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LOYAL – Tara Matter had 11 points and Courtney Schulz hauled in 12 rebounds to lead the Spencer girls basketball team to a hard-fought 35-25 win over Loyal in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Thursday night at Loyal High School.
Kyleigh Hebert added nine points and four assists as eight different Rockets scored.
Spencer led 23-14 at halftime and held off the Greyhounds as just 23 combined points were scored in the second half.
The Rockets improve to 10-3 and 7-3 in the Cloverbelt East, despite making just 9 of 20 free throws and shooting only 33 percent (13 of 39) from the field. Loyal drops to 6-7 and 3-7 in the conference.
Kahri Rueth led Loyal with 11 points and eight rebounds, drilling three 3-pointers.
Spencer hosts Augusta on Tuesday.
Rockets 35, Greyhounds 25
Spencer 12 11 9 3 – 35
Loyal 8 6 8 3 – 25
SPENCER (35): Danica Johnson 0-3 2-2 2, Krystal Weier 2-5 0-0 4, Alicia Endreas 0-1 0-0 0, Claire Drews 0-1 1-2 1, Kailyn Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Courtney Schulz 1-8 2-5 4, Tara Matter 5-7 1-4 11, Aubrie Bissonette 2-8 0-3 4, Kyleigh Hebert 3-5 3-4 9, Tynae Phillips 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 13-39. FT: 9-20. 3-pointers: 0-2 (Weier 0-2). Rebounds: 32 (Schulz 12). Assists: 9 (Hebert 4). Record: 10-3, 7-3 Cloverbelt East.
LOYAL (25): Megan Roedel 0-1 0-0 0, Jordyn Pieper 1-4 0-0 3, Kahri Rueth 4-12 0-2 11, Karissa Rueth 0-3 0-0 0, Jennah Fulwiler 0-3 1-2 1, Braquel Gilman 0-1 0-0 0, Kelsey Happe 1-1 0-0 2, Sarah Weyer 1-3 0-0 2, Caitlyn Weinfurtner 2-6 2-3 6. FG: 9-34. FT: 3-7. 3-pointers: 4-16 (Kah. Rueth 3-7, Pieper 1-4, Kar. Rueth 0-2, Weyer 0-2, Weinfurtner 0-1). Rebounds: 18 (Kah. Rueth 8). Assists: 1 (Kar. Rueth 1). Record: 6-7, 3-7 Cloverbelt East.