upper hand, controlling both sides ….

upper hand, controlling both sides of the ball and making the difference between the two clubs clear. Colby was on pace to score over 100 points after one half of play, holding a 51-11 advantage.

With a lead secured, the Hornets turned to the bench to carry them the rest of the way. While they did not come close to the triple digit pace they had set in the first period, Colby still put up 23 second-half points, which matched Greenwood’s game total.

Twelve Hornet players scored for a highly efficient Colby offense on Friday. The team as a whole shot nearly 60 percent from the floor, making 31 of their 52 shot attempts, and committing only five turnovers.

Tucker Meyer led all scorers with 13 points and added five rebounds, three steals, and two blocks, all of which were team highs. Tevin Rue went a perfect 5-for-5 from the floor and had 12 points and three steals, and Kaden Wiese contributed 12 points, five rebounds and three assists. Adrian Lopez scored nine points off the bench for the Hornets, going 3-for-4 from three-point range.

Also scoring for Colby were Joseph Streveler with eight points, Braxton Smith with five points, Eddie Ortega and Oscar Zamora with four points, Jaxon Polivka, Miguel Morillon and Mateo Lopez each with two points and Braxton Meyer with one.

The next part of the Hornets schedule will have a huge impact on the top of the Cloverbelt-East standings. At 101, Colby currently sits in first place, but their next three games are against Columbus, Neillsville and Owen-Withee, who all sit directly behind the Hornets in the standings. Luckily for the Hornets, two of those three games will be at home. The first will be against Columbus this Thursday, Feb. 9. The game is set to begin at 7:15 p.m.