Risseeuw comes through in second half

By GAZETTE STAFF Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013

CLINTON — Senior Cody Risseeuw scored 15 of his game-high 23 points in the second half to lead Clinton to a 44-42 come-from-behind victory over Oregon on Tuesday night in nonconference boys basketball.

The Cougars trailed 33-30 after three quarters, but Risseeuw scored five points and Cal DeWitt added both of his buckets in the fourth. Clinton was clutch at the free-throw line, sinking 10 of 13. Risseeuw was 5 of 6 from the stripe.

Daniel Schwartz led Oregon with 14 points, all of them coming after halftime.

The Cougars improved to 14-5 overall.

CLINTON 44, OREGON 42

Oregon (42)—Schwartz 5-0-14, McCauley 2-0-4, Conduah 3-0-7, Tobias 2-0-5, Sromovsky 3-0-8, Rosga 2-0-4. 15-0-42.

Clinton (44)—Severson 1-2-4, Pascke 1-0-2, Eliszewski 1-0-2, Dewitt 2-0-4, Risseeuw 7-6-23, McMartin 1-0-3, DeLong 2-2-6. Totals: 15-10-44.

Oregon 11 7 15 9—42

Clinton 9 9 12 14—44

Three-point goals—Oregon 8 (Schwartz 4, Conduah, Tobias, Sromovsky 2), Clinton 4 (Risseeuw 3, McMartin). Free throws missed—Oregon 3, Clinton 3. Total fouls—Oregon 17, Clinton 11.

-- Turner 62, Juda 41—Evan Metzger scored a career-high 31 points and added 10 rebounds as the Trojans jumped out to a double-digit lead and cruised to a nonconference victory Tuesday.

Metzger buried five shots from beyond the arc to help Turner improve to 8-10 overall this season.

TURNER 62, JUDA 41

Turner (62)—Payton 4-0-9, Bingham 1-1-3, Pickett 0-1-1, Stenulson 3-0-6, Bartz 1-0-2, Metzger 12-2-31, Hansen 0-1-1, Bartz 2-0-5, Rippl 1-0-2, Hughes 0-2-2. Totals 24-7-62.

Juda (41)—Davis 0-2-2, Olin 3-0-7, Bauman 3-2-8, Allen 2-0-4, Suiter 7-3-18, Segner 1-0-2. Totals 16-7-41.

Beloit Turner 19 17 16 10—62

Juda 7 11 14 9—41

Three-point goals—Turner 7 (Payton, Metzger 5, Bartz), Juda 2 (Olin, Suiter). Free throws missed—Turner 10, Juda 6. Total fouls—Turner 17, Juda 16.

Capitol Conference

Jason Eternick scored 25 points to lead the Lakeside Lutheran boys basketball team to a 69-62 victory over host Columbus in Capitol Conference boys basketball action Tuesday.

Logan Birkholz added 13 points, and Micah Torgerson 10 for the Warriors,w ho imporved to 5-3 in the conference and 14-5 overall.

Aaren Armatoski led five Cardinal scorers in double figures with 14 points. Columbus is 3-5 in the league.

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