Ithaca Boys improve to 8-3 on the season

Ithaca improved to 8-3 on the season with a 85-40 boys basketball win over visiting New Lisbon on Monday night.  The Bulldogs ran to a 48-27 lead at halftime and got the continuous clock running when the lead grew to 40 points with just over six minutes to play.

Bulldog Junior Devin Ihm had a game high 29 (21 in the first half).  Sammy Clary added 15 and Cody Byrnes totaled 11 to help Ithaca to the non-conference win.  Other Ithaca scoring came from Ethan Birkrem and Casey Pomering who each netted 8 points, Keegan Jones had 5 points, Hewston Boland added 4, Dante Kleinsasser hit a 3 pointer, and Wesley Nelson scored 2.  The Bulldogs made 8 three pointers with Sammy Clary making 3 of them. The team shot 11 for 20 from the line.

New Lisbon was led by Austin Berndsen with 13, and Evan Macrafic with 12 points.  The Rockets fell to 2-6 on the season.  They did not make a 3 point basket and shot 2 for 4 from the line.

New Lisbon won the JV game 48-36 over the Bulldogs earlier in the night.

Ithaca will travel to De Soto for a conference game on Friday night following the 85-40 Varsity win.  New Lisbon will get back to Scenic Bluffs action on Thursday when they play Bangor.