Fehrenbach scores 18 points, grabs 11 rebounds for Tigers

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

WISCONSIN RAPIDS — Marshfield overcame a halftime deficit to beat Wisconsin Rapids 57-50 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference girls basketball game Saturday night at Lincoln High School.

The win is the second in a row for the Tigers, who are now 4-6 overall and 3-1 in the Valley. Rapids is 4-6 and 1-3 in the conference.

Marshfield trailed 23-21 at halftime before outscoring Rapids by nine in the second half.

Ema Fehrenbach made 10 of 16 free throws and finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds for Marshfield. Corianne Johnson added 11 points, making three 3-pointers, and Maddie Nikolai pulled down seven rebounds for the Tigers.

Marshfield hosts Wausau East on Tuesday.

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

Tigers 57, Raiders 50

Marshfield 21 36 – 57

Wisconsin Rapids 23 27 – 50

MARSHFIELD (57): Meg Bryan 2-8 1-1 7, Jenna Jakobi 3-6 3-6 9, Corianne Johnson 3-9 2-2 11, Maddie Nikolai 1-2 1-2 3, Ema Fehrenbach 4-13 10-16 18, Hannah Meverden 4-8 0-0 8, Katie Osinski 0-1 0-0 0, Sophie Koehn 0-0 1-2 1. FG: 17-47. FT: 18-29. 3-pointers: 5-16 (Johnson 3-8, Bryan 2-8). Rebounds: 34 (Fehrenbach 11). Turnovers: 16. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: Bryan. Record: 4-6, 3-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS (50): Kristin Hansen 1-2 0-0 2, Breally Kautzer 0-2 1-2 1, Maycie Wiernik 6-13 6-6 19, Kaitlyn Hess 4-6 4-5 12, Chani Pulchinski 0-2 5-5 5, Alyssa Huglen 1-6 1-2 3, Kayla Huglen 1-4 0-0 2, Maddie Paitel 2-9 2-4 6. FG: 15-44. FT: 19-24. 3-pointers: 1-6 (Wiernik 1-4, Hess 0-1, Kautzer 0-1). Rebounds: 24 (Paitel 7). Turnovers: 12. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: Alyssa Huglen. Record: 4-6, 1-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference.