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MARSHFIELD – After two disappointing losses at its own holiday tournament, the Marshfield girls basketball team won its second straight, beating Tomah 80-37 on Tuesday night at Marshfield High School.
Taylor Varsho scored 21 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, dished out five assists and had three steals to lead the Tigers (6-3) in the nonconference matchup.
Marshfield jumped out to a 6-0 lead and never trailed. Varsho and Tiffany Stargardt each scored six points in the opening quarter as the Tigers built a 15-5 lead.
The Tigers exploded for 24 points in the second quarter thanks to guards Ellie Kummer and Leah Ripp. Both hit two 3-pointers and Kummer added another hoop to push the Tigers’ lead to 39-16 at halftime.
Marshfield kept up the pressure, allowing just one basket and eight points in the third quarter. Ripp added five more points in the third and finished with a season-high 13 points.
With the reserves playing much of the fourth quarter, Marshfield continued to dominate.
Kummer assisted Makayla Zimmerman after she curled around a screen set by sophomore Emily Goeppinger and Zimmerman converted on the three-point play.
Caitlin Michaelis hit her third 3-point basket of the game and Kummer converted a 4-point play when she was fouled after making her third 3-pointer. Kummer, a freshman, had a career-high 12 points. Stargardt added 12 points and eight rebounds and Michaelis finished with 11 points for the Tigers.
Marshfield hosts Wausau East on Friday and will have a week off before the “Fill the Fieldhouse Night” at Marshfield against Wisconsin Rapids on Jan. 20. The Tigers girls will take on the Raiders at 6 p.m., followed by the boys matchup with Rapids at 7:45 p.m. The Tigers Hoops Club players will be honored at the event.
–Kevin Kummer contributed to this story.
Tigers 80, Timberwolves 37
Tomah 5 11 8 13 – 37
Marshfield 15 24 18 23 – 80
TOMAH (37): Complete statistics not provided. FG: 11-48. FT: 15-23. 3-pointers: 0-6. Rebounds: 19. Turnovers: 16. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: none. Record: 2-7.
MARSHFIELD (80): Taylor Varsho 6-16 9-11 21, Leah Ripp 4-12 1-2 13, Tiffany Stargardt 4-9 4-4 12, Ellie Kummer 4-8 1-2 12, Caitlin Michaelis 4-10 0-0 11, Ellie Fehrenbach 2-3 0-0 4, Sara Fuller 1-5 2-4 4, Mikayla Zimmerman 1-2 1-1 3, Natalie Zuelke 0-1 0-0 0, Emily Goeppinger 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 26-67. FT: 18-24. 3-pointers: 10-29 (Ripp 4-10, Kummer 3-7, Michaelis 3-6, Varsho 0-5, Fuller 0-1). Rebounds: 32 (Varsho 10, Stargardt 8). Assists: 12 (Varsho 5, Kummer 3). Turnovers: 9. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-3.