Johnson hits four 3-pointers, scores 14 for Tigers

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

SCHOFIELD — The Marshfield girls basketball team pulled ahead early in the second half and held off a late run by D.C. Everest to beat the Evergreens 52-49 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference game Friday night at D.C. Everest High School.

The Tigers snap a three-game losing streak and improve to 3-6 overall and 2-1 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference. Everest is now 6-5 and 1-2 in the WVC.

Marshfield led 20-17 at halftime. Everest tied it at 26-26 before the Tigers pulled ahead for good, leading by as many as eight late in the game.

Marshfield held Everest to 38 percent shooting (20 of 52) and was helped by the Evergreens’ poor free throw shooting as they made just 6 of 22 at the line.

Corianne Johnson led the Tigers with 14 points, and Ema Fehrenbach scored 13 points in the win.

Marshfield was able to overcome 17 turnovers by shooting 46 percent from the field, going 18 of 39 overall and 7 of 11 from 3-point range. Johnson was 4-for-6, and Meg Bryan made 3 of 5 from distance for the Tigers.

Marshfield plays at Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday as part of a girls-boys doubleheader. The girls game starts at 6:45 p.m., and the boys will follow at approximately 8:15 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.)

Tigers 52, Evergreens 49

Marshfield 20 32 – 52

D.C. Everest 17 32 – 49

MARSHFIELD (52): Meg Bryan 4-7 3-4 14, Jenna Jakobi 1-7 1-1 3, Corianne Johnson 5-8 0-0 14, Maddie Nikolai 2-5 0-2 4, Ema Fehrenbach 4-8 5-5 13, Hannah Meverden 0-2 0-2 0, Katie Osinski 2-2 0-0 4. FG: 18-39. FT: 9-14. 3-pointers: 7-11 (Johnson 4-6, Bryan 3-5). Rebounds: 20 (Fehrenbach 6). Turnovers: 17. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: Bryan. Record: 3-6, 2-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.

D.C. EVEREST (49): Stolze 0-1 0-0 0, Schmoll 1-4 0-1 2, Lehrke 2-5 0-4 4, Rohr 2-5 1-1 7, Mohring 4-8 0-1 8, Petit 5-18 0-3 11, Hodell 2-4 1-2 5, Higgins 4-7 4-10 12. FG: 20-52. FT: 6-22. 3-pointers: 3-16 (Rohr 2-5, Petit 1-7, Mohring 0-1, Schmoll 0-3). Rebounds: 30 (Higgins 8, Lehrke 8). Turnovers: 13. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-5, 1-2 Wisconsin Valley Conference.