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SPENCER – Neillsville outscored Spencer by 20 points in the second half and beat the Rockets 55-35 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Tuesday night at Spencer High School.
The difference came from 3-point and free throw shooting. Neillsville outshot Spencer 6-1 from 3-point range and 13-2 at the free throw line to pull out the win.
The game was tied 18-18 at halftime before Neillsville pulled away in the second half.
Neillsville (13-6, 9-5 Cloverbelt East) had three players score in double figures, led by Adam Schmidt’s 16 points.
Noah Zastrow scored 16 points and Vladimir Rivera had 10 for Spencer (7-12, 7-8 Cloverbelt East).
Spencer wraps up its Cloverbelt East schedule Friday at Colby.
Warriors 55, Rockets 35
Neillsville 18 37 – 55
Spencer 18 17 – 35
NEILLSVILLE (55): Adam Schmidt 5-10 4-6 16, Alex King 5-11 1-2 14, Logan Bryan 4-7 4-4 13, Cody Roman 1-6 0-0 2, Hunter Hand 0-2 2-2 2, Noah Henchen 1-4 0-0 2, Paul Miller 1-3 0-0 2, Logan Matson 0-3 2-2 2, Mason Barth 1-1 0-0 2, Monte Diestler 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 18-50. FT: 13-16. 3-pointers: 6-14 (King 3-6, Schmidt 2-4, Bryan 1-3, Roman 0-1). Rebounds: 28. Turnovers: 16. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 13-6, 9-5 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
SPENCER (35): Noah Zastrow 7-12 2-2 16, Vladimir Rivera 5-6 0-0 10, Austin Bacon 2-5 0-0 4, Jacob Miller 1-1 0-0 3, Collin Nieman 1-5 0-0 2, Josh Rudolph 0-1 0-0 0, Jack Bezlyk 0-6 0-4 0, Nate Karau 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 16-42. FT: 2-6. 3-pointers: 1-12 (Miller 1-1, Bacon 0-2, Zastrow 0-3, Nieman 0-3, Bezlyk 0-3). Rebounds: 33 (Rivera 6). Turnovers: 22. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-12, 7-8 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.