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WISCONSIN RAPIDS – The Marshfield girls basketball team improved to 5-2 in its last seven games with a convincing 68-51 win over Wisconsin Rapids in a Wisconsin Valley Conference matchup Tuesday night at Lincoln High School.
The Tigers improve to 7-5 overall and 2-3 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference with the victory. Wisconsin Rapids is now 3-9 and 1-5 in the conference.
Caitlin Michaelis hit three 3-pointers and scored a team-high 19 points for Marshfield. Darian Molter added 12 points and four assists, and Ellie Kummer had 10 points and five rebounds for the Tigers.
Marshfield made 7 of 18 shots from 3-point range, while hold the Raiders to just two 3’s and 20 turnovers. Overall, Marshfield had 23 more shots than Rapids, and made eight more.
Marshfield hosts Merrill on Friday.
Tigers 68, Raiders 51
MARSHFIELD (68): Caitlin Michaelis 6-15 4-4 19, Darian Molter 5-12 0-1 12, Ellie Kummer 5-11 0-0 10, Emily Goeppinger 3-6 0-0 8, Natalie Zuelke 3-5 0-0 6, Ellie Fehrenbach 1-0 3-4 5, Kailey Hubler 2-2 0-0 4, Lauren Gilbertson 1-1 0-0 2, Makayla Zimmermann 1-3 0-0 2. FG: 27-64. FT: 7-9. 3-pointers: 7-18 (Michaelis 3-8, Molter 2-4, Goeppinger 2-2, Kummer 0-4). Rebounds: 30 (Fehrenbach 6). Turnovers: 15. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-5, 2-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS (51): Victoria Hansen 8-11 3-3 19, Maisie Langholff 2-10 5-6 9, Paige Newman 3-6 0-0 8, Willow Eastling 3-8 1-2 7, Allie Paitel 3-5 0-3 6, Kendra Lysne 0-3 2-2 2. FG: 19-43. FT: 11-16. 3-pointers: 2-3 (Newman 2-3). Rebounds: 30 (Hansen 7, Langholff 7). Turnovers: 20. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 3-9, 1-5 WVC.