By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD – The University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County women’s basketball team will move on to the Wisconsin Collegiate Conference State Tournament after blasting UW-Fond du Lac 81-57 on Saturday in a WCC playoff game at the Marauder Gym.

The Marauders (13-7) won their fifth game in a row overall and won the fourth time this season against Fond du Lac. UW-M/WC will play UW-Rock County in a state semifinal at the Just-A-Game Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells on Feb. 21. The state championship game is Feb. 22.

Marshfield led 38-24 at halftime and continued to pour it on, leading at one by 77-50 late in the second half.

Allie Paitel had 15 points and eight rebounds, Carrie Stroetz came off the bench to score 14 points and grab eight reboudns, DeNecia Turner added 12 points, and Katie Meacham and Taylor Lynn each had 11 for the Marauders.

Marshfield held Fond du Lac to 25 percent shooting from the field (18-for-71) and held a whopping 75-38 rebounding advantage. Five players for the Marauders had at least six rebounds.

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

Marauders 81, Falcons 57
UW-Fond du Lac 24 33 – 57
UW-Marshfield/Wood County 38 43 – 81
UW-FOND DU LAC (57): Jaeger 0-0 0-0 0, B. Retzleff 5-23 3-4 14, Garriety 2-10 3-4 8, A. Retzleff 7-17 2-4 19, Flood 1-11 0-0 3, Wagner 3-10 7-10 13. FG: 18-71. FT: 15-22. 3-pointers: 6-16 (A. Retzleff 3-4, Flood 1-2, Garriety 1-3, B. Retzleff 1-7). Rebounds: 38 (Wagner 8). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: A. Retzleff.
UW-MARSHFIELD/WOOD COUNTY (81): Katie Meacham 4-10 2-7 11, Mikayla Jankowski 4-11 1-2 9, Paige Newman 1-11 1-1 3, Taylor Lynn 5-15 1-2 11, DeNecia Turner 5-9 2-2 12, Becca Austin 1-4 2-2 4, Allie Paitel 6-11 3-3 15, Carrie Stroetz 5-10 4-6 14. FG: 32-81. FT: 16-25. 3-pointers: 1-10 (Meacham 1-3, Newman 0-1, Lynn 0-1, Austin 0-2, Jankowski 0-3). Rebounds: 75 (Paitel 8, Stroetz 8). Fouls: 18. Fouled out: none.