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MARSHFIELD – Ema Fehrenbach, McKayla Scheuer and Maddie Nikolai combined to scored 63 of Marshfield’s 79 points in a 79-58 rout of Wausau West in the Wisconsin Valley Conference girls basketball opener on Friday night at Marshfield High School.
Fehrenbach was 9-for-12 from the field and scored a team-high 23 points for the Tigers. She also added nine rebounds. Scheuer chipped in 21 points and eight steals, and Nikolai finished with 19 points and four assists for Marshfield.
Hannah Meverden had nine points and a game-high 13 rebounds for the Tigers (4-0).
Marshfield pulled away over the second 10 points of the first half and led 41-27 at halftime as the Warriors never threatened after that.
Freshman Maddie Schires led West (1-2) with 27 points.
Marshfield’s next game is Tuesday at Mosinee.
Tigers 79, Warriors 58
Wausau West 27 31 – 58
Marshfield 41 38 – 79
WAUSAU WEST (58): Alexa Sheehan 0-2 0-0 0, Kadie Deaton 1-2 1-1 3, Caitlin Deaton 6-21 8-11 20, Lauren Conley 1-4 0-0 2, Karissa Murphy 0-2 0-0 0, Ashley Bender 0-1 0-0 0, Shelby Samz 1-5 0-0 2, Maddie Schires 8-17 7-8 27 Tess Hauer 0-3 0-0 0, Sarah Snoeyenbos 2-5 0-0 4. FG: 19-62. FT: 16-20. 3-pointers: 4-19 (Schires 4-8, Sheehan 0-1, K. Deaton 0-1, Conley 0-1, Murphy 0-2, Samz 0-3, C. Deaton 0-3). Rebounds: 24 (Schires 6). Turnovers: 20. Record: 1-2, 0-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
MARSHFIELD (79): McKayla Scheuer 7-14 2-4 21, Dani Bender 2-2 1-1 5, Jenny Scheppler 0-0 0-0 0, Ana Jensen 0-0 0-0 0, Sara Dasler 0-1 0-0 0, Meg Bryan 1-10 0-0 2, Maddie Nikolai 6-15 7-7 19, Ema Fehrenbach 9-12 5-6 23, Hannah Meverden 3-8 3-8 9. FG: 28-62. FT: 21-29. 3-pointers: 2-12 (Scheuer 2-4, Nikolai 0-1, Bryan 0-7). Rebounds: 32 (Meverden 13). Turnovers: 15. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-0, 1-0 Wisconsin Valley Conference.