Spencer, Ia (KICD) – The Spencer Tiger Girls and Boys Basketball teams welcomed Storm Lake to town on Friday night for a Lakes Conference matchup.

The Spencer Tiger Girls got a big lift from Jada Piercy who hit 7 3 pointers on her way to a 27 point performance. Jerra Merchant added 17 for the Tigers and Mo McDermott had 9. Storm Lake was led by Amy Slight’s 8 points. Spencer put together another dominant performance in the middle 2 quarters when they outscored Storm Lke 40-17. The 63-31 Win improves the Tigers record to 7-1 and 2-1 in the Lakes. Storm Lake falls to 7-5 and 1-2 in Conference play.

The Spencer boys were outscored 25-16 in the middle 2 quarters after a hot start to the game, and their 15 point 4th quarter wasn’t enough to close the gap. Storm Lake was lead in scoring by Cameron Boyd who had 15. Both Owen Olson and Riley DeWitt had 13 for Spencer. After the 50-47 loss the Spencer Tigers fall to 3-4 on the season and 1-2 in the Lakes. Storm Lake improves to 3-6 and 1-3 in Conference play. The Tornadoes have won 3 of their last 4.

The Spencer Tigers are back in action this afternoon against Algona. You can hear that game on News Radio 102.5 and AM 1240 KICD with the Girls game scheduled to tip-off at 2:15.