Rockets hit 11 3-pointers in home win

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

SPENCER — Spencer shot 52 percent and drilled 11 3-pointers as it rolled to an 81-52 victory over Colby in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Monday night at Spencer High School.

The Rockets were 32 of 62 overall from the floor and 11 of 25 from 3-point range in the victory.

Spencer is now 7-11 overall and 7-7 in the Cloverbelt East. Colby falls to 6-12 and 5-9 in the conference.

Jack Bezlyk was 5-for-7 on 3-pointers and had 29 points and 13 rebounds for Spencer. Collin Nieman added 11 points, and Noah Zastrow and Jacob Miller each scored 10 for the Rockets.

Spencer plays at Colby on Friday.

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

Rockets 81, Hornets 52

Colby 31 21 – 52

Spencer 47 34 – 81

COLBY (52): Karl 61-2 1-2 16, Ortega 4-10 0-0 12, Stuttgen 5-10 0-3 10, Stewart 2-5 3-3 7, Meyer 1-11 3-7 5, Meacham 1-4 0-2 2, Schmitt 0-5 0-0 0, Kellnhofer 0-1 0-0 0, Krause 0-0 0-0 0, Bruesewitz 0-6 0-0 0. FG: 19-67. FT: 7-17. 3-pointers: 7-20 (Ortega 4-4, Karl 3-7, Stuttgen 0-1, Meacham 0-1, Schmitt 0-1, Meyer 0-3). Rebounds: 33. Turnovers: 9. Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-12, 5-9 Cloverbelt East.

SPENCER (81): Jack Bezlyk 9-12 6-8 29, Collin Nieman 4-8 0-0 11, Noah Zastrow 4-10 0-2 10, Jacob Miller 5-8 0-0 10, Austin Bacon 4-9 0-0 9, Nate Karau 3-6 0-1 6, Josh Rudolph 2-2 0-0 4, Jordan Viegel 1-1 0-0 2, Lukas Ellefson 0-2 0-0 0, Brett Kasch 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 32-62. FT: 6-11. 3-pointers: 11-25 (Bezlyk 5-7, Nieman 3-5, Zastrow 2-5, Bacon 1-6, Ellefson 0-1). Rebounds: 52 (Bezlyk 13). Turnovers: 18. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: Karau. Record: 7-11, 7-7 Cloverbelt East.