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OSSEO – Osseo-Fairchild outscored Spencer 28-19 in a high-scoring fourth quarter to knock off the Rockets 73-66 in the seventh-place game of the Cloverbelt East-West crossovers on Thursday at Osseo-Fairchild High School.
Both teams finish their respective regular-season schedules with 7-15 records.
The Cloverbelt West ended up winning all six crossover games against East opponents on Thursday.
Neillsville plays Cadott in the second-place game and Fall Creek takes on Augusta in the first-place game on Saturday at Neillsville. The second-place game starts at 6 p.m.
Jeremiah Cattanach had 22 points to lead Spencer.
The Rockets used a 23-13 second quarter to tie game at 32-32 at halftime. Spencer moved ahead by two heading into the fourth before Osseo-Fairchild pulled away.
Karl Peterson scored 17 points to lead the Thunder.
Spencer opens WIAA postseason action Tuesday with a Division 4 regional quarterfinal at Pittsville. The game will be broadcast on WOSQ-FM 92.3 and wdlbwosq.com with pregame starting at 6:45 p.m. and tipoff at 7 p.m.
Thunder 73, Rockets 66
Spencer 9 23 15 19 – 66
Osseo-Fairchild 19 13 15 28 – 73
SPENCER (66): Jeremiah Cattanach 9-17 2-3 22, Miles Weber 4-8 1-2 9, Bobby Pilz 4-6 0-0 9, Mitchell Susa 3-7 0-0 8, Joe Meyers 2-9 2-2 7, Cody Esser 1-6 3-4 6, Calvin Lenz 1-2 1-4 3, Spencer Susa 1-2 0-1 2. FG: 25-57. FT: 9-16. 3-pointers: 7-15 (M. Susa 2-2, Cattanach 2-4, Esser 1-1, Pilz 1-3, Meyers 1-5). Rebounds: 31 (Esser 7). Turnovers: 14. Fouls: 24. Fouled out: M. Susa. Record: 7-15.
OSSEO-FAIRCHILD (73): Karl Peterson 6-8 5-7 17, Cole Kutchera 5-11 4-6 14, Isaac McIlquham 3-8 4-6 11, Joe Markgren 4-11 0-0 9, Cody Frazee 3-8 0-0 8, Sam Waters 1-5 5-6 7, Kyler Hagen 2-4 0-0 5, Parker Rongstad 1-1 0-0 2, Michael Munoz 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 25-56. FT: 18-25. 3-pointers: 5-20 (Frazee 2-4, Markgren 1-4, Hagen 1-3, McIlquham 1-5, Waters 0-1, Peterson 0-1, Kutchera 0-2). Rebounds: 19 (Kutchera 5, Frazee 5). Turnovers: 9. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-15.