Rockets improve to 4-2

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

GREENWOOD — The Spencer girls basketball team won its second game in a row as it beat Greenwood 62-53 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game on Friday night at Greenwood High School.

Spencer led 37-33 at halftime and held Greenwood to 20 points in the second half to hold on for the win.

The Rockets are now 4-2 overall and 3-2 in the Cloverbelt East. Greenwood remains winless at 0-5 and 0-4 in the conference.

Lexi Baehr had her third 30-point game this season for the Rockets, finishing with 32 points. She was an efficient 7 of 11 from the field and made 18 of 19 free throws. Courtney Buss added 10 points for Spencer.

Spencer hosts Loyal on Thursday.

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

Rockets 62, Indians 53

Spencer 37 25 – 62

Greenwood 33 20 – 53

SPENCER (62): Lexi Baehr 7-11 18-19 32, Courtney Buss 4-10 2-5 10, Jessica Becker 4-7 0-0 8, Liz Endreas 3-5 0-0 6, Sabrina Vircks 2-9 0-0 4, Kaily Northup 1-1 0-0 2, Neitzel 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 21-44. FT: 20-24. 3-pointers: 0-3 (Baehr 0-3). Rebounds: 24. Turnovers: 19. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-2, 3-2 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.

GREENWOOD (53): Kassidy Lamovec 8-15 0-1 18, Kaylee Learman 6-13 3-4 15, Kirchner 4-6 3-6 11, Taylor Gregorich 3-7 1-4 7, Paetyn Schmitz 1-4 0-2 2, Kaitlyn Fleischmann 0-2 0-0 0, Sophia Shaw 0-0 0-0 0, Kelly Nielsen 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 22-48. FT: 7-17. 3-pointers: 2-3 (Lamovec 2-3). Rebounds: 31. Turnovers: 22. Fouls: 22. Fouled out: none. Record: 0-5, 0-4 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.