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SPENCER – The Spencer girls basketball team jumped right into Cloverbelt Conference East Division action and went on to defeat Colby 55-46 in the season-opener for the Rockets on Tuesday night at Spencer High School.
The Rockets outscored Colby 25-16 in the first half and held on from there.
Spencer had a great shooting game, making 16 of 28 shots from the field (57 percent).
Lexi Baehr led the way for the Rockets, scoring 20 points. Sydney Kind added 15 points in the win.
Spencer’s next game is Tuesday, Dec. 1, at Edgar in a nonconference matchup.
Rockets 55, Hornets 46
Colby 16 30 – 46
Spencer 25 30 – 55
COLBY (46): Samantha Hayes 5-6 2-4 12, Jenna Jicinsky 4-4 2-3 10, Ashley Streveler 3-3 0-0 8, Jordyn Halopka 3-4 1-2 7, Haylee Geiger 1-9 0-0 3, Hannah Gurtner 1-1 0-1 2, Neilana Golz 1-1 0-0 2, Vanessa Loepz 0-0 0-0 0, Paige Bruesewitz 0-2 0-0 0, Carley Elmhorst 0-0 0-0 0, Kendra Bellendorf 0-0 0-0 , Megan Underwood 0-0 0-0 0, Unassigned 1-1 0-1 3. FG: 19-31. FT: 5-11. 3-pointers: 4-13 (Streveler 2-2, Geiger 1-9, Unassigned 1-1, Bruesewitz 0-1). Rebounds: 17. Fouls: 23. Fouled out: Gurtner. Record: 1-1 overall and Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
SPENCER (55): Lexi Baehr 6-8 4-5 20, Sydney Kind 5-9 0-0 15, Nadia King 2-6 5-11 9, Macie Weber 2-4 3-4 7, Liz Endreas 0-0 2-2 2, Courtney Buss 1-1 0-0 2, Kallie Reckner 0-0 0-0 0. Katie Fleischman 0-0 0-0, Vircks 0-0 0-0 0, Sadie Mercier 0-1 0-0 0, Jessica Becker 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 16-28. FT: 14-22. 3-pointers: 9-13 (Kind 5-6, Baehr 4-5, King 0-2). Rebounds: 16. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-0 overall and Cloverbelt East.