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SPENCER – Trailing by three entering the fourth quarter, the Spencer boys basketball team rallied to avoid its third straight loss.
The Rockets did, outscoring Loyal 16-9 over the final 8 minutes to beat the Greyhounds 38-34 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Tuesday night at Spencer High School.
Wyatt Phillips scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds, and Steven Gilboy had 13 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Rockets (3-4 overall and Cloverbelt East).
Spencer took advantage of poor shooting all around by Loyal to pull out the win. The Greyhounds (3-5, 3-4 Cloverbelt East) shot just 23.3 percent (10 of 43) from the field and 47.4 percent (9 of 19) from the free-throw line.
Spencer shot just 39.5 percent (15 of 36) and committed 20 turnovers, but was able to grab its third win of the season. Spencer hosts Colby, which suffered its first loss of the season Tuesday to Neillsville, on Friday at Spencer High School.
Rockets 38, Greyhounds 34
Loyal 7 10 8 9 – 34
Spencer 5 9 8 16 – 38
LOYAL (34): Mason Froeba 5-24 3-6 16, Max Luchterhand 2-4 3-6 7, Kyle Genteman 1-4 0-1 3, Jacob Luttropp 1-6 1-2 3, Cale Cuddie 1-3 0-0 3, Tyler Meyer 0-2 2-4 2, Tayt Brostowitz 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 10-43. FT: 9-19. 3-pointers: 5-16 (Froeba 3-9, Genteman 1-3, Cuddie 1-3, Luchterhand 0-1). Rebounds: 20 (Froeba 11). Assists: 7 (Genteman 4). Record: 3-5, 3-4 Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (38): Wyatt Phillips 7-12 1-4 17, Steven Gilboy 5-11 3-3 13, Sam Cattanach 1-3 1-1 3, Jordan Buss 1-3 1-2 3, Luke Kromanaker 1-3 0-0 2, Hunter Reckner 0-1 0-0 0, Phillip Ivacic 0-4 0-0 0, Ryan Krause 0-0 0-0 0, Adam Skrzeczkoski 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 15-38. FT: 6-10. 3-pointers: 2-9 (Phillips 2-8, Kromanaker 0-1, Ivacic 0-2). Rebounds: 33 (Gilboy 12). Assists: 8 (Ivacic 4). Record: 3-4 overall and Cloverbelt East.