Tigers remain tied for first in WVC

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

WAUSAU — Eight different Marshfield players hit the scoring column as the Tigers routed Wausau East 67-32 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference girls basketball game Friday night at East High School.

The Tigers (11-8 overall) remain in a tie for first place in the Valley, improving to 8-2. D.C. Everest is also 8-2 after beating Stevens Point on Friday. East falls to 1-18 and 0-10 in the conference.

Meg Bryan made three 3-pointers and scored 12 points to lead the Tigers. Ema Fehrenbach and Katie Osinski each added 11 points, and Corianne Johnson chipped in with nine for Marshfield.

Fehrenbach added 10 rebounds and five assists, and Bryan also have five assists in the win.

Marshfield will host East on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. The game is a make-up from a contest postponed on Jan. 10.

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

Tigers 67, Lumberjacks 32

Marshfield 35 32 – 67

Wausau East 13 19 – 32

MARSHFIELD (67): Shantel Nienast 0-2 0-0 0, Meg Bryan 4-11 1-3 12, Kaydee Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Jenna Jakobi 3-5 1-5 7, Corianne Johnson 4-6 0-0 9, Desirae Weisenberger 1-3 0-0 3, Maddie Nikolai 2-6 2-2 6, Megan Vandehey 0-0 0-0 0, Ema Fehrenbach 4-12 3-6 11, Hannah Meverden 3-7 2-2 8, Katie Osinski 4-9 3-4 11, Sophie Koehn 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 25-63. FT: 12-22. 3-pointers: 5-12 (Bryan 3-9, C. Johnson 1-1, Weisenberger 1-1, Nienast 0-1). Rebounds: 42 (Fehrenbach 10, Koehn 8). Assists: 23 (Fehrenbach 5, Bryan 5). Turnovers: 15. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 11-8, 8-2 Wisconsin Valley Conference.

WAUSAU EAST (32): Alex McDonald 0-2 0-0 0, Brenna Urmanski 0-4 1-3 1, Jordan Murphy 5-17 2-3 13, Lauren Watters 3-14 2-2 9, Naomi Murphy 1-3 0-0 2, Tiffani Schwede 0-1 0-0 0, Gracie Reineking 3-11 1-2 7. FG: 12-52. FT: 6-10. 3-pointers: 2-10 (J. Murphy 1-3, Watters 1-4, Reineking 0-1, Urmanski 0-2). Rebounds: 22 (Watters 6, N. Murphy 6). Turnovers: 19. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: N. Murphy. Record: 1-18, 0-10 Wisconsin Valley Conference.