Butte beats Glacier boys with 4th quarter surge

| February 11, 2021 8:47 PM

BUTTE — Butte’s Billy Kelly burned the Glacier Wolfpack for 19 points, and the Bulldogs used a fourth-quarter surge to take a 60-52 Western AA boys’ basketball win on Thursday.

Glacier scored the last six points of the first half to trail 30-26 and the first five points of the third quarter to briefly lead. Then the Bulldogs, who lost at Glacier 62-42 on Jan. 14, got back in front for good.

Up 44-42, Butte (4-4) held the Wolfpack (3-6) without a field goal for seven minutes of the fourth quarter to go up 57-45. Weston Price broke the surge with a basket off a feed from Ty Olsen; Price had 13 points, as did Jaxson Olsen.

Kelly and Blake Drakos (13 points) each came off the bench because of a violation of team rules. It was Butte’s first game since Jan. 30 because of a COVID quarantine.

Mikey O’Dell added 15 points for Butte.

Glacier 8 18 16 10 – 52

Butte 13 17 14 16 – 60

GLACIER – Keier Spohnhauer 2 0-2 5, Connor Sullivan 1 0-0 3, Jaxson Olsen 5 3-4 13, Weston Price 5 2-2 13, Noah Dowler 0 4-6 4, J.T. Allen 0 0-0 0, Luke Bilau 0 0-0 0, Tyler Hausman 0 0-0 0, Will Salonen 3 3-6 10, Colin Presnell 0 2-2 2, Jackson Weber 0 0-0 0, Ty Olsen 1 0-0 2, Kayden Jassman 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 14-22 52.

BUTTE HIGH (4-4) – Zach Merrifield 0 0-0 0, Kenley Leary 2 0-0 4, Mikey O’Dell 4 2-4 15, Kooper Klobucar 0 0-0 0, Jake Olson 3 0-0 6, Blake Drakos 4 2-2 13, Billy Kelly 4 10-12 19, Cael Stenson 0 3-6 3, Jonas Sherman 0 0-0 0, Cameron Gurnsey 0 0-2 0. Totals 18 17-26 60.

3-point goals – Glacier 4 (Spohnhauer, Sullivan, Price, Salonen). Butte 7 (O’Dell 3, Drakos 3 Kelly). Fouls – Glacier 24, Butte 21. Fouled out – Olson, Leary. Technical – Leary.