The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team improved to 6-5 in Red Rock Conference play and 8-8 overall after a couple of solid victories in the past week.
The Patriots took down Westbrook Walnut Grove 70-62 in Westbrook Thursday, Feb. 3, and beat Red Rock Central 64-48 the following night in Hills.
The Patriot boys will look to extend their winning ways to three in a row when they travel to Adrian Thursday, Feb. 10.
H-BC 73, WWG 62
Just seven days after falling to the Chargers at home 70-62, the Hills-Beaver Creek went on the road and won 73-62 Thursday night in Westbrook.
The win ended a two-game skid for the Patriots who jumped out to an early lead in a first half that saw multiple lead changes. It was the Patriots, though, who saw a lead as they went into the break with a 36-34 advantage.
The Pates started to pull away in the second half, led by senior Drew Leenderts, who had 21 points and knocked down four three-pointers in the game.
Cole Baker also added 20 points and six rebounds as the Patriots came away with a 73-62 victory.
Oliver Deelstra and Ty Bundesen also contributed 15 and 10 points respectively.
The Pates assisted on a remarkable 25 of their 29 field goals in the game. Bundesen, Leenderts, and Baker each had six assists while Deelstra added five.
Baker 6 1 5-7 20, Deelstra 6 1 0-0 15, Raymon 0 0 0-0 0, Harnack 0 1 0-0 3, Page 0 0 0-0 0, Leenderts 4 4 1-3 21, Bundesen 3 1 1-2 10, Gehrke 0 0 0-0 0, Metzger 0 0 0-0 0, Taubert 0 0 0-0 0, Tatge 0 0 0-0 0, Durst 2 0 0-0 4, Scholten 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 0 0 0-0 0, Wiersema 0 0 0-0 0
Team stats:
H-BC: 29 of 52 (56 percent), 7 for 12 free throws (58 percent), 27 rebounds, 13 turnovers.
WWG: 26 of 59 (44 percent), 3 of 5 free throws (60 percent), 27 rebounds, 13 turnovers.
H-BC 64, RRC 48
It was the second game of the Patriots playing back-to-back nights as the boys took down the Red Rock Central Falcons 64-48 Friday night in Hills.
Ty Bundesen got the Pates on top early as he scored six of the team’s first 7 points. Bundesen’s 13 first-half points, along with the Patriots’ stellar defense, helped the team to a 28-14 halftime lead.
In the second half, scoring came from all around as the Patriots had nine different players score in the game.
Cole Baker ended up with 15 points while Oliver Deelstra had 12 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.
For a second-straight game, the Patriots assisted on over 80 percent of their field goals with 21 of their 25 field goals coming off passes from teammates.
Moving the ball around seems to be a key factor in the Patriots’ recent success.
Baker 6 0 3-4 15, Deelstra 3 1 3-5 12, Raymon 1 1 0-0 5, Harnack 0 1 0-0 3, Page 1 0 0-0 2, Leenderts 1 1 0-0 5, Bundesen 6 2 0-0 18, Gehrke 0 0 0-0 0, Metzger 0 0 0-0 0, Taubert 0 0 0-0 0, Tatge 0 0 1-2 1, Durst 1 0 1-2 3, Scholten 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 0 0 0-0 0, Wiersema 0 0 0-0 0
Team stats:
H-BC: 25 of 57 (44 percent), 8 for 13 free throws (62 percent), 34 rebounds, 11 turnovers.
RRC: 17 of 52 (33 percent), 10 of 14 free throws (71 percent), 26 rebounds, 17 turnovers.