Rockets fall to 5-3 with home loss

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

SPENCER — Neillsville’s 3-point and free throw shooting proved to be just enough to push the Warriors past Spencer 44-39 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division girls basketball game on Tuesday night at Spencer High School.

Neillsville made 7 of 20 shots from 3-point range and 11 of 17 free throws to slip past the Rockets, who fall to 5-3 overall and 4-2 in the Cloverbelt East.

Neillsville (8-2, 7-1 Cloverbelt East) held an 11-5 advantage in free throws.

Sydney Kind led Spencer with 14 points, and Macie Weber added 11. Weber was a perfect 5-for-5 from the free throw line.

Ashlee Diestler topped the Warriors with 12 points, which included three 3-pointers.

The Rockets play at Owen-Withee on Thursday.

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

Warriors 44, Rockets 39

Spencer 19 20 – 39

Neillsville 24 20 – 44

SPENCER (39): Sydney Kind 6-18 0-1 14, Macie Weber 3-5 5-5 11, Kallie Reckner 2-5 0-0 5, Nadia King 2-4 0-2 4, Lexi Baehr 1-9 0-0 3, Liz Endreas 1-1 0-0 2, Courtney Buss 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 15-45. FT: 5-8. 3-pointers: 4-19 (Kind 2-10, Reckner 1-2, Baehr 1-6). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 5-3, 4-2 Cloverbelt East.

NEILLSVILLE (44): Ashlee Diestler 4-7 1-2 12, Danielle Pfeiffer 5-6 0-1 10, Kayla Lis 2-10 3-4 9, Mindy Schoengarth 2-8 3-4 9, Morgan Hauge 0-2 2-2 2, Lauren Messar 0-0 1-2 1, Lexi Opelt 0-2 1-2 1, Michelle Kyle 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 13-36. FT: 11-17. 3-pointers: 7-20 (Diestler 3-6, Lis 2-6, Schoengarth 2-8). Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 8-2, 7-1 Cloverbelt East.