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NEILLSVILLE – Spencer was held to just eight baskets and outscored 39-12 in the first half of a 65-18 loss to undefeated Neillsville 65-18 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division girls basketball game Friday night at Neillsville High School.
Neillsville, ranked No. 1 in this week’s WisSports.net Division 3 state coaches poll, improves to 18-0 overall and 15-0 in the Cloverbelt East. Spencer drops to 10-8 and 7-8 in the conference.
Neillsville led 17-7 after one quarter and used a 22-5 second quarter and a 22-2 third to quarter to open up a huge 63-14 lead after three quarters.
Jenny Lindner had 20 points and Lindsey Opelt added 14 for the Warriors.
Tara Matter had four of the Rockets’ eight hoops, making 4 of 13 shots, to finish with 10 points and 12 rebounds. The rest of the Spencer team was just 4 of 24 from the field.
Spencer hosts Owen-Withee on Tuesday. That game will be broadcast on WOSQ-FM 92.3 and wdlbwosq.com with pregame starting at 7:15 p.m.
Warriors 65, Rockets 18
Spencer 7 5 2 4 – 18
Neillsville 17 22 22 2 – 65
SPENCER (18): Karly Bump 0-4 0-0 0, Marisa Johnson 1-2 0-0 2, Alicia Endreas 0-0 0-0 0, Claire Drews 0-3 0-0 0, Kailyn Anderson 0-3 0-0 0, Macie Weber 2-4 0-0 4, Tara Matter 4-13 1-1 10, Abby Varsho 1-4 0-0 2, Sydney Kind 0-4 0-0 0. FG: 8-37. FT: 1-1. 3-pointers: 1-14 (Matter 1-7, Weber 0-1, Kind 0-2, Bump 0-4). Rebounds: 28 (Matter 12). Record: 10-8, 7-8 Cloverbelt East.
NEILLSVILLE (65): Caroline Rendell 0-2 0-0 0, Samantha Larrabee 1-5 0-0 3, Katelyn Crother 3-8 2-2 9, Jenny Lindner 7-13 5-6 20, Sierra Bethea 0-1 0-0 0, Caitlynne Naughton 4-7 0-0 9, Lindsey Opelt 5-8 2-2 14, Taylor Henchen 0-2 0-0 0, Meghann Naughton 1-2 0-0 2, Courtney Poeschel 0-0 1-2 1, Taylor Gleisner 0-1 3-4 3, Wendy Barth 2-2 0-0 4, Alleah Voight 0-1 0-0 0, Molly Attoe 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 23-54. FT: 13-16. 3-pointers: 6-20 (Opelt 2-5, C. Naughton 1-3, Lindner 1-2, Crother 1-3, Larrabee 1-3, Rendell 0-1). Rebounds: 24 (Crother 4). Record: 18-0, 15-0 Cloverbelt East.