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WAUNAKEE – The Marshfield girls basketball team suffered its second straight nonconference loss, falling at Waunakee 51-45 on Saturday.
Marshfield (4-6) led 11-6 after the first quarter, but Waunakee responded with a 19-4 second quarter to take a 25-15 lead at halftime.
Marshfield came back to cut the lead in half, 35-30, after the third quarter but couldn’t make up the difference.
McKayla Scheuer had 14 points and Ellie Fehrenbach added 10 for the Tigers.
Maddie Shaw topped Waunakee (6-5) with 17 points.
The Tigers return to action Tuesday with another nonconference game at Rhinelander. Marshfield hosts Wisconsin Rapids as part of a girls-boys doubleheader on Friday. The girls game starts at 6 p.m., with the boys to follow at 7:45 p.m. The Marshfield girls game on Tuesday and both games on Friday will be broadcast on WDLB-AM 1450 and wdlbwosq.com.
Warriors 49, Tigers 45
Marshfield 11 4 20 10 – 45
Waunakee 6 19 15 11 – 51
MARSHFIELD (45): Emma Fehrenbach 2, McKayla Scheuer 14, Caitlin Michaelis 5, Natalie Zuelke 6, Ellie Kummer 8, Ellie Fehrenbach 10. Record: 4-6.
WAUNAKEE (51): Bryanna Buchman 2, Caitlin O’Connell 3, Katie Kennan 4, Maddie Shaw 17, Macie Maulbetsch 2, Lexi DesRochers 10, Jada Dayne 11. Record: 6-5.