Baehr leads Rockets with 22 points

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

COLBY — Colby held Spencer to 24 percent shooting and cruised to a 67-38 victory in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division girls basketball game Thursday night at Colby High School.

The Hornets raced out to a 40-19 lead by halftime and held on from there. Colby (11-9, 9-6 Cloverbelt East) also held a 51-36 rebounding advantage and forced the Rockets (7-14, 5-11 Cloverbelt East) into 20 turnovers.

Spencer was just 12 of 49 from the field and 9 of 27 at the free throw line.

Lexi Baehr scored 22 points and had six rebounds for the Rockets, who were playing their Cloverbelt East season finale.

Spencer will play in a Cloverbelt Conference crossover game against an opponent to be determined on Feb. 16.

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

Hornets 67, Rockets 38

Spencer 19 19 – 38

Colby 40 27 – 67

SPENCER (38): Lexi Baehr 7-15 3-5 22, Liz Endreas 2-4 0-0 4, Courtney Buss 0-6 3-4 3, Shaelee Neitzel 1-4 1-5 3, Sabrina Vircks 1-2 0-0 2, Jessica Becker 1-3 0-4 2, Megan Burt 0-0 1-2 1, McKenna Brecht 0-3 1-3 1, Kaily Northup 0-0 0-2 0, Chloe Drews 0-0 0-2 0, Ariyha Schuh 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 12-49. FT: 9-27. 3-pointers: 5-12 (Baehr 5-9, Buss 0-1, Becker 0-1, Brecht 0-1). Rebounds: 36 (Vircks 7). Turnovers: 20. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-14, 5-11 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.

COLBY (67): Vanessa Lopez 8-14 4-5 20, Ashley Streveler 5-10 4-4 15, Hailey Voelker 2-2 6-8 10, Carley Elmhorst 3-6 1-2 7, Morgan Geiger 2-3 1-2 5, Mackenzie Seemann 2-8 0-0 4, Alyssa Underwood 1-2 0-0 2, Rachel Schmidt 1-1 0-2 2, Heather Lynn 1-3 0-1 2, Hailey Gutenberger 0-5 0-0 0, Josie Jakel 0-4 0-0 0, Megan Underwood 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 25-60. FT: 16-24. 3-pointers: 1-15 (Streveler 1-5, Lopez 0-1, Elmhorst 0-1, Geiger 0-1, Seemann 0-2, Gutenberger 0-2, Jakel 0-3). Rebounds: 51 (Seemann 11). Turnovers: 16. Fouls: 25. Fouled out: M. Underwood. Record: 11-9, 9-6 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.