By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek boys' basketball team won a border battle by besting West Lyon (Iowa) High School 81-44 in a game played in Hills Saturday.
Three Patriots scored 20 or more points for an H-BC team that outscored the Lions in every quarter.
David Top and Matt Buck led the charge for H-BC by netting 20 points each.
Top, who had three steals, canned six of nine shots in the game. Buck had eight rebounds and three assists.
The Patriots had a slim 21-18 lead after 18 minutes of playing before extending the advantage to 11 points (37-26) at the intermission.
H-BC put the game away by outscoring the Lions 44-18 in the second half.
The difference was 20 points (57-37) after three quarters of play. A 24-7 scoring run in the fourth quarter gave H-BC a 37-point win.
Brad Haak played a strong game that featured him recording a double-double with 18 points and 17 rebounds. He also had three steals.
The 8-5 Patriots, who have won five straight games since the beginning of the month, host Southwest Star Concept tonight before playing a road tilt against Westbrook-Walnut Grove Tuesday.
Box score
Metzger 1 0 0-0 2, D.DeBoer 1 0 0-0 2, Roozenboom 1 0 0-0 2, Van Maanen 0 0 0-0 0, Haak 6 0 6-6 18, Leuthold 3 0 1-1 7, L.DeBoer 2 0 4-6 8, Van Wyhe 1 0 0-0 2, Top 4 2 6-7 20, Buck 9 0 2-3 20, Krull 0 0 0-0 0.
Team statistics
H-BC: 30 of 69 field goals (44 percent), 19 of 23 free throws (83 percent), 46 rebounds, 14 turnovers.
WL: 15 of 44 field goals (34 percent), nine of 25 free throws (36 percent), 19 rebounds, 16 turnovers.