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SPENCER – The Spencer girls basketball team couldn’t have asked for a better start to its game Friday night.
The Rockets outscored Gilman 27-0 in the first quarter en route to a 63-14 crushing of the Pirates in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game at Spencer High School.
Courtney Schulz had 13 points, Tara Matter added 12 and Kyleigh Hebert chipped in 10 for the Rockets, who improved 7-2 overall and 5-2 in the Cloverbelt East. Gilman remains winless at 0-9, 0-7 in the conference.
Spencer pushed the lead to 38-6 by halftime and ripped the Pirates on a 16-1 run in the third quarter to open up a 54-7 lead.
Krystal Weier and Aubrie Bissonette each tossed in eight points for Spencer, which had nine different players score.
The Rockets hosts Edgar in a nonconference game Monday and plays a Cloverbelt East game at Greenwood next Thursday.
Rockets 63, Pirates 14
Gilman 0 6 1 7 – 14
Spencer 27 11 16 9 – 63
GILMAN (14): Michaela Birch 1, Erica Olson 2, Sarah Romanowski 2, Mackenzie Fedors 8, No. 50 (no name provided) 1. Record: 0-9, 0-7 Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (63): Danica Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Krystal Weier 3-10 2-2 8, Kayne Hoeldtke 1-3 0-0 2, Alicia Endreas 1-7 3-5 5, Claire Drews 0-0 0-0 0, Kailyn Anderson 0-1 0-2 0, Courtney Schulz 6-13 1-1 13, Tara Matter 6-13 0-0 12, Aubrie Bissonette 4-7 0-0 8, Kyleigh Hebert 4-5 2-2 10, Tynae Phillips 1-6 1-3 3, Tara Kramer 0-0 2-2 2, Mikayla Mlsna 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 26-66. FT: 11-17. 3-pointers: 0-3 (Weier 0-1, Endreas 0-1, Bissonette 0-1). Reboudns: 20 (Phillips 6). Record: 7-2, 5-2 Cloverbelt East.