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WESTFIELD – The Marshfield girls basketball team had its seven-game winning streak snapped with a 59-50 nonconference loss to Westfield on Friday night at Westfield Pioneer High School.
The Tigers (11-9) trailed by one point at halftime before Westfield, the No. 8-ranked team in this week’s Wissports.net Division 4 state coaches poll, pulled away with a 31-23 advantage over the final 18 minutes.
Zaida Kolbeck finished with 23 points to lead Marshfield before fouling out late.
Haddie Showen poured in a game-high 33 points, making all four of her 3-point attempts, to top Westfield (17-3).
Marshfield will play at Stevens Point on Tuesday with first place in the Wisconsin Valley Conference on the line. Stevens Point (9-0) leads the Tigers (7-1) by 1½ games in the conference standings.
Pioneers 59, Tigers 50
Marshfield 27 23 – 50
Westfield 28 31 – 59
MARSHFIELD (50): McKenzie Holm 2-10 0-1 6, Gracie Ridgway 0-0 0-0 0, Zaida Kolbeck 7-18 6-8 23, Natalie DeLany 0-1 0-0 0, Devyn LeMoine 1-3 2-2 4, Hailey Klumb 1-6 1-4 3, Lauryn Katzenberger 3-4 2-3 8, Emma Ridgway 2-4 1-2 5, not reported 1-1 0-0 2. FG: 17-47. FG: 12-20. 3-pointers: 4-16 (Holm 2-7, Kolbeck 2-8, Klumb 0-1). Rebounds: 16 (E. Ridgway 6). Fouls: 20. Fouled out: Kolbeck. Record: 11-9.
WESTFIELD (59): Haddie Showen 10-15 9-12 33, Lacy Halvorsen 0-0 0-0 0, Holly Goodwin 4-8 3-4 11, Halle Drew 3-9 1-2 8, Libbie Showen 0-2 0-0 0, Kaden Hockerman 3-8 1-4 7, Natalie Grant 0-3 0-0 0, Madson Bitsky 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 20-46. FT: 14-22. 3-pointers: 5-9 (H. Showen 4-4, Drew 1-4, Goodwin 0-1). Rebounds: 18 (Drew 5). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 17-3.