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Boys best SFC Monday

By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek boys turned in a solid performance in front of a big crowd in Hills when they defeated Sioux Falls Christian 71-59 Monday.With Kale Wiertzema and Zach Wysong setting the pace, H-BC outscored the Chargers in all four quarters of a contest that ended with the Patriots sporting an 11-game winning streak.Wiertzema, who passed for six assists and ripped down 13 rebounds, scored a game-high 28 points. Twenty-one of his counters came in the second half.Wysong nailed five three-point shots in the game, one of which was a half-court effort as time expired in the third quarter.The teams exchanged baskets in the opening moments of the game before H-BC snapped a tie at four with an 11-2 run that ended with Wysong sinking a three to give the hosts a 15-6 lead.SFC battled back to trail 19-16 early in the second quarter before Wysong delivered another three to give the Patriots a 34-25 cushion at the 2:25 mark of the stanza. H-BC led 39-29 when Cody Rozeboom came off the bench and nailed a three-point shot with 1:03 remaining in the first half, but the Chargers trimmed the difference to six points (39-33) by halftime.Tyler Bush, who produced five steals and delivered six assists in the contest, gave H-BC its biggest lead of the contest at (53-38) with a field goal 2:50 into the third quarter. SFC closed the gap to seven points (53-46) as the period progressed, but the Patriots increased the difference to 11 points (62-51) when Wysong stunned the Chargers with his half-court toss to end the period.H-BC led by as many as 14 points and as little as nine points during a fourth quarter that ended with the Patriots winning by 12.Box scoreWysong 0 5 0-0 15, Rozeboom 1 1 2-2 7, Bush 3 1 0-0 9, Wiertzema 9 1 7-9 28, Baker 2 0 0-1 4, Broesder 2 0 0-0 4, LeBoutillier 2 0 0-0 4.Team statisticsH-BC: 27 of 59 field goals (46 percent), nine of 12 free throws (75 percent), 32 rebounds, 11 turnovers.SFC: 27 of 59 field goals (46 percent), four of six free throws (67 percent), 25 rebounds, 13 turnovers.

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