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SPENCER – Courtney Buss scored 22 points to lead the Spencer girls basketball team to a 47-44 victory in overtime over Thorp in the Cloverbelt Conference East-West Crossover sixth-place game on Thursday night at Spencer High School.
Buss made 9 of 12 shots from the floor as Spencer (8-14) shot 44 percent overall (18 of 41) and made 3 of 5 from 3-point range in the victory.
The game was tied 41-41 at the end of regulation and Spencer outscored the Cardinals 6-3 in the extra period.
Aeysha Paskert led Thorp (7-15) with 25 points.
Spencer plays at Crivitz in a WIAA Division 4 regional quarterfinal Tuesday.
Rockets 47, Cardinals 44 (OT)
Thorp 13 28 3 – 44
Spencer 15 26 6 – 47
THORP (44): Aeysha Paskert 10-14 5-7 25, Brianne Hallin 3-6 0-1 8, Amanda Osborn 2-19 0-0 5, Cassidy Stronski 2-5 0-0 4, Elektra Zurakowski 1-3 0-0 2, Madison Greschner 0-0 0-1 0, Madison Wicks 0-4 0-0 0. FG: 18-51. FT: 5-9. 3-pointers: 3-19 (Hallin 2-5, Osborn 1-6, Zurakowski 0-1, Paskert 0-1, Stroinski 0-2, Wicks 0-4). Rebounds: 30 (Osborn 7). Turnovers: 22. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-15.
SPENCER (47): Courtney Buss 9-12 3-4 22, Lexi Baehr 3-8 0-0 8, McKenna Brecht 3-3 0-0 6, Liz Endreas 2-8 1-2 5, Jessica Becker 1-5 2-2 4, Sabrina Vircks 0-2 2-4 2, Kaily Northup 0-1 0-0 0, Shaelee Neitzel 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 18-41. FT: 8-12. 3-pointers: 3-5 (Baehr 2-4, Buss 1-1). Rebounds: 31 (Vircks 7). Turnvoers: 29. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 8-14.