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GILMAN – Spencer fell behind early but rallied to beat Gilman 45-37 in the Rockets’ season opener and the Cloverbelt Conference East Division opener for both teams.
Gilman led 16-6 after one quarter only to see the Rockets cut the deficit to 22-19 at halftime and pull ahead 32-29 after three quarters.
Spencer shot just 36 percent, but held the Buccaneers to 28 percent shooting and had a 28-21 rebounding advantage.
Joe Meyers had 15 points and made three 3-pointers, Sam Cattanach had eight points nad 10 rebounds and Steven Gilboy grabbed nine rebounds for Spencer.
Lucas Lato had 11 points and 11 rebounds for Gilman (1-1, 0-1 Cloverbelt East).
Spencer hosts Augusta on Friday.
Rockets 45, Buccaneers 37
Spencer 6 13 16 10 – 45
Gilman 16 6 7 8 – 37
SPENCER (45): Joe Meyers 6-11 0-0 15, Sam Cattanach 3-6 2-2 8, Wyatt Phillips 3-12 1-2 7, Steven Gilboy 2-12 2-4 6, Jordan Buss 1-3 0-0 3, Cody Esser 1-1 0-0 3, Jeremiah Cattanach 1-1 0-0 3, Adam Skrzeczkoski 0-1 0-0 0, Matt Mlsna 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 17-47. FT: 5-8. 3-pointers: 6-16 (Meyers 3-6, Buss 1-3, Esser 1-1, J. Cattanach 1-1, S. Cattanach 0-1, Phillips 0-4). Rebounds: 28 (S. Cattanach 10, Gilboy 9). Turnovers: 11. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-0 overall and Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
GILMAN (37): Lucas Lato 5-9 1-1 11, Jarrod Kulesa 1-4 6-6 9, Tyler Amborn 3-9 0-0 7, Clay Hendricks 2-13 0-2 5, Logan Rosemeyer 1-5 0-0 3, Dean Klimeck 0-3 2-2 2, Mitch Jazdzewski 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 12-43. FT: 9-11. 3-pointers: 4-14 (Kulesa 1-1, Hendricks 1-1, Rosemeyer 1-4, Amborn 1-6, Klimeck 0-1). Rebounds: 21 (Lato 11). Turnovers: 6. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-1, 0-1 Cloverbelt East.