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MERRILL – The Marshfield girls basketball team ended its regular season schedule with its fifth-straight win, a 45-26 victory over Merrill on Thursday night at Merrill High School.
Junior Darian Molter poured in 20 points to lead the Tigers, who wrap up their regular-season schedule with a 14-8 record and a 6-6 mark and a fourth-place finish in the Wisconsin Valley Conference.
Merrill drops to 10-11 and 5-7 in the WVC.
Ellie Fehrenbach added 10 points and seven rebounds for Marshfield.
Marshfield opens the WIAA postseason next Friday, March 1, with a Division 1 regional semifinal at D.C. Everest. Everest defeated the Tigers twice during the Wisconsin Valley season.
Merrill plays at Division 2 regional semifinal at home against Mosinee on March 1.
Tigers 45, Bluejays 26
Marshfield 12 17 9 7 – 45
Merrill 9 6 4 7 – 26
MARSHFIELD (45): Darian Molter 8-14 1-2 20, Ellie Fehrenbach 4-10 2-2 10, Natalie Zuelke 2-6 1-2 5, Caitlin Michaelis 2-5 0-0 5, Ellie Kummer 1-5 0-0 3, Kailey Hubler 1-5 0-0 2, Makayla Zimmermann 0-3 0-0 0, Lauren Gilbertson 0-0 0-0 0, Emily Goeppinger 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 18. FT: 4-6. 3-pointers: 5 (Molter 3-4, Michaelis 1-3, Kummer 1-3). Record: 14-8, 6-6 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
MERRILL (26): Anna Finnell 5-10 1-2 11, Dawn Leland 1-7 1-2 4, Brianna LaMonica 1-3 0-0 2, Morgan Wilde 1-2 0-0 2, Lindsay Kruger 1-4 0-0 2, Mariah Turenne 0-6 2-2 2, Reegan Byer 0-4 2-2 2, Kendra Andreska 0-0 1-2 1, Lauren Hojan 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 9-36. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 1-11 (Leland 1-6, Finnell 0-1, Wilde 0-1, Krueger 0-1, Turenne 0-2). Rebounds: 19 (Hojan 4, Leland 4). Turnovers: 16. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none. Record: 10-11, 5-7 Wisconsin Valley Conference.