By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

GILMAN — Spencer held Gilman to just nine points in the first half and earned a hard-fought 29-23 win in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division girls basketball game Thursday night at Gilman High School.

Spencer led 18-9 at halftime and held on in the second half to win its second game of the season.

Kallie Reckner had seven points, and Melissa Lehman had six for Spencer (2-5, 2-4 Cloverbelt East). Gilman falls to 1-6 and 0-5 in the conference.

Spencer’s next game is not until Jan. 8 when it hosts Neillsville.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Rockets 29, Pirates 23

Spencer 8 10 7 4 – 29

Gilman 4 5 9 5 – 23

SPENCER (29): Courtney Buss 1-1 2-2 4, Macie Weber 2-8 1-2 5, Nadia King 1-2 0-1 2, Kallie Reckner 3-5 0-2 7, Liz Endreas 0-0 1-2 1, Katelynn Walter 0-0 0-0 0, Lexi Baehr 2-7 0-0 4, Abby Varsho 0-1 0-2 0, Melissa Lehman 3-5 0-0 6. FG: 13-29. FT: 4-11. 3-pointers: 1-5 (Reckner 1-2, Baehr 0-2, Weber 0-1). Record: 2-5, 2-4 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.

GILMAN (23): K. Skabroud 2-14 0-0 5, M. Birkenholz 0-12 0-1 0, K. Monson 0-1 0-0 0, M. Skabroud 5-9 1-2 12, T. Hendricks 0-4 1-2 1, D. Budzinski 1-9 0-0 2, K. Schoene 1-6 1-2 3. FG: 9-55. FT: 3-7. 3-pointers: 2-23 (K. Skabroud 1-9, M. Skabroud 1-3, Birkenholz 0-7, Hendricks 0-2, Budzinski 0-1, Schoene 0-1). Record: 1-6, 0-5 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.