Wausau Pilot & Review
SCHOFIELD – Marcus Hall scored 32 points and Cohen Priebe added 24 as the D.C. Everest boys basketball team upended Stevens Point 89-77 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference contest Friday at D.C. Everest High School.
Hall was 14-for-17 at the free throw line, 11-for-14 in the second half, as the Evergreens put up 55 points to pull away.
Priebe made four of D.C. Everest’s nine 3-piointers in the win as the Evergreens improve to 8-10 overall and 6-3 in the WVC.
James Jacobs led Stevens Point with 30 points and Damian Cjeka added 20 points on the strength of four 3-pointers. The Panthers drop to 11-7 and 7-2 in the Valley.
Both teams hit the road for nonconference games on Tuesday. D.C. Everest will be at Chippewa Falls and Stevens Point at Kimberly.
Evergreens 89, Panthers 77
Stevens Point 28 49 – 77
D.C. Everest 34 55 – 89
STEVENS POINT (77): James Jacobs 11 6-7 30, Damian Cjeka 7 2-4 20, Baraka Makalin 3 2-4 9, Parker Vanderloop 2 0-0 4, Nate Streveler 4 2-4 11, Danny Zdroik 1 0-0 3. FG: 28. FT: 12-19. 3-pointers: 9 (Cejka 4, Jacobs 2, Makalin 1, Streveler 1, Zdroik 1). Fouls: 21. Fouled out: none. Record: 11-7, 7-2 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
D.C. EVEREST (89): Conner McFarlane 1 0-0 3, Seth Vercimak 2 0-0 6, Joey Rombalski 1 8-10 10, Owen Soehl 0 0-0 0, Cohen Priebe 8 4-5 24, Marcus Hall 9 14-17 32, Adam Brost 1 1-2 3, Wyatt Miles 3 0-0 8, Ben Prunske 1 1-2 3. FG: 26. FT: 28-36. 3-pointers: 9 (Priebe 4, Miles 2, Vercimak 2, McFarlane 1). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: Pruneske. Record: 8-10, 6-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
