Seniors Connor Rosin and Colton Dobratz and junior Peyton Czarapata all scored 10 points each, and the Bonduel High School boys basketball team beat Gillett 44-33 Saturday in Bonduel.
Adam Werner’s 18 points were not enough to lift shorthanded Gillett, who lost 44-33 after keeping the game within 3 points until the final minutes.
“The win is good,” Bonduel coach Duke Copp said. “I don’t know if we played as well as we can, but we’ll take the win.”
After falling behind early, Bonduel rallied to tie the game 16-16 at halftime.
In the second half, the Bears built a lead on three early turnovers that led to breakaway baskets.
“We want to run and pressure,” Copp said. “We picked up the pressure full court a little bit tonight. We wanted to get through tonight just playing solid half-court defense. They played really well. They hit shots and made it tough on us.”
“We’ve just got to work on the ball control a little bit,” first year Gillett coach Jeff Cross said. “We had a couple, too many, turnovers. The guys know it. I don’t even have to tell them. Turnovers kill us.”
While Dobratz scored two baskets in the first half, Rosin, a 6-foot-2 guard, and Czarapata, a 6-foot-4 junior, were held scoreless. That changed in a hurry in the second half, as the two sparked the offense and began scoring at will.
“(Czarapata), he’s going to be a big component for us,” Copp said. “Connor, he’s our best scorer. He’s going to need to score. I though he took over in the second half and did a great job.”
Gillett managed to pull to within 32-29 late in the fourth quarter on a pair of free throws by junior Brock Warden.
Two minutes later, Gillett again pulled to within three, 36-33, on Adam Werner’s third 3-point basket of the game, but the Bears closed out the game on a 8-0 run.
“They’re (Bonduel) a good team, good program,” Cross said. “I think my guys played them tough. I don’t want to take anything away from my guys, either. They came out, they battled.”
Werner, a 6-foot-2 senior, led the Tigers with 10 points in the first half, including a pair of 3-pointers that helped Gillett build a 12-6 lead in the first quarter.
“I always knew he could shoot,” Cross said.
Gillett 12 4 9 8 — 33
Bonduel 6 10 14 14 — 44
Gillett (33)
Peterson 1 0-1 2, Bubolz 1 0-0 2, Torres 3 0-4 6, Werner 6 3-4 18, Taylor 1 3-4 5
Bonduel (44)
Pedersen 2 1-6 5, Rosin 5 0-0 10, Dobratz 5 0-0 10, VanDerLinden 2 0-0 4, Czarapata 4 2-2 10, Petcka 1 0-0 2, Marcks 0 1-2 1, Berry 1 0-0 2
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