By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

SUAMICO — Ellie Kummer scored a career-high 28 points, making five 3-pointers and 9 of 10 free throws, to lead the Marshfield girls basketball team to a 59-49 victory over Bay Port in a nonconference game Tuesday night at Bay Port High School.

Kummer made 7 of 11 shots overall from the field for the Tigers, who improve to 7-1.

Caitlin Michaelis added 13 points, five rebounds, and four assists, and Makayla Scheuer had 10 points and five rebounds for Marshfield. Kummer, Michaelis, and Scheuer combined for 51 of the team’s 59 points. Hannah Meverden had a team-high seven rebounds.

The Tigers were 24 of 29 (82 percent) from the free throw line.

Marshfield will host its annual Tiger Invitational on Jan. 2-3. The Tigers open the tournament against Hudson on Friday, Jan. 2, at 7:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on WDLB-AM 1450 and wdlbwosq.com. Auburndale and Wausau Newman Catholic play in the other semifinal at 5:45 p.m.

The third-place game is Jan. 3 at 2:45 p.m. The championship game follows at 4:30 p.m.

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

Tigers 59, Pirates 49

Marshfield 9 15 20 15 – 59

Bay Port 6 11 17 15 – 49

MARSHFIELD (59): Makayla Scheuer 1-6 8-9 10, Meg Bryan 0-1 0-0 0, Caitlin Michaelis 4-11 5-6 13, Maddie Nikolai 0-0 0-0 0, Martha Kupfer 0-0 0-0 0, Ellie Kummer 7-11 9-10 28, Ema Fehrenbach 2-4 2-4 6, Hannah Meverden 1-1 0-0 2. FG: 15-34. FT: 24-29. 3-pointers: 5-10 (Kummer 5-7, Michaelis 0-1, Scheuer 0-2). Rebounds: 22 (Meverden 7). Assists: 6 (Michaelis 4). Record: 7-1.

BAY PORT (49): Mackenzie Jerks 2-9 0-0 6, Elisabeth Knutson 0-1 0-0 0, Alexa Leiterman 3-9 3-4 9, Brooke Harris 3-6 2-2 8, Taylor McIntyre 2-5 0-0 4, Meg Knutson 2-7 2-3 8, Jamie Hebel 4-9 2-2 11, Maddie Re 1-6 1-2 3, Carley Mueller 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 17-52. FT: 10-13. 3-pointers: 5-16 (Jerks 2-6, M. Knutson 2-4, Hebel 1-3, E. Knutson 0-1, Leiterman 0-1, McIntyre 0-1). Rebounds: 22 (Leitherman 6). Record: 5-2.