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MARSHFIELD – The Marshfield girls basketball team got back on the winning track with a 51-43 nonconference victory over Eau Claire North on Tuesday night at Marshfield High School.
Three days after the Tigers had a seven-game winning streak snapped at Waunakee on Saturday, Marshfield outscored North by four points in each half to grab the win and improve to 15-2 this season.
McKayla Scheuer had 20 points and six rebounds, and Ema Fehrenbach made 9 of 10 free throws to total 13 points for the Tigers.
Mattea Peplinski had 10 points for Eau Claire North (8-7).
Marshfield hosts Stevens Point on Friday as part of a girls-boys doubleheader. The girls game starts at 6 p.m. with the boys to follow at approximately 7:45 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on WDLB-AM 1450 and wdlbwosq.com.
Tigers 51, Huskies 43
Eau Claire North 20 23 – 43
Marshfield 24 27 – 51
EAU CLAIRE NORTH (43): Brooklynn Becker 0-1 0-2 0, Mattea Peplinski 5-9 0-0 10, Haley DeSouza 4-11 0-0 9, Larkin Hoepner 0-0 0-0 0, Brianna Banks 2-10 2-2 6, Brooke Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, Mariah Kent 0-2 0-0 0, Kate Klauck 2-7 2-3 6, Nikki Kilboten 4-13 0-0 8, Markeysha Hazelton 2-7 0-0 4. FG: 19-61. FT: 4-7. 3-pointers: 1-11 (DeSouza 1-4, Thompson 0-1, Peplinski 0-2, Banks 0-4). Rebounds: 33 (Kilboten 8, Hazelton 8). Turnovers: 12. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 8-7.
MARSHFIELD (51): McKayla Scheuer 7-17 6-8 20, Dani Bender 1-1 0-0 2, Meg Bryan 2-6 0-0 6, Sara Dasler 0-0 0-0 0, Jenna Jakobi 1-4 0-0 2, Maddie Nikolai 1-3 0-0 2, Ema Fehrenbach 2-8 9-10 13, Hannah Meverden 3-8 0-0 6. FG: 17-47. FT: 15-18. 3-pointers: 2-10 (Bryan 2-5, Scheuer 0-5). Rebounds: 21 (Meverden 7). Assists: 9 (Scheuer 3). Turnovers: 13. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none. Record: 15-2.