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MARSHFIELD – The Marshfield girls basketball team clamped down defensively in the second half, holding St. Croix Central to just 15 points, and pulled away for a 61-41 victory in nonconference action Saturday afternoon at Marshfield High School.
The Tigers led 29-26 at halftime before outscoring St. Croix Central by 17 in the second half to earn the victory and keep their undefeated season intact as they improve to 8-0.
Dani Minsaas was 12 of 18 from the field and scored a game-high 26 points to lead the way for Marshfield. Ayana Bousum added 16 on the strength of three 3-pointers.
Eisah Rubis led St. Croix Central (4-3) with 12 points.
Marshfield hosts Wausau East in a Wisconsin Valley Conference game on Tuesday at 7:15 p.m.
Tigers 61, Panthers 41
St. Croix Central 26 15 – 41
Marshfield 29 32 – 61
ST. CROIX CENTRAL (41): Maddy Dull 0-0 0-0 0, Delaney Lloyd 0-1 0-0 0, Chloe Peterson 2-3 0-0 4, Alaina Quarne 0-1 0-0 0, Sophie Hook 2-6 4-4 8, Morgan Barker 2-3 3-7 7, Eisah Rubis 6-9 0-0 12, Alayna Hackbarth 0-2 0-1 0, Addison Kofal 2-3 0-0 5, Lucy Mansell 2-7 0-0 5. FG: 16-35. FT: 7-12. 3-pointers: 2-10 (Kofal 1-2, Mansell 1-4, Hackbarth 0-1, Lloyd 0-1, Quarne 0-1, Hook 0-1). Rebounds: 22 (Rubis 10). Turnovers: 17. Fouls: 7. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-3.
MARSHFIELD (61): Lauryn Katzenberger 0-1 0-0 0, Alyssa Foemmel 0-1 2-2 2, Sam Kilty 0-3 0-0 0, Zaida Kolbeck 4-9 0-0 8, Kylie Charron 0-2 0-0 0, Dani Minsaas 12-18 0-0 26, Kaci Abney 0-1 0-0 0, McKenzie Holm 0-0 0-0 0, Ashley Grancorvitz 3-12 0-2 7, Ayana Bousum 6-12 1-1 16, Cami Wucherpfennig 1-1 0-0 2. FG: 26-60. FT: 3-5. 3-pointers: 6-20 (Bousum 3-5, Minsaas 2-6, Grancorvitz 1-6, Abney 0-1, Kolbeck 0-2). Rebounds: 25 (Grancorvitz 6). Turnovers: 10. Fouls: 9. Fouled out: none. Record: 8-0.