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MARSHFIELD – The Marshfield girls basketball team rolled past Wausau East for the second time in two days as it won 71-47 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference game Saturday at Marshfield High School.
The Tigers, who won at East 67-32 on Friday night, are now 12-8 overall and 9-2 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference. East drops to 1-19 and 0-11 in the conference.
The game was a makeup from a contest postponed on Jan. 10.
Marshfield hosts Rhinelander on Tuesday in a nonconference game and plays at Wausau West in its WVC finale Thursday. With a win Thursday, the Tigers would clinch at least a tie for the conference championship.
The Tigers hold a one-half game lead over D.C. Everest. Everest plays at Stevens Point on Monday and hosts Wisconsin Rapids on Thursday in its final WVC game.
Ema Fehrenbach had 21 points, Jenna Jakobi added 18 points and nine assists, and Hannah Meverden had a team-high seven rebounds for Marshfield in the victory.
Tigers 71, Lumberjacks 47
Wausau East 22 25 – 47
Marshfield 33 38 – 71
WAUSAU EAST (47): Alex McDonald 1-2 0-0 2, Brenna Urmanski 3-5 0-0 8, Jordan Murphy 3-11 1-2, Lauren Watters 2-4 0-0 5, Naomi Murphy 3-5 6-8 12, Tiffani Schwede 0-1 0-0 0, Gracie Reineking 6-8 0-0 12. FG: 18-36. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 4-9 (Urmanski 2-3, J. Murphy 1-3, Watters 1-3). Rebounds: 28 (N. Murphy 8). Turnovers: 27. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-19, 0-11 WIsconsin Valley Conference.
MARSHFIELD (71): Shantel Nienast 0-1 0-0 0, Meg Bryan 2-6 2-2 7, Jenna Jakobi 6-10 6-8 18, Corianne Johnson 2-4 0-0 6, Desirae Weisenberger 0-3 0-0 0, Maddie Nikolai 4-11 0-1 8, Megan Vandehey 1-1 0-0 2, Ema Fehrenbach 9-14 3-4 21, Hannah Meverden 2-7 0-0 4, Katie Osinski 1-4 1-2 3, Sophie Koehn 1-1 0-0 2. FG: 28-62. FT: 12-17. 3-pointers: 3-9 (Johnson 2-3, Bryan 1-4, Nienast 0-1, Fehrenbach 0-1). Rebounds: 26 (Meverden 7). Assists: 19 (Jakobi 9). Turnovers: 6. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 12-8, 9-2 Wisconsin Valley Conference.