By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

NEILLSVILLE – Neillsville held Spencer to 24 percent shooting and just 12 first-half points on its way to a 39-26 victory in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division girls basketball game Friday night at Neillsville High School.

Neillsville (16-3, 12-2 Cloverbelt East) only shot 29 percent (13 of 45), but made seven 3-pointers and forced 19 turnovers in the win.

Spencer (11-8, 8-6 Cloverbelt East) made just 9 of 37 shots from the field and missed eight of its 13 free throw attempts.

Lexi Baehr had nearly half of Spencer’s points, finishing with 12. No other Rocket had more than four.

Eight different Neillsville players scored, with no one tallying more than seven.

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

Warriors 39, Rockets 26
Spencer 12 14 – 26
Neillsville 21 18 – 39
SPENCER (26): Lexi Baehr 4-11 1-2 12, Nadia King 1-3 2-6 4, Sydney Kind 2-12 0-0 4, Macie Weber 1-5 2-2 4, Courtney Buss 1-3 0-1 2, Liz Endreas 0-3 0-2 0, Kallie Reckner 0-0 0-0 0, Jessica Becker 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 9-37. FT: 5-13. 3-pointers: 3-14 (Baehr 3-7, King 0-1, Buss 0-1, Kind 0-5). Rebounds: 32 (Weber 5). Turnovers: 19. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: Weber. Record: 11-8, 8-6 Cloverbelt East.
NEILLSVILLE (39): Danielle Pfeiffer 3-6 0-0 7, Mindy Schoengarth 2-6 0-0 6, Morgan Hauge 2-4 0-0 6, Lauren Mesar 1-5 4-6 6, Ashlee Diestler 2-6 0-0 6, Kayla Lis 1-12 2-2 4, Michelle Kyle 1-2 0-0 2, Samantha Cappadora 1-2 0-1 2, Lexi Opelt 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 13-45. FT: 6-9. 3-pointers: 7-21 (Diestler 2-5, Schoengarth 2-4, Hauge 2-4, Pfeiffer 1-1, Lis 0-5, Not Reported 0-2). Rebounds: 33 (Mesar 8). Turnovers: 13. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 16-3, 12-2 Cloverbelt East.