Appleton North boys basketball tips Bay Port in overtime, grabs 10th win of season

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APPLETON – The Appleton North boys basketball team rebounded from its first loss of the season with a hard-fought 63-58 overtime win over Bay Port in a nonconference game Thursday at North High School.

Bay Port came back from a six-point halftime deficit to force overtime, but the Lightning overcame the late rally from the Pirates and outscored them 15-10 in the extra four-minute period to earn the win and improve to 10-1 this season.

Nathan Ramus made six 3-pointers and scored a game-high 24 points for Appleton North. Will Sweeney, Ben Zdzieblowski and Abraham Tomari each added 10 points in the victory.

Blake Buchinger led Bay Port (3-7) with 20 points.

Appleton North is back in action Tuesday at home against Appleton East as part of a girls-boys doubleheader. The girls game begins at 6 p.m., with the boys game to follow at approximately 7:45 p.m.

Lightning 63, Pirates 58 (OT)
Bay Port   19   29   10   –   58
Appleton North   25   23   15   –   63
BAY PORT (58): Mikey Jones 1-7 0-0 2, Sawyer Durkee 7-12 4-5 18, Parker Janus 0-1 0-0 0, Roman Binns 1-2 0-0 2, Mondes Kelly 0-1 0-0 0, Sam Lieuwen 0-0 0-0 0, Caden Hendricks 1-5 0-0 3, Noah Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, Maddox Cornette 5-17 2-2 13, Blake Buchinger 7-11 4-5 20. FG: 22-56. FT: 10-12. 3-pointers: 4-23 (Buchinger 2-5, Hendricks 1-4, Cornette 1-7, Janus 0-1, Jones 0-2, Durkee 0-4). Rebounds: 31 (Durkee 9). Record: 3-7.
APPLETON NORTH (63): Will Sweeney 3-7 2-2 10, Nathan Ramus 7-15 4-6 24, Grant Hardy 1-8 2-2 5, Sean Hansen 2-4 0-2 4, Luke Kritzer 0-0 0-0 0, Will Guilbeault 0-0 0-0 0, Abraham Tomari 4-12 1-2 10, Ben Zdzieblowski 3-5 3-4 10. FG: 20-51. FT: 12-18. 3-pointers: 11-33 (Ramus 6-14, Sweeney 2-6, Zdzieblowski 1-1, Tomari 1-4, Hardy 1-8). Rebounds: 27 (Tomari 10). Record: 10-1.