Marshfield girls basketball comes back to beat Wisconsin Rapids

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WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Marshfield overcame a halftime deficit to beat Wisconsin Rapids 57-50 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference girls basketball game Saturday night at Lincoln High School.

The win is the second in a row for the Tigers, who are now 4-6 overall and 3-1 in the Valley. Rapids is now 4-6 and 1-3 in the conference.

Marshfield trailed 23-21 at halftime before outscoring Rapids by nine in the second half.

Ema Fehrenbach made 10 of 16 free throws and finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds for Marshfield. Corianne Johnson added 11 points, making three 3-pointers, and Maddie Nikolai added seven rebounds for the Tigers.

Marshfield hosts Wausau East on Tuesday.

Tigers 57, Raiders 50
Marshfield 21 36 – 57
Wisconsin Rapids 23 27 – 50
MARSHFIELD (57):
Meg Bryan 2-8 1-1 7, Jenna Jakobi 3-6 3-6 9, Corianne Johnson 3-9 2-2 11, Maddie Nikolai 1-2 1-2 3, Ema Fehrenbach 4-13 10-16 18, Hannah Meverden 4-8 0-0 8, Katie Osinski 0-1 0-0 0, Sophie Koehn 0-0 1-2 1. FG: 17-47. FT: 18-29. 3-pointers: 5-16 (Johnson 3-8, Bryan 2-8). Rebounds: 34 (Fehrenbach 11). Turnovers: 16. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: Bryan. Record: 4-6, 3-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS (50): Kristin Hansen 1-2 0-0 2, Breally Kautzer 0-2 1-2 1, Maycie Wiernik 6-13 6-6 19, Kaitlyn Hess 4-6 4-5 12, Chani Pulchinski 0-2 5-5 5, Alyssa Huglen 1-6 1-2 3, Kayla Huglen 1-4 0-0 2, Maddie Paitel 2-9 2-4 6. FG: 15-44. FT: 19-24. 3-pointers: 1-6 (Wiernik 1-4, Hess 0-1, Kautzer 0-1). Rebounds: 24 (Paitel 7). Turnovers: 12. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: Alyssa Huglen. Record: 4-6, 1-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference.