Tuesday's boys basketball: Grundy Center controls 2nd half
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Dayne Zinkula
STATE CENTER – Grundy Center got away from West Marshall in the second half of a 74-55 victory at West Marshall High School on Tuesday, Dec. 8.
Dayne Zinkula scored 17 points and distributed five assists to lead the Spartans, Brayden Sawyer added 16 points and eight rebounds. Wes Willis and Dexter Whitehill scored 15 and 10 points, respectively.
Grundy Center led 39-34 at halftime and stretched out to a 59-46 lead after three quarters.
Joey Tollefson scored 19 points to lead the Trojans.
Grundy Center 74
West Marshall 55
Scoring
GC: Dayne Zinkula 17, Brayden Sawyer 16, Wes Willis 15, Dexter Whitehill 10, Zach Opheim 9, Logan Knaack 3, Sloan Klar 2, Ashton Martens 1, Patrick Brown III 1.
WM: Joey Tollefson 19, Graham Nason 11, Brayden Evertsen 10, Peyton Hart 6, Parker Reese 5, Brandt Dickey 3, Cody Braddy 1.
Halftime: GC 39, WM 34. 3-pointers: GC 7 (Sawyer 4, Zinkula 2, Opheim 1); WM 7 (Tollefson 3; Dickey, Hart, Reese, Nason 1). Rebounds: GC 27 (Sawyer 8); WM 18 (Evertsen 9). Assists: GC 18 (Zinkula 5); WM 11 (Evertsen 4, Reese 4). Steals: GC 9 (Whitehill, Sawyer 3); WM 11 (Evertsen 5). Blocks: GC 0, WM 1 (Evertsen 1). Turnovers: GC 17, WM 16. Fouls: GC 15, WM 18. Fouled out: None.
WAPSIE VALLEY 73, D-NH 68: Mason Harter scored 20 points with 16 rebounds to lead the Warriors to victory.
Harter grabbed eight of his rebounds on the offensive glass as the Warriors outrebounded D-NH, 41-18.
AJ Wegener led the Wolverines' scoring attack with 17 points and added five assists. Dane Fuller scored 14 points with three steals and Nathan Moore chipped in 13 points. Brewer Eiklenborg scored 12 points and led the team with four rebounds.
Blayde Bellis added 18 points for the Warriors, who trailed D-NH, 31-27, at halftime. The teams combined for 18 3-pointers, hitting nine each. Wapsie Valley hit 14-of-20 free-throw attempts in Tuesday's game.
Wapsie Valley 73
Dike-New Hartford 68
Scoring
D-NH: AJ Wegener 17, Dane Fuller 14, Nathan Moore 13, Brewer Eiklenborg 12, Zak Wauters 6, Landen Sullivan 6.
WV: Mason Harter 20, Blayde Bellis 18, Gunner Meyer 10, Andrew Westpfahl 8, Kobe Risse 6, Parker Landsgard 5, Tyler Ott 3, Casey O'Donnell 3.
Halftime: D-NH 31, WV 27. 3-pointers: D-NH 9 (Moore 3, Wauters, Fuller 2; Wegener, Eiklenborg 1); WV 9 (Bellis, Meyer, Westpfahl 2; Ott, O'Donnell, Landsgard 1). Rebounds: D-NH 18 (Eiklenborg 4); WV 41 (Harter 16). Assists: D-NH 19 (Wegener, Wauters 5); WV 11 (Risse 8). Steals: D-NH 8 (Moore, Fuller 3); WV 1 (Bellis 1). Blocks: D-NH 2 (Wegener, Fuller 1); WV 2 (Harter, Meyer 1). Turnovers: D-NH 5, WV 21. Fouls: D-NH 18, WV 13. Fouled out: D-NH (Moore).
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