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MARSHFIELD – The Marshfield girls basketball team dominated from start to finish, putting up 49 points in the first half on its way to a 78-25 whitewashing of Merrill in a Wisconsin Valley Conference girls basketball game Friday night at Marshfield High School.
The Tigers led 49-13 by halftime and cruised to the huge win as they put up a season-high in points and forced 27 turnovers.
Zaida Kolbeck finished with a game-high 19 points, and Kylie Laufenberg had 12 points, and Lauryn Katzenberger had a team-best six rebounds to pace the Tigers, who are now 6-8 overall and 5-1 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference.
Marshfield will host Chippewa Falls for a nonconference game Monday at 7:15 p.m.
Tigers 78, Bluejays 25
Merrill 13 12 – 25
Marshfield 49 29 – 78
MERRILL (25): Grace Reimann 2-8 2-2 8, Madilyn Sell 2-2 0-0 6, MacKenzie Ellenbecker 2-7 0-0 5, Haley Rindt 1-2 0-0 2, Kaela Clerveaux 2-7 0-0 4, Brenna Jirovec 0-3 0-0 0, Miah Graap 0-1 0-0 0, Takiyah Sell 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 9-32. FT: 2-2. 3-pointers: 5-17 (M. Sell 2-2, Reimann 2-8, Ellenbecker 1-4, Jirovec 0-1, T. Sell 0-2). Rebounds: 19 (Clerveaux 6). Fouls: 7. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-9, 1-5 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
MARSHFIELD (78): McKenzie Holm 3-7 0-0 6, Gracie Ridgway 2-5 0-0 5, Zaida Kolbeck 8-13 0-0 19, Devyn LeMoine 3-4 0-0 6, Hailey Klumb 5-11 1-2 11, Lauryn Katzenberger 2-5 0-0 4, Ella Allar 3-5 2-2 8, Kylie Laufenberg 5-7 0-0 12, Emma Ridgway 3-5 1-1 7. FG: 34-62. FT: 4-5. 3-pointers: 6-16 (Kolbeck 3-5, Laufenberg 2-3, G. Ridgway 1-4, Katzenberger 0-1, E. Ridgway 0-1, Holm 0-2). Rebounds: 25 (Katzenberger 6). Fouls: 5. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-8, 5-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.