Rockets outscored by 20 in second half

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

SPENCER — Neillsville outscored Spencer by 20 points in the second half and beat the Rockets 55-35 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Tuesday night at Spencer High School.

The difference came from 3-point and free throw shooting. Neillsville outshot Spencer 6-1 from 3-point range and 13-2 at the free throw line to pull out the win.

The game was tied 18-18 at halftime before Neillsville pulled away in the second half.

Neillsville (13-6, 9-5 Cloverbelt East) had three players score in double figures, led by Adam Schmidt’s 16 points.

Noah Zastrow scored 16 points, and Vladimir Rivera had 10 for Spencer (7-12, 7-8 Cloverbelt East).

Spencer wraps up its Cloverbelt East schedule Friday at Colby.

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

Warriors 55, Rockets 35

Neillsville 18 37 – 55

Spencer 18 17 – 35

NEILLSVILLE (55): Adam Schmidt 5-10 4-6 16, Alex King 5-11 1-2 14, Logan Bryan 4-7 4-4 13, Cody Roman 1-6 0-0 2, Hunter Hand 0-2 2-2 2, Noah Henchen 1-4 0-0 2, Paul Miller 1-3 0-0 2, Logan Matson 0-3 2-2 2, Mason Barth 1-1 0-0 2, Monte Diestler 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 18-50. FT: 13-16. 3-pointers: 6-14 (King 3-6, Schmidt 2-4, Bryan 1-3, Roman 0-1). Rebounds: 28. Turnovers: 16. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 13-6, 9-5 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.

SPENCER (35): Noah Zastrow 7-12 2-2 16, Vladimir Rivera 5-6 0-0 10, Austin Bacon 2-5 0-0 4, Jacob Miller 1-1 0-0 3, Collin Nieman 1-5 0-0 2, Josh Rudolph 0-1 0-0 0, Jack Bezlyk 0-6 0-4 0, Nate Karau 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 16-42. FT: 2-6. 3-pointers: 1-12 (Miller 1-1, Bacon 0-2, Zastrow 0-3, Nieman 0-3, Bezlyk 0-3). Rebounds: 33 (Rivera 6). Turnovers: 22. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-12, 7-8 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.