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GREENWOOD – The Spencer girls basketball team won its sixth game in a row as it held off a late rally to defeat Greenwood 52-47 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division contest Tuesday at Greenwood High School.
Rebecca Mlsna scored 19 points to lead the way for the Rockets, who improve to 14-5 overall and 11-1 in the Cloverbelt East.
Spencer led 29-17 at halftime and had to hold on as Greenwood made it a game with a 30-point second half, but couldn’t quite catch up.
Mesa Rasmussen had 17 points and Emma Schlough added 14 for Greenwood (3-15, 2-10 Cloverbelt East).
Spencer remains one game behind Neillsville for the conference lead and the two teams will meet Thursday night at Spencer.
Greenwood will travel to Marshfield Columbus Catholic on Thursday. The game starts at 7:15 p.m. and will be live-streamed at zaleskisports.com.
Click here to view the Cloverbelt East girls basketball standings
Rockets 52, Indians 47
Spencer 29 23 – 52
Greenwood 17 30 – 47
SPENCER (52): Madison Knecht 2 0-0 4, Jorie Meyer 1 2-2 4, Heavyn Kind 1 6-11 9, Claudia Krause 3 1-2 7, Rebecca Mlsna 5 7-10 19, Amber Becker 4 1-3 9. FG: 16. FT: 17-28. 3-pointers: 3 (Mlsna 2, Kind 1). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 14-5, 11-1 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
GREENWOOD (47): Avry Wuethrich 1 0-2 3, Addison Davidson 0 1-2 1, Brittany Walde 1 0-1 2, Tysen Lindner 1 1-2 3, Kia Abel 3 0-1 7, Mesa Rasmussen 6 4-4 17, Emma Schlough 5 1-2 14. FG: 17. FT: 7-14. 3-pointers: 6 (Schlough 3, Wuethrich 1, Rasmussen 1, Abel 1). Fouls: 19. Fouled out: none. Record: 3-15, 2-10 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.