EM boys batter Boyceville
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ELK MOUND — Three Mounders scored in double digits and eight in all put their names in the score book to boost the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team to a 67-33 home-court win over the Bulldogs of Boyceville last Thursday, January 13.
It was the Mounder boys’ lone contest of the week and saw them improve to 3-2 in the Dunn-St. Croix and 8-5 in all games.
Sophomore forward Kaden Russo once again led the Mounders and all scorers, finishing with 19 points. He also added a pair of rebounds, two assists and four steals in the win. Fellow sophomore Sam Wenzel added a dozen points, seven assists and two rebounds while junior Aiden Bartholomew tallied ten points and a couple of boards.
The Mounders doubled up the Bulldogs in the first half taking a 32-15 lead into the locker room at halftime. Russo, Wenzel, Ethan Johnson, and Brex Todd had six points each in the opening half of play while Terry Mercer and Aiden Bartholomew each added a three pointer.
In the second half, Russo hit a trio of three-point shots to go along with a pair of two-point baskets to ignite the Mounders’ second-half offensive push that saw them put up another 35 points compared to just 18 for the Bulldogs.
In that second half, Wenzel also added another six points going 4-for-4 from the charity stripe with a basket, Bartholomew went 3-for-4 from the foul line and also had a bucket for five more points, and Mercer added his second trey.
Johnson and Todd each added eight points to the Mounders’ final tally and lead in rebounds with seven apiece.
Simon Evenson and Mason Bowell led Boyceville (0-5, 2-9) in scoring with seven points.
Elk Mound, currently sitting in third place in the conference standings, has a pair of D-SC games this week. It played at rival Colfax Tuesday evening and will return home Friday, January 21 to take on second-place Spring Valley. Next Monday, January 24, the Mounders travel to Hammond to face St. Croix Central in a non-conference contest.