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STEVENS POINT – Ema Fehrenbach made 12 of 15 free throws and scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Marshfield girls basketball team to a 67-58 victory over Stevens Point in a Wisconsin Valley Conference game Friday night at Stevens Point Area Senior High.
Marshfield made 21 of 26 free throws overall on its way to its sixth-straight win to start the season.
McKayla Scheuer added 16 points and seven rebounds, Maddie Nikolai scored 12 and Meg Bryan had 11 for the Tigers, who are now 2-0 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference.
Maggie Negaard had 20 points for the Panthers (2-6, 1-1 WVC).
Marshfield is off until next Friday when it hosts Wisconsin Rapids as part of a girls-boys doubleheader. The girls game starts at 6 p.m. with the boys game to follow at approximately 7:45 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on WDLB-AM 1450 and wdlbwosq.com.
Tigers 67, Panthers 58
Marshfield 35 32 – 67
Stevens Point 28 30 – 58
MARSHFIELD (67): McKayla Scheuer 4-12 5-6 16, Sara Dasler 0-0 0-0 0, Meg Bryan 4-9 0-0 11, Maddie Nikolai 5-8 2-2 12, Ema Fehrenbach 5-16 12-15 22, Hannah Meverden 2-5 2-3 6. FG: 20-50. FT: 21-26. 3-pointers: 6-13 (Scheuer 3-6, Bryan 3-7). Rebounds: 29 (Meverden 10). Assists: 13 (Fehrenbach 3). Turnovers: 20. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-0, 2-0 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
STEVENS POINT (58): Taylor Beadles 1-8 0-0 3, Brooke Tuszka 2-6 0-0 4, Kaylin Kostuchowski 0-1 0-0 0, Hannah Worzella 2-6 0-0 6, Halle Gregorich 1-3 1-2 3, Rachel Sullivan 0-3 2-3 2, Maggie Negaard 6-22 7-9 20, Lauren Gerads 3-8 4-5 11, Madisyn Rogan 3-9 0-0 9, Tia Moore 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 18-66. FT: 14-19. 3-pointers: 8-23 (Rogan 3-5, Worzella 2-4, Gerads 1-3, 2 1-5, Negaard 1-5, Gregorich 0-1). Rebounds: 22 (Four tied with 4). Turnovers: 9. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: none. Record: 2-6, 1-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.