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MARSHFIELD – The Marshfield girls basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a solid 58-40 win over Wausau East in a Wisconsin Valley Conference game Friday night at Marshfield High School.
The Tigers ran out to a 10-point lead by halftime and outscored East by eight in the second half to win going away.
Jenna Jakobi was 8-for-11 shooting and scored 19 points to lead the way for Marshfield (4-8, 2-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference). Kaydee Johnson added 13 points and eight rebounds in the victory.
Marshfield held Wausau East (1-12, 0-4 WVC) to just 34 percent shooting (15 of 43).
The Tigers host Wausau West on Tuesday.
Tigers 58, Lumberjacks 40
Wausau East 18 22 – 40
Marshfield 28 30 – 58
WAUSAU EAST (40): Abby Thompson 5-12 0-1 10, Gabby Braatz 2-7 0-0 5, Lily Messman 0-3 3-6 3, Ana Freye 1-4 0-2 3, Alison Gille 0-2 1-2 1, Elizabeth Boulanger 4-7 1-1 10, Elsie Ambord 1-2 2-4 4, kit Kronberger 2-6 0-2 4. FG: 15-43. FT: 7-18. 3-pointers: 3-10 (Freye 1-2, Braatz 1-3, Boulanger 1-3, Messman 0-1, Thompson 0-1). Rebounds: 23 (Gille 6). Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Turnovers: 24. Record: 1-12, 0-4 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
MARSHFIELD (58): Grayce Bryan 0-0 0-0 0, Maddie Michaelis 3-7 0-0 9, Kaydee Johnson 5-6 2-2 13, Hannah Kelnhofer 1-4 0-2 2, Desirae Weisenberger 3-9 5-8 11, Brianna Varsho 0-5 0-0 0, Paige Preston 1-5 0-0 2, Brooklyn Boushack 1-3 0-0 2, Hannah Halle 0-1 0-0 0, Jenna Jakobi 8-11 3-3 19. FG: 22-51. FT: 10-15. 3-pointers: 4-12 (Michaelis 3-5, Johnson 1-2, Kelnhofer 0-1, Varsho 0-4). Rebounds: 30 (Johnson 8). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Turnovers: 17. Record: 4-8, 2-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference.