By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD — The University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County women’s basketball team took first-place UW-Marinette to the wire, but a layup at the buzzer lifted the Lady Bucs to a 56-54 victory over the Marauders on Thursday night at the Marauder Gym.

The Marauders are now 8-7 overall and 7-4 in the Wisconsin Collegiate Conference.

The Marauders led 31-30 at halftime, and the game was tight throughout before the buzzer-beater sent them to their third-straight loss.

Taylor Lynn had 20 points and seven rebounds, Paige Newman added nine points and eight rebounds, and Katie Meacham had nine points for UW-Marshfield.

The Marauders shot just 26.5 percent (18 of 68) from the field in the loss.

UW-Marshfield also struggled shooting on Wednesday. The Marauders were just 27 percent from the floor (17 of 63) in a 52-41 loss at UW-Fox Valley in Menasha.

The Cyclones held a 54-39 rebounding advantage in the victory.

Meacham and Mikayla Jankowski each had 11 points to lead the Marauders.

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

Thursday’s game

Lady Bucs 56, Marauders 54

UW-Marinette 30 26 – 56

UW-Marshfield/Wood County 31 23 – 54

UW-MARINETTE (56): Ganter 4-10 0-0 9, Bushmaker 3-11 0-0 6, Dietrich 5-14 0-2 12, Lesandrini 1-7 1-2 4, Anderla 2-8 0-0 4, Dauphinais 5-8 2-4 13, Emmes 1-6 0-0 2, Schultz 3-10 0-0 6. FG: 24-74. FT: 3-8. 3-pointers: 5-16 (Dietrich 2-4, Lesandrini 1-4, Dauphinais 1-2, Ganter 1-3, Bushmaker 0-1, Anderla 0-1, Schultz 0-1). Rebounds: 31 (Emmes 5, Schultz 5, Ganter 5). Assists: 15 (Lesandrini 5). Fouls: 18. Fouled out: Ganter, Dauphinais.

UW-MARSHFIELD/WOOD COUNTY (54): Katie Meacham 3-15 0-1 9, Mikayla Jankowski 3-10 0-0 6, Paige Newman 4-12 1-2 9, Taylor Lynn 5-17 10-14 20, DeNecia Turner 1-5 0-0 2, Becca Austin 0-3 0-0 0, Allie Paitel 2-6 4-6 8, Carrie Stroetz 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 18-68. FT: 15-23. 3-pointers: 3-11 (Meacham 3-8, Lynn 0-1, Newman 0-2). Rebounds: 51 (Newman 8). Assists: 13 (Lynn 4). Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none.

Wednesday’s Game

Cyclones 52, Marauders 41

UW-MARSHFIELD/WOOD COUNTY (41): Katie Meacham 4-13 0-0 11, Mikayla Jankowski 4-12 1-2 11, Paige Newman 2-6 0-0 4, Taylor Lynn 4-17 0-0 8, DeNecia Turner 2-6 1-2 5, Becca Austin 0-1 0-0 0, Allie Paitel 1-8 0-0 2. FG: 17-63. FT: 2-4. 3-pointers: 5-21 (Meacham 3-9, Jankowski 2-6, Newman 0-1, Turner 0-2, Lynn 0-3). Rebounds: 39 (Meacham 8). Assists: 6 (Newman 3). Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none.

UW-FOX VALLEY (52): Neva Steingraber 4-11 1-2 9, Jess Runge 5-11 1-2 13, Allie Olson 0-0 0-0 0, Ariel Oviedo 1-4 0-0 2, K. VanCamp 1-9 2-2 4, Miranda Bangart 2-8 0-0 5, Brittney Braem 2-6 0-0 4, Caroline Birnhak 3-11 0-0 6, Chloe Dougherty 3-7 3-4 9. FG: 21-67. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 3-21 (Runge 2-5, Bangart 1-5, Birnhak 0-1, Oviedo 0-1, VanCamp 0-1, Braem 0-3, Steingraber 0-5). Rebounds: 54 (Steingraber 8). Assists: 14 (Runge 4). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none.