Tigers wrap up regular season Thursday at Wausau West

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD — The Marshfield girls basketball team ran out to a big lead by halftime and held on from there, knocking off Rhinelander 70-48 in a nonconference game Tuesday night at Marshfield High School.

Marshfield (13-8) will finish its regular-season schedule Thursday at Wausau West. With a victory, the Tigers would clinch at least a share of the Wisconsin Valley Conference title.

Marshfield led 40-22 at halftime to take control early. The Tigers shot 64 percent (27 of 42) from the field.

Ema Fehrenbach was 8 of 10 from the field and 8 of 9 at the free throw line to pile up 24 points for the Tigers. She also had a team-high eight rebounds.

Maddie Nikolai added 17 points, six steals and four assists, and Jenna Jakobi was a perfect 5-for-5 shooting and scored 10 points for Marshfield.

Marshfield will play at Chippewa Falls in its WIAA playoff opener, a regional semifinal, Feb. 24.

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

Tigers 70, Hodags 48

Rhinelander 22 26 – 48

Marshfield 40 30 – 70

RHINELANDER (48): Kennedy Van Zile 0-2 0-0 0, Ally Seefeldt 2-6 2-4 6, Alayna Franson 0-2 0-0 0, Payton Van Zile 0-0 0-0 0, Brooke Mork 2-4 0-0 4, Kaly Kostrova 8-22 3-5 22, Molly Wagler 0-2 0-0 0, Maddie Meyer 1-1 0-0 2, Ali Schickert 4-7 5-6 13, No. 51 (no name provided) 0-0 2-2 2. FG: 17-46. FT: 12-17. 3-pointers: 2-10 (Kostrova 2-8, Seefeldt 0-1, Mork 0-1). Rebounds: 15 (Schickert 6). Turnovers: 20. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 8-13.

MARSHFIELD (70): Shantel Nienast 0-0 0-0 0, Meg Bryan 2-7 0-0 6, Kaydee Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Jenna Jakobi 5-5 0-0 10, Corianne Johnson 1-3 2-2 5, Desirae Weisenberger 0-0 0-0 0, Maddie Nikolai 8-12 1-2 17, Megan Vandehey 0-0 0-0 0, Ema Fehrenbach 8-10 8-9 24, Hannah Meverden 1-2 2-2 4, Katie Osinski 2-2 0-0 4, Sophie Koehn 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 27-42. FT: 13-15. 3-pointers: 3-7 (Bryan 2-5, C. Johnson 1-2). Rebounds: 27 (Fehrenbach 8). Assists: 17 (Jakobi 4, Nikolai 4). Turnovers: 22. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 13-8.