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MARSHFIELD – Elizabeth Manlick made 11 of 13 shots from the free-throw line and finished with 21 points, five steals and five rebounds to lead the Marshfield Columbus Catholic girls basketball team to a 41-32 win over Chippewa Falls McDonell in the sixth-place game of the Cloverbelt Conference Crossovers on Thursday night at Columbus High School.
Abby Gotz added eight points on 4 of 6 shooting, helping the Dons to their second win in a row. Columbus finishes its regular season with a 7-13 record. McDonell finishes 10-11.
Columbus held McDonell to one field goal in the first quarter and pulled out to a 10-3 lead, one they never relinquished.
The Dons finished 16 of 22 from the free-throw line, including 11 of 14 in the fourth quarter.
Columbus opens its postseason Tuesday in a WIAA Division 5 regional quarterfinal at Loyal.
Dons 41, Macks 32
McDonell 3 6 13 10 – 32
Columbus 10 9 9 13 – 41
McDONELL (32): Jalen Knowlton 2 0-4 4, Jade Sharpe 2 0-0 5, Ari Gardow 1 0-0 2, Lexi Raihle 3 0-0 6, Tracey Bates 0 0-0 0, Cassie Ortmann 1 0-0 2, Sarah Schoch 4 1-2 11, Ellen McIlquham 0 0-0 0, Gabby Geissler 1 0-0 2. FG: 14. FT: 1-6. 3-pointers: 3 (Schoch 2, Sharpe 1). Total fouls: 21. Fouled out: Gardow, Raihle, Schoch. Record: 10-11.
COLUMBUS (41): Deanna Kaiser 1-6 4-6 7, Elizabeth Manlick 5-14 11-13 21, Taylor Weister 0-4 1-2 1, Lindsay Brandt 0-0 0-0 0, Kayla Selz 0-0 0-0 0, Mariah Heiman 0-1 0-0 0, Angie Seubert 2-4 0-0 4, Abby Gotz 4-6 0-1 8, Kristina Allman Drinka 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 12-35. FT: 16-22. 3-pointers: 1-3 (Kaiser 1-1, Gotz 0-2). Rebounds: 15 (Manlick 5). Total fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-13.