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OSSEO – The Spencer girls basketball team heads into the WIAA playoffs as hot as it could be.
The Rockets, behind 16 points by Kyleigh Hebert, defeated Altoona 33-31 in the second-place game of the Cloverbelt Conference Crossovers on Saturday at Osseo-Fairchild High School. The win is Spencer’s 10th straight and it finishes the regular season with a 19-3 record.
Spencer used a 12-5 second quarter to take a 20-12 lead into halftime only to see Altoona storm ahead by outscoring them 14-4 in the third quarter.
The Rockets responded with a 9-5 fourth quarter to hold on for the win.
Krystal Weier added nine points and four rebounds, and Tara Matter had a game-high 10 rebounds for the Rockets, who have a first-round bye and host the winner of Tuesday’s Rib Lake-Greenwood game on Thursday, March 10, at Spencer High School.
Kayla Springer led Altoona (15-7) with 12 points.
Rockets 33, Railroaders 31
Altoona 7 5 14 5 – 31
Spencer 8 12 4 9 – 33
ALTOONA (31): Payton Eckwright 2-3 0-0 5, Ariel Gillespie 2-5 0-0 4, Lisa Peck 0-2 0-0 0, Kiara Lanners 1-2 0-0 2, Bria Rogers 1-4 0-1 2, Courtney Maser 1-3 4-7 6, Kayla Springer 3-14 3-6 12. FG: 10-33. FT: 7-14. 3-pointers: 4-9 (Springer 3-7, Eckwright 1-1, Gillespie 0-1). Rebounds: 25 (Eckwright 8). Record: 15-7.
SPENCER (33): Danica Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Krystal Weier 2-7 5-7 9, Alicia Endreas 0-0 0-0 0, Courtney Schulz 1-4 0-0 2, Tara Matter 1-4 0-0 2, Aubrie Bissonette 2-3 0-0 4, Kyleigh Hebert 5-10 5-7 16, Tynae Phillips 0-0 0-1 0. FG: 11-30. FT: 10-15. 3-pointers: 1-6 (Hebert 1-2, Weier 0-3, Bissonette 0-1). Rebounds: 29 (Matter 10, Hebert 8). Assists: 4 (Schulz 2, Matter 2). Record: 19-3.