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LOYAL – Loyal dominated the first half and did more than enough the rest of the way to beat Spencer 63-36 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division girls basketball game Tuesday night at Loyal High School.
Loyal remains one-half game ahead of Neillsville for first place in the Cloverbelt East as it improves to 12-1 in the conference at 15-3 overall.
Loyal led 35-17 at halftime and held Spencer to 19 points in the second half to finish off the win.
Morgan Reinwand had 19 points, and Karsyn Rueth had 17 points and nine rebounds for the Greyhounds.
Liz Endreas topped Spencer (7-11, 5-8 Cloverbelt East) with 17 points. No other Rocket had more than six points.
Spencer hosts Owen-Withee on Thursday.
Greyhounds 63, Rockets 36
Spencer 17 19 – 36
Loyal 35 28 – 63
SPENCER (36): Liz Endreas 8-12 1-2 17, Liz Baehr 3-15 0-0 6, Jessica Becker 1-5 2-2 4, Sabrina Vircks 1-2 0-0 2, McKenna Brecht 1-1 0-0 2, Hannah Zastrow 0-0 2-4 2, Courtney Buss 1-5 0-0 2, Shaelee Neitzel 0-1 1-2 1, Kathryn Hall 0-0 0-0 0, Kaily Northup 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 15-43. FT: 6-10. 3-pointers: 0-6 (Baehr 0-5, Buss 0-1). Rebounds: 31 (Baehr 8). Turnovers: 29. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-11, 5-8 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
LOYAL (63): Morgan Reinwand 9-15 1-1 19, Karsyn Rueth 7-14 2-2 17, Remi Geiger 4-10 0-0 9, Hailey Rueth 4-5 1-2 9, Amanda Krasselt 3-7 1-2 7, Bryanna Rayhorn 1-7 0-0 2, Emily Goodbrand 0-0 0-0 0, Hannah Peroshek 0-1 0-0 0, Montana Acker 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 28-60. FT: 5-7. 3-pointers: 2-11 (Geiger 1-3, K. Rueth 1-5, Krasselt 0-1, Rayhorn 0-2). Rebounds: 33 (K. Rueth 9). Turnovers: 17. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 15-3, 12-1 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.