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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.
Colby raced out to a 40-19 lead by halftime and held on from there.
Colby (11-9, 9-6 Cloverbelt East) 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.
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.