The Newton boys basketball team hit 16 three pointers and senior Cade Bauer had eight of them in a 97-54 victory over Boone Monday night in a first round class 3A substate 7 game heard live on the KRLS3 stream. Bauer’s eight threes set the new school record for made three pointers in a single game, besting the previous record of seven according to Cardinals head coach Jason Carter. After the game, Bauer said a 10-0 run to start the game seemed to give the whole team confidence. 

“We want to come out of the gate hard, and we have been lacking on that. But we were able to knock some “three’s” down and had a lot of guys step up tonight, which I am very grateful for.”

Bauer led the team in scoring with 28 points, while Landon Bozarth and Isaiah Slaughter each had 16 points while knocking down two three pointers apiece. Caden Klein also made two three point shots and had 10 points. Newton led 29-7 after the first quarter, 50-26 at half, and 74-44 at the end the third quarter. 

Newton improved to 12-10 with the win and will face Pella for the third time this season in Pella Thursday night.