CAMBRIDGE — Senior guard Jett Horton hit four 3-pointers and scored a team-high 14 points as Cambridge’s second-seeded boys basketball team opened the playoffs by beating seventh-seeded Fennimore 61-51 in a WIAA Division 4 regional semifinal on Friday.
The Blue Jays host third-seeded Parkview, 70-65 overtime winners over sixth-seeded Deerfield, in Saturday’s regional final at 7 p.m. Cambridge topped the Vikings in the regular season, 61-47 at home on Jan. 27.
Despite Horton hitting three first-half 3s, the Golden Eagles led 23-22 at the break.
The Blue Jays (16-9) took 22 second-half free throws and made 15 to pull away.
Senior forward Cal Nottestad scored 10 of his 13 points in the second half, including going 6-for-7 at the stripe.
Sophomore guard Ian Nelles had eight of his 10 points in the second half and sophomore forward Evan Harbort added nine points for Cambridge, which snapped a two-game skid.
Jude Kinney scored 12 of his game-high 16 in the second period while Jake Kretschman and Grant Biba added 10 apiece for Fennimore (14-12).
CAMBRIDGE 61, FENNIMORE 51
Fennimore 23 28 — 51
Cambridge 22 39 — 61
Fennimore (fg ft-fta pts) — Dresen 1 0-0 2, Filardo 3 0-2 6, Kinney 5 5-6 16, Imhoff 2 0-0 4, Re. Kelley 1 0-1 3, Kretschman 3 4-4 10, Biba 4 0-0 10. Totals 19 9-13 51
Cambridge (fg ft-fta pts) — Brown 2 2-3 6, Horton 5 0-0 14, I. Nelles 2 5-7 10, Harbort 2 5-7 9, Nottestad 3 6-7 13, Baker 1 0-0 2, Crawford 1 3-5 5, Ca. Cunningham 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 21-29 61
3-point goals — F (Kinney 1, Re. Kelley 1, Biba 2) 4; CA (Horton 4, Nelles 1, Nottestad 1) 6
Total fouls — F 23, CA 15
Fouled out — F: Kinney, Kretschman
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