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SPENCER – Emma Peavey scored 14 of her 16 points in the second half to help the Colby girls basketball team finish off Spencer and win 64-51 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division matchup Thursday night at Spencer High School.
Hailey Voelker had 17 of her game-high 23 points in the first half as Colby built a 27-20 lead. Peavey, and 10 points from Lexi Krebsbach, helped the Hornets to a 37-point second half as they held on for the win and improve to 7-4 overall and 5-2 in the Cloverbelt East.
Heavyn Kind had 18 points, 14 in the second half, for Spencer (4-7, 2-6 Cloverbelt East). Madison Knecht and Aryiah Schuh each chipped in 11 for the Rockets.
Spencer will play a nonconference game at Athens on Monday, while Colby plays at Granton on Tuesday in a Cloverbelt East matchup.
Hornets 64, Rockets 51
Colby 27 37 – 64
Spencer 20 31 – 51
COLBY (64): Hailey Voelker 11-20 1-2 23, Olivia Vollrath 1-4 3-4 5, Kersten Wiese 0-2 0-0 0, Lexi Underwood 0-1 0-6 0, Emma Peavey 5-8 5-6 16, Trista Meyer 101 1-3 3, Lexi Krebsbach 7-12 2-4 17. FG: 25-48. FT: 12-25. 3-pointers: 2-6 (Peavey 1-3, Krebsbach 1-3). Rebounds: 29 (Voelker 9). Fouls: 17. Fouled out: Underwood. Record: 7-4, 5-2 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
SPENCER (51): Madison Knecht 4 1-2 11, Zalexis Mannigel 1 0-0 2, Jorie Meyer 1 1-2 3, Heavyn Kind 7 3-5 18, Aryiah Schuh 5 1-4 11, Rebecca Mlsna 0 0-0 0, Amber Becker 2 0-0 4, Elexa Post 1 0-0 2. FG: 21. FT: 6-13. 3-pointers: 3 (Knecht 2, Kind 1). Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-7, 2-6 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.