By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek boys' basketball team had an eight-game winning streak snapped when it lost a 16-point game in Fulda Tuesday.
The roll reached eight straight with an 11-point win over Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin in Hills Friday.
H-BC, 11-5 overall, hosts Adrian tomorrow.
Fulda 72, H-BC 56
The home-standing Raiders pulled away from the Patriots in the second half during Tuesday's tilt in Fulda.
H-BC led 18-12 after eight minutes of play before falling behind 31-28 at halftime, but Fulda outscored the Patriots 41-28 in the second half to win by 16.
The Raiders moved in front 53-29 by outscoring H-BC 22-11 in the third period. A 19-17 scoring edge in the fourth quarter iced the win for Fulda.
Brad Haak and Trey Van Wyhe led H-BC with 12 and 10 points respectively. Darin DeBoer and Van Wyhe recorded six and five rebounds.
Box score
Metzger 1 0 0-0 2, D.DeBoer 0 2 2-4 8, Roozenboom 0 0 0-1 0, Van Maanen 1 0 0-0 2, Haak 5 0 2-2 12, Leuthold 0 0 0-0 0, L.DeBoer 2 1 1-2 8, Van Wyhe 2 0 6-7 10, Top 0 1 5-6 8, Buck 3 0 0-0 6, Krull 0 0 0-0 0.
Team statistics
H-BC: 18 of 51 field goals (35 percent), 16 of 22 free throws (73 percent), 29 rebounds, 15 turnovers.
Fulda: 28 of 64 field goals (44 percent), seven of 10 free throws (70 percent), 35 rebounds, 11 turnovers.
H-BC 73, ML-B-O 62
The one-two punch of seniors David Top and Matt Buck lifted the Patriots to an 11-point win over the Wolverines in Hills Friday.
Buck and Top both recorded double-doubles for a team that bounced back from a 17-15 deficit after eight minutes of play by outscoring ML-B-O 58-45 in the third three quarters.
Top burned the nets for 29 points and pulled down 12 rebounds. Buck, who had five assists, pumped in 19 points and led the Patriots with 14 rebounds.
H-BC outscored the Wolverines 24-15 in the second quarter to assume a 39-32 halftime advantage. The Patriots increased their lead to 10 points (60-50) in the third quarter before winning by 11.
Brad Haak added 10 points and nine rebounds to the winning cause. Lyle DeBoer led the Patriots with six assists and three steals. Jesse Leuthold contributed five assists.
Box score
D.DeBoer 3 0 1-3 7, Van Maanen 1 0 0-0 2, Haak 4 0 2-4 10, Leuthold 1 0 0-2 2, L.DeBoer 2 0 0-2 4, Top 7 2 9-18 29, Buck 9 0 1-3 19.
Team statistics
H-BC: 29 of 59 field goals (49 percent), 13 of 32 free throws (41 percent), 46 rebounds, 15 turnovers.
ML-B-O: 23 of 54 field goals (43 percent), 10 of 16 free throws (63 percent), 27 rebounds, 11 turnovers.