Rockets fall to 5-4

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

OWEN — Owen-Withee used a strong first half to send the Spencer girls basketball team to its second-straight defeat, 62-50, in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Thursday night at Owen-Withee High School.

Owen-Withee pulled out to a 32-18 halftime lead and held on from there.

The Blackhawks (6-3, 5-2 Cloverbelt East) made 19 of 35 free throws to pull out the win. Spencer was just 10 of 19.

Whitney Baehr led Owen-Withee with 22 points, which include 8 of 13 from the free throw line.

Sydney Kind had 19 points, including three 3-pointers, for Spencer (5-4, 4-3 Cloverbelt East).

Spencer’s next game is at home Tuesday against Greenwood.

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

Blackhawks 62, Rockets 50

Spencer 18 32 – 50

Owen-Withee 32 30 – 62

SPENCER (50): Sydney Kind 6-24 4-5 19, Kallie Reckner 3-7 0-0 8, Macie Weber 2-4 4-4 8, Lexi Baehr 3-11 0-0 7, Nadia King 2-3 2-6 6, Liz Endreas 1-3 0-2 2, Katie Fleischman 0-0 0-0 0, Jessica Becker 0-4 0-2 0, Courtney Buss 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 17-58. FT: 10-19. 3-pointers: 6-26 (Kind 3-13, Reckner 2-6, Baehr 1-5, King 0-1, Becker 0-1). Fouls: 22. Fouled out: King. Record: 5-4, 4-3 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.

OWEN-WITHEE (62): Whitney Baehr 7-23 8-12 22, Jennifer Wendler 6-13 3-6 16, Holly Hatlestad 3-7 0-0 8, Brittany Schwark 0-1 6-12 6, Megan Simington 2-3 1-3 5, Hayley Goessl 1-4 1-2 3, Erica Arndt 1-4 0-0 2. FG: 20-55. FT: 19-35. 3-pointers: 3-12 (Hatlestad 2-6, Wendler 1-2, Baehr 0-1, Schwark 0-1, Goessl 0-1, Arndt 0-1). Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-3, 5-2 Cloverbelt East.