By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

OWEN — Calvin Lenz scored 15 points, and Spencer had to come back from a late deficit to keep its perfect Cloverbelt Conference East Division record intact.

The Rockets, who trailed by three points entering the fourth quarter, outscored Owen-Withee by five over the final eight minutes to win 40-38 on Thursday night at Owen-Withee High School.

Owen-Withee led 29-26 after three quarters before Spencer came back to improve to 12-1 overall and 9-0 in the Cloverbelt East. Owen-Withee is now 8-5 and 6-3 in the conference.

Spencer shot only 14 of 42 overall and 2 of 12 from 3-point range but was able to pull out the road win. Lenz was the one bright spot of the offense, making 6 of 9 shots and going 3 of 4 at the free throw line.

Austin Milliren had 13 points to top Owen-Withee.

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

Rockets 40, Blackhawks 38

Spencer 9 7 10 14 – 40

Owen-Withee 7 12 10 9 – 38

SPENCER (40): Nate Mercier 2-8 0-0 5, Calvin Lenz 6-9 3-4 15, Bobby Pilz 1-11 3-5 5, Miles Weber 4-8 0-0 8, Ryan Busse 0-0 0-0 0, Mitch Susa 1-6 2-2 5, Dakota Andreae 0-0 2-4 2. FG: 14-42. FT: 10-15. 3-pointers: 2-12 (Susa 1-4, Mercier 1-5, Pilz 0-3). Record: 12-1, 9-0 Cloverbelt East.

OWEN-WITHEE (38): Kolton Kaduce 4-13 2-3 10, Austin Milliren 5-14 2-2 13, John Schmeizer 0-0 0-0 0, Bryce Niemi 3-6 0-0 6, Hayden Houts 0-1 0-0 0, Preston Shelton 1-5 0-1 2, Adam Shakal 0-2 0-0 0, Will Maki 2-5 3-4 7. FG: 15-44. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 1-12 (Milliren 1-3, Shelton 0-1, Shakal 0-2, Maki 0-1, Kaduce 0-5). Record: 8-5, 6-3 Cloverbelt East.