EAU CLAIRE – Eau Claire Regis made 13 3-pointers and blew open a close game with a big second to top Spencer 67-53 in the sixth-place game of the Cloverbelt Conference boys basketball crossovers on Thursday night at Regis High School.
Branton Paulsrud made seven of the Ramblers’ 13 3-pointers and scored a game-high 23 points in the win for Regis (13-9).
Regis led 25-23 at halftime before a 42-point second half separated them from Spencer (7-14).
Austin Bacon had 22 points, and Nate Karau added 10 points and seven rebounds for the Rockets.
Spencer wraps up its regular-season schedule with a nonconference game at home against undefeated Stratford (21-0) at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Ramblers 67, Rockets 53
Spencer 23 30 – 53
Regis 25 42 – 67
SPENCER (53): Jacob Schultz 4-4 0-0 9, Brett Kasch 2-11 2-4 7, Austin Bacon 10-17 1-3 22, Nate Karau 5-9 0-0 10, Trinity Larson 1-4 0-0 2, Eric Ehlert 0-0 0-0 0, Kaleb Brandt 1-1 0-0 3. FG: 23-47. FT: 4-9. 3-pointers: 3-14 (Schultz 1-1, Bacon 1-6, Kasch 1-7). Rebounds: 21 (Karau 7). Record: 7-14.
REGIS (67): Branton Paulsrud 8-14 0-0 23, Cade Osborn 4-11 6-7 16, Joe Edge 0-2 0-0 0, Aaron Haselwander 0-0 1-2 1, Abe Rocksvold 1-4 2-2 5, J.P. Wolterstorff 4-6 3-4 13, Hayden Reinders 1-2 0-0 2, J.T. Koestler 2-5 2-3 7 Matthew Kent 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 20-47. FT: 14-20. 3-pointers: 13-31 (Paulsrud 7-13, Wolterstorff 2-3, Osborn 2-8, Rocksvold 1-3, Koestler 1-3, Edge 0-1). Rebounds: 25 (Rocksvold 7). Record: 13-9.