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MARSHFIELD – Owen-Withee jumped out to a 25-6 lead in the first quarter and cruised to a 79-33 win over Marshfield Columbus Catholic in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division girls basketball game Tuesday night at Columbus Catholic High School.
Aleyna Goerlitz scored eight of her game-high 24 points in the opening quarter and the Blackhawks hit three 3-pointers in the period to open up a quick double-digit lead.
Owen-Withee (4-1, 3-1 Cloverbelt East) pushed its lead to 42-14 by halftime.
Emily Heggemeier added 16 points – eight in the first quarter – and Stephany Heggemeier had 15 points for the Blackhawks.
Hannah Kruse had eight points and Elizabeth Manlick scored seven for Columbus (4-3, 2-2 Cloverbelt East).
Columbus plays at undefeated Neillsville on Friday.
Blackhawks 79, Dons 33
Owen-Withee 25 17 18 19 – 79
Columbus Catholic 6 8 11 8 – 33
OWEN-WITHEE (79): Jessica Harlebaus 0 1-2 1, Julia Schmelzer 0 0-0 0, Emily Gokey 1 2-2 4, Stephany Heggemeier 7 0-1 15, Bailey Karaba 4 0-0 9, Emily Heggemeier 6 0-0 16, Kenadi Batchelor 1 0-0 2, Kristin Kitlica 0 0-0 0, Alyssa Fritz 1 2-3 4, Aleyna Goerlitz 11 2-2 24, Hayley Burnell 2 0-0 4. FG: 33. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 6 (E. Heggemeier 4, Karaba 1, S. Heggemeier 1). Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-1, 3-1 Cloverbelt East.
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (33): Paige Thornton 1-4 3-4 5, Elizabeth Manlick 3-11 1-2 7, Abby Strobel 0-2 0-0 0, Tara Brock 0-4 0-0 0, Kayla Selz 1-5 0-0 5, Hannah Stratman 2-8 2-5 6, Rebecca Lamermayer 1-4 0-0 2, Hannah Kruse 3-5 2-2 8, Lindsay Hertel 0-1 0-0 0, Abby Baierl 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 11-45. FT: 8-13. 3-pointers: 1-9 (Selz 1-4, Brock 0-1, Strobel 0-1, Manlick 0-1, Thornton 0-2). Rebounds: 21 (Manlick 4). Turnovers: 15. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-3, 2-2 Cloverbelt East.