By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek boys upped their Red Rock Conference basketball record to 5-3 with a 57-39 win over Edgerton in Hills Tuesday.Edgerton managed to stay close to the Patriots by attacking the glass in the game’s first half.H-BC did a good job of keeping the Flying Dutchmen off the boards in the second half, and the Patriots ended up winning the game handily."We gave up eight offensive rebounds in the first half, and we gave up two in the second half," said Patriot coach Steve Wiertzema. "That was the difference, because they scored most of their points off offensive rebounds in the first half."The Patriots led 11-8 after eight minutes of play and used a 16-12 scoring edge in the second period to make it a 27-20 game at halftime.H-BC extended its lead to 12 points (44-32) by the end of the third quarter before outscoring the Flying Dutchmen 17-13 in the fourth period to prevail by 18.Kale Wiertzema burned the nets for 22 points and led the Patriots with eight rebounds and three steals.Tyler Bush, who charted six assists along with Wiertzema, added 13 points, six rebounds and three blocked shots to the winning effort.Zach Wysong scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds for H-BC. Trey Van Wyhe pulled down six rebounds.The 10-6 Patriots play in Westbrook tonight before taking on Southwest Christian in Edgerton Tuesday.Box scoreBush 2 2 3-5 13, Wysong 4 0 2-2 10, Broesder 0 0 0-0 0, Wiertzema 5 4 0-1 22, Van Wyhe 3 0 0-0 6, Spykerboer 1 0 0-0 2, LeBoutillier 2 0 0-0 4.Team statisticsH-BC: 23 of 47 field goals (49 percent), five of eight free throws (63 percent), 28 rebounds, seven turnovers.Edgerton: 17 of 34 field goals (50 percent), four of eight free throws (50 percent), 21 rebounds, 14 turnovers.
