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SPENCER – The Spencer girls basketball team will play its biggest game in years on Saturday after beating Cloverbelt Conference rival Greenwood 42-32 in a WIAA Division 5 regional semifinal Friday night at Spencer High School.
The Rockets won their 11th straight game to improve to 20-3 and advance to a regional final at 7 p.m. Saturday against Prentice (22-1) at Marathon High School. Prentice, the Marawood Conference South Division champion, beat Marshfield Columbus Catholic 50-34 in a regional semifinal on Friday.
Kyleigh Hebert led the way for Spencer with 11 points on 5 of 8 shooting. She added five steals and four assists for the Rockets, who shot 50 percent (17 of 34) from the field to overcome a rough 8-for-18 performance from the free-throw line.
Courtney Schulz added nine points and Tara Matter added six points and 11 rebounds for Spencer.
The Rockets led 21-11 at halftime and finished off the win with a 17-12 fourth quarter after the Indians (15-9) cut it to five.
Kelsey Kirn had eight points to lead Greenwood.
Rockets 42, Indians 32
Greenwood 7 4 9 12 – 32
Spencer 13 8 4 17 – 42
GREENWOOD (32): Lindsey Genteman 0-0 0-0 0, McKenzie Sowieja 0-1 0-0 0, Staci Suda 1-2 0-0 2, Kassandra Hunke 1-1 2-4 4, Rachel Herdrich 0-2 1-2 1, Katie Lindner 3-5 0-0 7, Taylor Suda 2-4 0-0 4, Taylan Johnson 2-10 1-2 6, Kelsey Kirn 4-7 0-0 8, Allison Susa 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 13-34. FT: 4-8. 3-pointers: 2-6 (Johnson 1-3, Lindner 1-2, Sowieja 0-1). Rebounds: 27 (Johnson 9). Record: 15-9.
SPENCER (42): Danica Johnson 1-3 1-2 3, Krystal Weier 2-7 3-4 7, Alicia Endreas 0-0 0-0 0, Claire Drews 0-0 0-0 0, Courtney Schulz 4-7 1-3 9, Tara Matter 2-5 2-6 6, Aubrie Bissonette 3-4 0-0 6, Kyleigh Hebert 5-8 1-3 11, Tynae Phillips 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 17-34. FT: 8-18. 3-pointers: 0-2 (Weier 0-2). Rebounds: 17 (Matter 11). Assists: 10 (Hebert 4, Weier 4). Record: 20-3.