SUAMICO – It may have taken De Pere boys’ basketball player Zach Kinziger a few games to get going, but he broke out in a big way in the Redbirds’ Fox River Classic Conference (FRCC) victory over Bay Port on Dec. 20.
Kinziger – a Division I commit to the University of Wisconsin-Madison – pumped in a game-high 30 points in De Pere’s 85-56 win over the Pirates (3-4 overall, 1-2 FRCC).
The senior sharpshooter was 5 of 9 from beyond the three-point arc and added six rebounds
“It was a great team victory, and I think everyone contributed in some sort of way,” Kinziger said. “The first half was a grind – Bay Port did a great job getting it inside – but we made some adjustments in the second half. My shot was off the first couple of games, so it was nice to see a few go through the net tonight.”
With the game tied 2-2, Kinziger scored the next 12 points for the Redbirds (4-0, 3-0) to give his team a 14-9 lead eight minutes into the contest.
With De Pere up only 21-19, it ended the first half on an 18-11 surge to take a 36-28 halftime lead.
If there was any doubt in the outcome, the Redbirds left no room for a Pirates’ comeback to begin the second 18 minutes of play.
De Pere outscored Bay Port 15-4 in the first five minutes after intermission to grab a 51-32 lead and never looked back.
Pryce Gregoire chipped in with 17 points for the Redbirds, while Mondes Kelly and Maddox Cornette scored 13 and 12 points, respectively, for the Pirates.
“I thought we played really hard tonight, and I was extremely impressed with our defensive intensity,” De Pere Coach Brian Winchester said. “On the perimeter, we defended well. We rebounded well and pushed the ball in transition. I’m not sure what our overall percentage was, but we made 13 threes. I thought we shot the ball better tonight.”
The Redbirds shot 50% (13 of 26) on their three-point attempts.
In comparison, Bay Port was only 3 of 17 (17%) from beyond the arc.
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