By LaDonna Sandstede
The Hills-Beaver Creek boys' basketball team came up short Monday, Dec. 17, against Central Lyon.
The Patriots trailed Central Lyon by only a few points throughout the game with a halftime score of 30-31.
In the second half H-BC's Brad Haak and Matt Buck ran into some foul trouble, both ending with four fouls each. However, Haak was the leading scorer with 22 points and David Top with 15 points. Darin DeBoer contributed as well from the three-point line with 11 points, five rebounds and four assists altogether.
Central Lyon's top scorers were Chris Kuehl and Dan Vander Zee with 32 and 18 points respectively.
Matt Buck had 10 rebounds and two points; Jesse Leuthold had four points, seven rebounds and two assists; and Lyle DeBoer had seven points, two steals and six assists to contribute to the game.
The score was close the whole game. The third quarter ended with a score of 48-49. The Patriots fell behind in the fourth quarter making the score 63-70 to end the game.
Box score:
D.DeBoer 0 3 2-3 11, J.VanMaanen 1 0 0-02, B.Haak 9 0 4-6 22, J.Leuthold 2 0 0-0 4, L.DeBoer 2 1 0-0 7, D.Top 3 2 3-5 15, M.Buck 1 0 0-2 2.
Team statistics
H-BC: 18 of 36 field goals (50 percent), 9 of 15 free throws (60 percent), 30 rebounds, 12 turnovers.
C L: 17-29 field goals (58 percent), 18-27 free throws (66 percent), 22 rebounds, 15 turnovers.