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SPENCER – Lexi Baehr and Courtney Buss each scored in double figures as the Spencer girls basketball team slipped past Gilman 42-37 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Tuesday night at Spencer High School.
Baehr scored 16 points and Buss added 14 for the Rockets in the win.
Spencer led 19-16 at halftime and held on for the five-point win to improve to 3-2 overall and 2-2 in the Cloverbelt East. Gilman drops to 0-4 overall and in conference play.
The Rockets were held to 24 percent shooting (11 of 46), but outscored Gilman 15-3 at the free throw line to earn the victory.
Spencer plays at Greenwood on Friday.
Rockets 42, Pirates 37
Gilman 16 21 – 37
Spencer 19 23 – 42
GILMAN (37): Skabroud 4-12 0-0 12, Grunseth 3-13 0-0 7, Sherfield 3-7 1-2 7, Syryczuk 1-3 1-3 4, Heier 1-1 0-0 2, Wisocky 1-2 0-0 2, Chause 1-5 0-0 2, Fryza 0-1 1-2 1, Hendricks 0-6 0-0 0. FG: 14-50. FT: 3-9. 3-pointers: 6-22 (Skabroud 4-10, Syryczuk 1-2, Grunseth 1-5, Wisocky 0-1, Hendricks 0-4). Rebounds: 42 (Hendricks 6, Grunseth 6). Turnovers: 21. Fouls: 24. Fouled out: Chause, Hendricks. Record: 0-4 overall and Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (42): Lexi Baehr 4-15 6-7 16, Courtney Buss 5-12 1-3 14, Jessica Becker 1-7 4-6 6, Sabrina Vircks 1-2 1-4 3, Kaily Northup 0-2 1-2 1, McKenna Brecht 0-1 1-2 1, Kathryn Hall 0-1 1-2 1, Liz Endreas 0-5 0-0 0, Shaelee Neitzel 0-1 0-0 0, Chloe Drews 0-0 0-2 0. FG: 11-46. FT: 15-28. 3-pointers: 5-14 (Buss 3-5, Baehr 2-6, Becker 0-2, Endreas 0-1). Rebounds: 42 (Baehr 7). Turnovers: 18. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 3-2, 2-2 Cloverbelt East.