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MARSHFIELD – The Marshfield girls basketball team could not overcome a slow start and dropped a 53-43 decision to La Crosse Central in a nonconference game Friday night at Marshfield High School.
The Tigers trailed 20-8 at halftime and despite getting their offense going in the second half, could not make up the deficit and suffered their third-straight loss to fall to 4-5 this season.
Marshfield was held to 28 percent shooting (15-for-50) and were just 5-for-25 from 3-point range in the loss.
Zaida Kolbeck scored 20 points and McKenzie Holm added 10 for the Tigers.
Alahnna Simpson finished with 30 points and eight rebounds for La Crosse Central (7-3).
Marshfield will play another nonconference game at Eau Claire Memorial on Tuesday.
RiverHawks 53, Tigers 43
La Crosse Central 20 33 – 53
Marshfield 8 35 – 43
LA CROSSE CENTRAL (53): Alahnna Simpson 11-21 8-11 30, Malayah Simpson 1-4 2-4 5, Ellie Gilitzer 1-4 1-2 3, Katie Biondo 3-7 0-0 6, Chloe Ackerman 0-0 0-1 0, Mae Yang 0-1 1-2 1, Emmerson Keeney 3-6 0-0 6, Zaya Whitaker 1-3 0-0 2. FG: 20-46. FT: 12-20. 3-pointers: 1-8 (M. Simpson 1-2, Gilitzer 0-1, Yang 0-1, Biondo 0-2, A. Simpson 0-2). Rebounds: 32 (A. Simpson 8). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-3.
MARSHFIELD (43): McKenzie Holm 4-8 0-0 10, Gracie Ridgway 0-1 0-0 0, Zaida Kolbeck 7-24 3-4 20, Devyn LeMoine 0-2 0-0 0, Hailey Klumb 1-5 5-6 7, Lauryn Katzenberger 0-1 0-0 0, Ella Allar 0-0 0-0 0, Kylie Laufenberg 2-6 0-0 4, Emma Ridgway 0-3 2-2 2. FG: 14-50. FT: 10-12. 3-pointers: 5-25 (Kolbeck 3-12, Holm 2-6, LeMoine 0-1, E. Ridgway 0-1, Katzenberger 0-1, Laufenberg 0-2, Klumb 0-2). Rebounds: 24 (Kolbeck 5, Klumb 5, Laufenberg 5). Fouls: 20. Fouled out: Holm, Klumb. Record: 4-5.