By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

DE PERE — The Marshfield girls basketball team dropped its first game of the season, falling to De Pere 68-56 in a nonconference game Saturday afternoon at De Pere High School.

The Tigers trailed 33-25 at halftime before outscoring De Pere 20-11 in the third quarter to take a one-point lead.

Marshfield’s advantage was short-lived, however, as the Redbirds (4-1) finished off the game on a 24-11 run to win by 12.

Caitlin Michaelis had 20 points and seven assists, Ellie Kummer added 15 points, and Makayla Scheuer had 13 points and five rebounds for Marshfield (4-1).

Marshfield’s next game is next Friday at Wisconsin Rapids. The girls game starts at 6 p.m. with the boys to follow at 7:45 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on WDLB-AM 1450 and wdlbwosq.com.

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

Redbirds 68, Tigers 56

Marshfield 10 15 20 11 – 56

De Pere 15 18 11 24 – 68

MARSHFIELD (56): Makayla Scheuer 4-10 1-2 13, Meg Bryan 0-0 0-0 0, Caitlin Michaelis 5-13 8-8 20, Natalie Zuelke 1-1 0-0 2, Maddie Nikolai 0-0 0-0 0, Martha Kupfer 1-2 2-4 4, Ellie Kummer 7-14 0-0 15, Hannah Meverden 0-1 2-2 2. FG: 18-41. FT: 13-16. 3-pointers: 7-19 (Scheuer 4-7, Michaelis 2-6, Kummer 1-5, Kupfer 0-1). Rebounds: 17 (Scheuer 5). Assists: 12 (Michaelis 7). Turnovers: 17. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-1.

DE PERE (68): Alexis Mashl 1-6 4-4 7, Margaret Miller 5-7 3-5 14, Jami Pulubicki 4-6 1-2 12, Lizzie Miller 2-4 4-4 8, Jessie Rabas 3-10 2-3 8, Carly Cerrato 1-10 2-2 5, Anna Fierek 0-1 0-0 0, Sarah Kuehn 7-10 0-2 14. FG: 23-54. FT: 16-22. 3-pointers: 6-18 (Palubicki 3-4, Mashl 1-4, M. Miller 1-1, Cerrato 1-5, L. Miller 0-1, Rabas 0-3). Rebounds: 27 (Kuehn 10). Record: 4-1.