By Ben Hoitink, Staff Writer
Posted January 18th, 2016
The Slinger boys basketball team improved their conference record to 4-2 (8-5 overall) with a victory over Watertown Thursday night. Slinger jumped out to an early lead and was up 27-14 at halftime. Watertown attempted a comeback in the second half, but a strong defensive effort by the Owls helped Slinger maintain their lead. Scoring was led by Tyler Reinhardt with 16 points, Derek Sabin added 10 points and 8 rebounds, Jesse Bellefeul had 8 points, and Chris Evans also contributed 8 points and brought down 13 rebounds. The Owls' next game is Friday, January 22, when they travel to conference rival Wisconsin Lutheran to take on the Vikings (also 4-2 in WLT conference).