 18, Collin Nieman 6-10 0-0 15, Lukas Ellefson 4-12 1-2 9, Jordan Viegl 1-1 0-0 2, Noah Zastrow 4-8 0-0 8, Jacob Miller 3-7 2-2 8, Austin Bacon 2-8 1-2 6, Nate Karau 3-6 0-0 6, Vladimir Rivera 2-4 1-3 5, Brett Kasch 0-2 0-0 0, Josh Rudolph 0-3 0-0 0. FG: 32-72. FT: 7-12. 3-pointers: 6-19 (Nieman 3-6, Bezlyk 2-3, Bacon 1-4, Zastrow 0-1, Kasch 0-2, Ellefson 0-3). Rebounds: 50. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record; 4-6, 4-4 Cloverbelt East.