Norwell played and got its first Northeast 8 Conference win of the season in a 57-41 victory over DeKalb at home Friday night.
The Knights outscored the Barons (3-3) 33-18 in the second half after leading by just one point at halftime.
Ashton Federspiel continued to pour it on offense, leading his team, and had a game-high 28 points on 9-14 shooting and 10-12 at the free throw line.
The Knights improved to 4-2 on the season and 1-0 overall in the NE8.
Their next game will be at Bluffton at 7:30 p.m. next Friday, Dec. 22.
NORWELL 57, DEKALB 41
At Norwell
DEKALB (3-3, 0-1 NE8): Caiden Hinkle 4-6 1-2 9, Caden Pettis 3-5 3-4 9, Braiden Boyd 2-4 2-4 7, Brady Culler 2-2 0-0 6, Christian Stenger 2-5 1-2 5, Kiefer Nagel 1-3 0-0 3, Will Weber 1-2 0-0 2, Conner Schmidt 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS: 15-28 7-12 41.
NORWELL (4-2, 1-0 NE8): Ashton Federspiel 9-14 10-12 28, Cohen Bailey 4-8 2-2 12, Adam McBride 4-8 0-0 11, Kaedyn Quintanilla 1-3 1-2 4, Cade Shelton 1-1 0-2 2, Caiden Petrie 0-0 0-0 0, Gary Riley 0-0 0-0 0, Brady Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Nick McBride 0-0 0-0 0, Ryne Thornton 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 19-37 13-18 41.
DeKalb 9 14 9 9 –– 41
Norwell 10 14 15 18 –– 57
Three-point FG: DeKalb: 4-12 (Culler 2-2, Boyd 1-2, Nagel 1-3, Schmidt 0-1, Stenger 0-1, Pettis 0-1, Hinkle 0-2), Norwell: 6-16 (McBride 3-7, Bailey 2-4, Quintanilla 1-2, Wallis 0-3). Rebounds: DeKalb: 15 (Pettis 5, Stenger 4, Hinkle 2, Boyd 1, Weber 1, Culler 1), Norwell: 18 (Federspiel 5, Shelton 3, McBride 3, Shelton 3, Smith 1, Wallis 1, Bailey 1). Turnovers: DeKalb: 11, Norwell: 6. Fouls: DeKalb: 13, Norwell: 11. Fouled Out: None. Technicals: None.
