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MENOMONIE – The Marshfield boys basketball team had a season-high in points and defeated Hudson 68-60 in a Big Rivers-Wisconsin Valley Conference Challenge contest Friday afternoon at Menomonie High School.
The Tigers improve to 6-3 on the season after winning their third-straight game. Hudson drops to 4-4.
Luke Zuiker and Alex Strege each scored 21 points for Marshfield.
The Tigers shot 56 percent from the field (23 of 41) and were 6 of 13 from 3-point range in the win.
Zuiker was 6 of 9 from the field and 9 of 10 at the free-throw line, while Strege made 4 of 8 3-point shots. Zuiker also had a team-high eight rebounds.
Marshfield will play Menomonie at 7:30 p.m. Saturday as the second day of the tournament continues. The game will be broadcast on WDLB-AM 1450 and online at wdlbwosq.com.
Tigers 68, Raiders 60
Marshfield 18 18 11 21 – 68
Hudson 11 17 15 17 – 60
MARSHFIELD (68): Jeff Allison 4-8 0-0 10, Luke Zuiker 6-9 9-10 21, Matt Oestreich 3-6 5-6 11, Will Spinderl 2-2 0-0 4, Caleb Alexander 0-0 0-0 0, Kegan Fassler 0-2 1-2 1, Alex Strege 8-14 1-1 21. FG: 23-41. FT: 16-19. 3-pointers: 6-13 (Strege 4-8, Allison 2-3, Zuiker 0-1, Oestreich 0-1). Rebounds: 29 (Zuiker 8). Assists: 18 (Zuiker 5). Turnovers: 17. Record: 6-3.
HUDSON (60): No statistics reported. Record: 4-4.