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ABBOTSFORD – Abbotsford shot nearly 50 percent from the field and held off Spencer 51-44 in a nonconference girls basketball game Monday at Abbotsford High School.
The Falcons shot 48 percent (23 of 48) to overcome Spencer’s 5-1 advantage on 3-pointers. The Rockets, on the other hand, only made 17 of 52 shots from the floor (32 percent).
Lexi Baehr scored 19 points, making 4 of 9 from 3-point range, and had five rebounds for Spencer (7-10), which lost its fourth game in a row.
Sadie Gunderson led Abbotsford (11-5) with 13 points.
Spencer plays at first-place Loyal in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Tuesday.
Falcons 51, Rockets 44
Spencer 18 26 – 44
Abbotsford 21 30 – 51
SPENCER (44): Lexi Baehr 6-14 3-3 19, Courtney Buss 3-7 1-3 7, Sabrina Vircks 3-7 1-2 7, Liz Endreas 2-11 0-0 4, Kaily Northup 1-2 0-0 3, Jessica Becker 1-6 0-0 2, McKenna Brecht 1-2 0-0 2, Shaelee Neitzel 0-3 0-0 0. FG: 17-52. FT: 5-8. 3-pointers: 5-12 (Baehr 4-9, Northup 1-1, Buss 0-2). Rebounds: 30 (Endreas 7). Turnovers: 19. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-10.
ABBOTSFORD (51): Sadie Gunderson 6-10 1-1 13, Dylana Schreiner 5-11 1-4 11, Kelsea Kollmansberger 5-8 0-0 10, Taygen Viegut 4-9 1-1 9, Samantha Fuentes 2-6 0-0 5, Melanie Kunze 1-4 1-2 3. FG: 23-48. FT: 4-8. 3-pointers: 1-3 (Fuente 1-2, Schreiner 0-1). Rebounds: 33 (Schreiner 8, Viegut 8). Turnovers: 20. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: Gunderson. Record: 11-5.