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ABBOTSFORD – The Spencer girls basketball team used an 18-0 advantage in the second quarter to propel them to a 51-14 nonconference win over winless Abbotsford on Tuesday night.
Nine different Rockets (6-3) scored, led by Tara Matter, who had 10 points. Matter also had a team-high six rebounds for Spencer, which has won three straight games.
Spencer’s second-quarter run gave them a 25-3 lead at halftime, and the Rockets poured it on with a 26-11 advantage in the second half.
Krystal Weier added nine points, and Aubrie Bissonette and Deanna Szybowicz each scored eight for Spencer.
The Rockets return to action Thursday at first-place Neillsville in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game.
Rockets 51, Falcons 14
Spencer 7 18 14 12 – 51
Abbotsford 3 0 8 3 – 14
SPENCER (51): Deanna Szybowicz 2-10 3-4 8, Krystal Weier 4-8 1-2 9, Jenna Hagen 1-4 0-0 2, Danica Johnson 2-3 0-0 4, Stacey Baumgartner 2-5 0-0 4, Courtney Schulz 1-8 2-6 4, Tara Matter 4-7 2-2 10, Kyleigh Hebert 1-1 0-1 2, Aubrie Bissonette 4-4 0-0 8. FG: 21-50 FT: 8-15. 3-pointers: 1-2 (Szybowicz 1-2). Rebounds: 25 (Matter 6). Record: 6-3.
ABBOTSFORD (14): Jen Oelrich 2-5 0-1 6, Precious Krause-Simmons 1-3 0-0 3, Sam Thompson 1-2 0-0 2, Melissa Zettler 1-8 0-0 2, Sabrina Orth 0-4 1-4 1. FG: 5-22. FT: 1-5. 3-pointers: 3-6 (Oelrich 2-2, Orth 1-4, Zettler 0-3, Krause-Simmons 1-1). Record: 0-10.
