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MARSHFIELD – The University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County women’s basketball team took first-place UW-Marinette to the wire, but a layup at the buzzer lifted the Lady Bucs to a 56-54 victory over the Marauders on Thursday night at the Marauder Gym.
The Marauders are now 8-7 overall and 7-4 in the Wisconsin Collegiate Conference.
The Marauders led 31-30 at halftime and the game was tight throughout before the buzzer-beater sent them to their third-straight loss.
Taylor Lynn had 20 points and seven rebounds, Paige Newman added nine points and eight rebounds, and Katie Meacham had nine points for UW-Marshfield.
The Marauders shot just 26.5 percent (18 of 68) from the field in the loss.
UW-Marshfield also struggled shooting on Wednesday. The Marauders were just 27 percent from the floor (17 of 63) in a 52-41 loss at UW-Fox Valley in Menasha.
The Cyclones held a 54-39 rebounding advantage in the victory.
Meacham and Mikayla Jankowski each had 11 points to lead the Marauders.
Thursday’s game
Lady Bucs 56, Marauders 54
UW-Marinette 30 26 – 56
UW-Marshfield/Wood County 31 23 – 54
UW-MARINETTE (56): Ganter 4-10 0-0 9, Bushmaker 3-11 0-0 6, Dietrich 5-14 0-2 12, Lesandrini 1-7 1-2 4, Anderla 2-8 0-0 4, Dauphinais 5-8 2-4 13, Emmes 1-6 0-0 2, Schultz 3-10 0-0 6. FG: 24-74. FT: 3-8. 3-pointers: 5-16 (Dietrich 2-4, Lesandrini 1-4, Dauphinais 1-2, Ganter 1-3, Bushmaker 0-1, Anderla 0-1, Schultz 0-1). Rebounds: 31 (Emmes 5, Schultz 5, Ganter 5). Assists: 15 (Lesandrini 5). Fouls: 18. Fouled out: Ganter, Dauphinais.
UW-MARSHFIELD/WOOD COUNTY (54): Katie Meacham 3-15 0-1 9, Mikayla Jankowski 3-10 0-0 6, Paige Newman 4-12 1-2 9, Taylor Lynn 5-17 10-14 20, DeNecia Turner 1-5 0-0 2, Becca Austin 0-3 0-0 0, Allie Paitel 2-6 4-6 8, Carrie Stroetz 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 18-68. FT: 15-23. 3-pointers: 3-11 (Meacham 3-8, Lynn 0-1, Newman 0-2). Rebounds: 51 (Newman 8). Assists: 13 (Lynn 4). Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none.
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Wednesday’s Game
Cyclones 52, Marauders 41
UW-MARSHFIELD/WOOD COUNTY (41): Katie Meacham 4-13 0-0 11, Mikayla Jankowski 4-12 1-2 11, Paige Newman 2-6 0-0 4, Taylor Lynn 4-17 0-0 8, DeNecia Turner 2-6 1-2 5, Becca Austin 0-1 0-0 0, Allie Paitel 1-8 0-0 2. FG: 17-63. FT: 2-4. 3-pointers: 5-21 (Meacham 3-9, Jankowski 2-6, Newman 0-1, Turner 0-2, Lynn 0-3). Rebounds: 39 (Meacham 8). Assists: 6 (Newman 3). Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none.
UW-FOX VALLEY (52): Neva Steingraber 4-11 1-2 9, Jess Runge 5-11 1-2 13, Allie Olson 0-0 0-0 0, Ariel Oviedo 1-4 0-0 2, K. VanCamp 1-9 2-2 4, Miranda Bangart 2-8 0-0 5, Brittney Braem 2-6 0-0 4, Caroline Birnhak 3-11 0-0 6, Chloe Dougherty 3-7 3-4 9. FG: 21-67. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 3-21 (Runge 2-5, Bangart 1-5, Birnhak 0-1, Oviedo 0-1, VanCamp 0-1, Braem 0-3, Steingraber 0-5). Rebounds: 54 (Steingraber 8). Assists: 14 (Runge 4). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none.