By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team secured its sixth consecutive victory by upending Fulda 61-50 in Fulda Tuesday.The Patriots outscored the Raiders in every quarter of the game while upping their season record to 17-7.H-BC will end the regular season by hosting Red Rock Central tonight before playing in Ellsworth Monday.Along with converting 81 percent of its free throws and having four players reach double figures in scoring, H-BC’s ability to find the holes in Fulda’s defense was one of the keys to victory."We had balance," said Patriot coach Steve Wiertzema. "Whatever they would give us, we were able to find it and take it."Kale Wiertzema, who scored 15 points and nabbed seven rebounds for the winners, scored nine points in the first quarter to help the Patriots take a 15-10 lead.Zach Wysong scored nine of his 13 points when H-BC outscored Fulda 17-13 in the second period to open a 32-23 lead at the intermission.H-BC increased its lead to 10 points (46-36) by the end of the third quarter before Tyler Bush and Trey Van Wyhe netted seven points each in the fourth quarter to help the Patriots prevail by 11.Bush led H-BC with 16 points and seven assists. Van Wyhe chipped in 12 points. Tom LeBoutiller added seven rebounds and six assists to the winning cause.Box scoreBush 3 0 10-11 16, Wysong 1 3 2-2 13, Broesder 0 0 0-0 0, Wiertzema 5 1 2-4 15, Van Wyhe 5 0 2-2 12, Spykerboer 1 0 0-0 2, LeBoutillier 1 0 1-2 3.Team statisticsH-BC: 20 of 39 field goals (51 percent), 17 of 21 free throws (81 percent), 24 rebounds, seven turnovers.Fulda: 18 of 40 field goals (45 percent), five of 11 free throws (45 percent), 17 rebounds, seven turnovers.
