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MARSHFIELD – Hailey Zimmermann scored 21 points to pace the Columbus Catholic girls basketball team to a 56-29 win over Spencer in Cloverbelt Conference East Division action Thursday night at Columbus Catholic High School.
The Dons held Spencer to just 10 points in the first half and opened up an 18-point lead, which it pushed to 27 by game’s end.
Jenna Kibbel added 13 points for Columbus Catholic, which improves to 10-8 overall and 7-3 in the Cloverbelt East.
Autumn Davis scored 12 points and Alexa Weber had six for Spencer (2-11, 2-5 Cloverbelt East).
Spencer hosts Loyal on Friday, while Columbus Catholic is off until Friday, Jan. 27, when it plays a nonconference game at Rib Lake.
Dons 56, Rockets 29
Spencer 10 19 – 29
Columbus Catholic 28 28 – 56
SPENCER (29): Hallie Meyer 0 0-2 0, Alexa Weber 3 0-0 6, Claudia Krause 0 0-0 0, A.J. Mlsna 1 0-1 2, Kaelyn Schreiner 1 0-0 2, Hannah Schreiner 1 0-0 2, Sam Soback 0 0-0 0, Autumn Davis 4 3-3 12, Emma Nieman 2 1-1 5. FG: 12. FT: 4-7. 3-pointers: 1 (Davis 1). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 2-11, 2-5 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (56): Sam Casperson 3 0-0 8, Hailey Zimmermann 7 5-7 21, Lily Stratman 0 1-2 1, Courtney Sommer 1 0-0 2, Maggie Callaghan 1 0-1 3, Jenna Kibbel 5 2-4 13, Mira Torbey 3 1-2 7, Cierra Dieringer 1 0-2 2, Callie Hanson 0 0-2 0, Emily Boyer 0 0-0 0. FG: 21. FT: 9-20. 3-pointers: 5 (Casperson 2, Zimmermann 2, Kibbel 1). Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 10-8, 7-3 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.