Comet boys determined for late-season turnaround

CONRAD – Friday night felt familiar for the BCLUW boys basketball team.
 
Grundy Center appeared poised for another second-half rally, like the one that pushed the Spartans to a win in Grundy Center on Dec. 8.
 
Still in search of an NICL West conference win and facing a 37-30 halftime deficit to the Spartans, BCLUW head coach Luke Higgins laid it out for the Comets.
 
"I told them we can either be the team that we have been, or we can turn it around in the second half and play with intensity like we know how to play," Higgins said.
 
BCLUW entered the second half determined, chipping away at the Spartans' lead through the third quarter and finally vanquishing Grundy Center in the fourth quarter of a 72-64 Comet victory.
 
Jonny Neff led the Comets (3-11) with 26 points and Jack Garber added a career-high 21 points with Logan Mann also in double figures scoring 11 points.
 
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GC                   15 22 11 16 — 64
BCLUW           18 12 16 26 — 72
   GC–Drew Rathe 5 1-2 13, Cale Hendricks 4 0-0 10, Travis Kuester 0 0-0 0, Sage Klar 0 0-0 0, Brady Jacobsen 0 0-0 0, Mitchell Munson 6 0-0 16, Derek Ciddio 0 1-2 1, Joe Johnson 6 1-3 13, Tanner Appel 2 1-1 5, Matthew Sternhagen 2 2-4 6, Landon Graham 0 0-0 0. Totals 25-64 6-12 64.
   BCLUW–Jack Garber 6 8-11 21, Treye Teske 1 2-4 4, Erick Knott 0 0-0 0, Logan Mann 4 3-7 11, Jonny Neff 10 6-8 26, Keegan Rhinehart 2 3-4 7, Mason Yantis 2 0-0 4. Totals 25 22-34 72.
   3-pointers: GC 8 (Munson 4, Hendricks 2, Rathe 2); B (Garber). Fouls: GC 26, B 11. Fouled out: GC (Johnson).
 
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