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STEVENS POINT – Taylor Smola scored off an offensive rebound with 2 seconds left in overtime to lift the Stevens Point Area Senior High girls basketball to a 37-35 win over Marshfield on Friday night at Marshfield High School.
SPASH improves to 14-1 overall and 7-1 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference, tying Marshfield (11-4, 7-1 WVC) for first place in the conference and ending the Tigers’ 54-game winning streak in the WVC and their 11-game win streak against Stevens Point.
Marshfield trailed 21-16 at halftime before taking a five-point lead late in the fourth quarter. The Panthers rallied to tie the game at 31-31 at the end of regulation.
The Tigers turned the ball over with about 30 seconds to go and forced a jump ball with 8 seconds left, but SPASH held the possession arrow and kept possession. Smola rebounded a miss and scored inside with 2 seconds to go. Marshfield called timeout and Taylor Varsho missed a half-court heave at the buzzer.
Marshfield had a rough game shooting, making just 11 of 43 shots from the field and 3 of 16 shots from 3-point range.
Varsho led the Tigers with 11 point and Caitlin Michaelis added nine.
Marshfield returns home next week for a pair of games – Tuesday against Eau Claire North and Friday against D.C. Everest.
Panthers 37, Tigers 35
MARSHFIELD (35): Taylor Varsho 4-16 2-3 11, Tiffany Stargardt 2-4 3-3 7, Darian Molter 1-6 2-3 4, Caitlin Michaelis 2-9 3-4 9, Leah Ripp 0-2 0-0 0, Courtney Bauer 0-0 0-0 0, Ellie Fehrenbach 2-6 0-0 4. FG: 11-43. FT: 10-13. 3-pointers: 3-16. Rebounds: 17. Record: 11-4, 7-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
STEVENS POINT (37): No statistics provided.