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SPENCER – Tara Matter scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Kyleigh Hebert had 13 points and eight rebounds to lead the Spencer girls basketball team to a 56-33 win over Augusta in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Thursday night at Spencer High School.
Spencer (2-1 overall and Cloverbelt East) used a 19-4 run in the second quarter to pull away from the Beavers (2-3, 1-3 Cloverbelt East).
The Rockets led 9-7 after the first quarter before blowing the game open and taking a 28-11 halftime lead. Spencer continued to build its lead in the third quarter, outscoring Augusta 16-9 to move ahead 44-20.
Hebert made 7 of 9 free throws and Matter was 5 of 6 from the line to lift the Rockets.
Krystal Weier added 11 points and eight rebounds, and Aubrie Bissonette chipped in eight points and four rebounds for Spencer. The Rockets held a 43-21 rebounding advantage and held the Beavers to 9 of 32 shooting from the field.
Allie Nelson had 20 points for Augusta.
Spencer plays at Marshfield Columbus Catholic on Tuesday.
Rockets 56, Beavers 33
Augusta 7 4 9 13 – 33
Spencer 9 19 16 12 – 56
AUGUSTA (33): Amy Schick 0-0 0-0 0, Catherine Shaffer 0-2 0-2 0, Allie Nelson 5-12 8-9 20, Molly Perkovich 1-3 2-2 4, Dani Nelson 0-1 0-0 0, Mandi Raether 0-2 2-2 2, Chanel Ludwig 0-1 0-1 0, Amber Herrick 1-5 1-1 3, Amanda Schneider 2-2 0-0 4, Simone Sommers 0-3 0-0 0, Desyre Klindworth 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 9-32. FT: 13-17. 3-pointers: 2-7 (A. Nelson 2-4, Perkovich 0-2, Herrick 0-1). Rebounds: 21 (Shaffer 6). Record: 2-3, 1-3 Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (56): Krystal Weier 5-11 1-3 11, Alicia Endreas 0-1 1-2 1, Claire Drews 0-1 0-0 0, Kailyn Anderson 1-3 0-0 2, Tara Matter 5-16 5-6 15, Aubrie Bissonette 4-9 0-0 8, Kyleigh Hebert 3-9 7-9 13, Tara Kramer 0-1 0-0 0, Tynae Phillips 2-4 0-0 4, Heidi Guenther 1-4 0-0 2. FG: 21-59. FT: 14-20. 3-pointers: 0-9 (Hebert 0-3, Weier 0-2, Drews 0-1, Anderson 0-1, Matter 0-1, Bissonette 0-1). Rebounds: 43 (Hebert 8, Matter 8, Weier 8, Phillips 6). Record: 2-1 overall and Cloverbelt East.