By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

SPENCER — A 17-2 run in the second quarter pushed Neillsville to a big lead and on its way to a 40-14 victory over Spencer in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division girls basketball game Thursday night at Spencer High School.

Neillsville used the big run to take a 24-6 halftime lead. The Warriors (7-2, 6-1 Cloverbelt East) held Spencer to eight points in the second half to finish off the victory.

Sydney Miller led a balanced attack for Neillsville with nine points. Taylor Henchen added eight.

Melissa Lehman had six points for Spencer (2-6, 2-5 Cloverbelt East).

Spencer’s next game is Tuesday at Greenwood.

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

Warriors 40, Rockets 14

Neillsville 7 17 9 7 – 40

Spencer 4 2 5 3 – 14

NEILLSVILLE (40): Morgan Hauge 1-2 0-0 3, Krisana Zoromski 1-3 0-0 3, Lexi Opelt 0-0 0-0 0, Michelle Kyle 0-0 0-0 0, Logan Jansen 0-1 0-0 0, Jordan Voight 0-0 0-0 0, Kayla Lis 0-7 1-4 1, Averill Voight 0-2 0-0 0, Chelsea Opelt 2-6 0-0 6, Mindy Schoengarth 2-6 0-2 4, Allison Pfeiffer 0-3 2-2 2, Taylor Henchen 2-7 2-2 8, Danielle Pfeiffer 2-4 0-0 4, Ashlee Diestler 0-0 0-0, Sydney Miller 4-5 1-2 9. FG: 14-46. FT: 6-12. 3-pointers: 6-18 (C. Opelt 2-4, Henchen 2-5, Hauge 1-1, Zoromski 1-2, D. Pfeiffer 0-1, Schoengarth 0-2, Lis 0-3). Record: 7-2, 6-1 Cloverbelt East.

SPENCER (14): Courtney Buss 0-2 0-0 0, Cinnamin Harwood 0-0 0-0 0, Liz Endreas 1-5 0-0 2, Katlynne Walter 0-0 0-0 0, Lexi Baehr 1-6 0-0 3, Macie Weber 0-0 0-0 0, Nadia King 1-4 0-0 4, Kallie Reckner 0-5 0-0 0, Jessica Becker 0-0 0-0 0, Katie Fleischman 0-0 0-0 0, Abby Varsho 0-1 0-0 0, Melissa Lehman 2-2 2-2 6. FG: 5-25. FT: 2-2. 3-pointers: 2-9 (King 1-1, Baehr 1-3, Buss 0-1, Endreas 0-2, Reckner 0-2). Record: 2-6, 2-5 Cloverbelt East.