By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MERRILL — Marshfield used a big third-quarter run to get past Merrill 56-39 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference girls basketball game Friday night at Merrill High School.

The game was tied 25-25 at halftime before Marshfield ripped off an 18-4 run in the third quarter to take control of the game.

McKayla Scheuer and Natalie Zuelke each had 12 points, and Ema Fehrenbach added 11 points and four assists for Marshfield (15-5, 7-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference). Zuelke came off the bench to make 6 of 7 shots from the field and grab a team-high seven rebounds.

The Tigers held Merrill (5-13, 2-8 Wisconsin Valley Conference) to 16 of 44 shooting from the field. Marshfield also was 10 of 15 from the free throw line, while Merrill was just 1 of 6.

Marshfield hosts D.C. Everest next Friday.

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

Tigers 56, Bluejays 39

Marshfield 9 16 18 13 – 56

Merrill 11 14 4 10 – 39

MARSHFIELD (56): McKayla Scheuer 4-7 2-4 12, Meg Bryan 0-0 0-0 0, Caitlin Michaelis 3-12 1-2 8, Ana Jensen 0-0 0-0 0, Natalie Zuelke 6-7 0-0 12, Maddie Nikolai 0-0 0-0 0, Jenny Scheppler 0-0 0-0 0, Martha Kupfer 0-2 2-2 2, Ellie Kummer 3-10 0-0 7, Ema Fehrenbach 3-8 5-6 11, Hannah Meverden 2-2 0-1 4. FG: 21-48. FT: 10-15. 3-pointers: 4-13 (Scheuer 2-3, Kummer 1-4, Michaelis 1-6). Rebounds: 28 (Zuelke 7). Assists: 8 (Fehrenbach 4). Turnovers: 8. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none. Record: 15-5, 7-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference.

MERRILL (39): Maddix Bonnell 3-7 0-0 6, Kennedy Soderberg 0-1 0-0 0, Emily Page 2-9 0-2 4, Morgan Marnholtz 1-9 0-0 3, Hannah Marrier 3-5 0-0 8, Starr Krenzke 0-1 0-0 0, Mariah Turenne 6-8 1-2 16, Morgan Pettit 0-1 0-0 0, Malayna Beyer 1-1 0-0 2, Rylee Folz 0-1 0-0 0, Chelsey LaMonica 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 16-44. FT: 1-6. 3-pointers: 6-16 (Turenne 3-5, Marrier 2-3, Marnholtz 1-2, 4 0-1, Page 0-5). Rebounds: 25 (25 7). Turnovers: 10. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 5-13, 2-8 Wisconsin Valley Conference.