By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek boys opened the home portion of their 2005-06 basketball schedule by entertaining Edgerton Friday.Edgerton, a team expected to contend for the Red Rock Conference title, made a statement against the RRC’s two-time defending champions by besting H-BC 56-36.Cold shooting from the floor proved to be too big of an obstacle for H-BC to overcome.The Patriots were limited to 10 field goals in the game and 20-percent efficiency for the night.With H-BC unable to connect, Edgerton raced to a 28-12 halftime lead before outscoring the hosts 28-24 in the second half to win by 20.Aaron Esselink converted five of nine field goals and led the Patriots with 13 points.Cody Rozeboom, who led H-BC with four steals and three assists, registered a double-double by scoring 11 points and pulling down 12 rebounds.The 0-2 Patriots host Southwest Christian tonight before playing road games against Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin and Murray County Central Saturday and Tuesday respectively.Box scoreVan Wyhe 1 0 0-0 2, Rozeboom 2 0 7-9 11, Finke 1 0 2-4 4, Scholten 0 0 0-2 0, DeBoer 0 0 3-4 3, Hup 1 0 1-4 3, Sandbulte 0 0 0-0 0, Esselink 5 0 3-4 13.Team statisticsH-BC: 10 of 51 field goals (20 percent), 16 of 27 free throws (59 percent), 24 rebounds, 19 turnovers.Edgerton: 22 of 52 field goals (42 percent), 10 of 13 free throws (77 percent), 39 rebounds, 16 turnovers.