Imlay City’s Andrew Cezik goes up for a shot versus New Haven last week.

IMLAY CITY — Imlay City dropped a 65-30 verdict to visiting New Haven (no. 5, Division 3) in a non-league varsity boys’ basketball game on Tuesday, December 20.

With the outcome, New Haven improves to 4-0 overall. Imlay City slips to 3-3 this season.

In Tuesday’s game, Imlay City spotted New Haven a 19-9 advantage after one quarter was over with and trailed 32-16 at the half.

When the action resumed, New Haven continued to pull away. Aided by a 19-12 third quarter advantage, the Rockets went up 51-28 with 24 minutes gone.

New Haven then outscored Imlay City 14-2 from that point on, finishing off a 65-30 victory.

JD Trout put up Imlay City’s best numbers. He finished with 10 points and 14 rebounds.

Imlay City had four others reach the scoring column. Their ranks consisted of Beau Hund (nine points), Zander Nash (eight), Andrew Cezik (two) and Matt Evans (one).

Kevin Kissane has been covering high school sports for the Tri-City Times since 1985. When not standing on a field or court with his camera and notepad, he enjoys golf, travel and family. Kevin is a 1980 graduate of Capac High School, and is also a grad of St. Clair Community College and earned a degree in journalism from Central Michigan University.