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SCHOFIELD – Seth Anderson scored 26 points and Reed Miller added 23 as the Marshfield boys basketball team ended a mini two-game losing streak with an 82-56 victory over D.C. Everest on Friday night at D.C. Everest High School.
Anderson and Miller combined to make 18 of 27 shots from the field, and Miller drilled 6 of 8 3-point attempts in the victory. Anderson also had nine rebounds and Miller had eight.
Despite 18 turnovers, Marshfield was able to roll to the victory by shooting 65 percent (28 of 43) from the field and 11 of 17 3-pointers.
With the victory, Marshfield pulls into a tie for first place in the conference with Merrill at 3-1. Merrill topped Stevens Point 78-75 on Friday, handing the Panthers their first Wisconsin Valley Conference loss since Marshfield beat them 60-53 on Jan. 29, 2013, ending a streak of 53 straight wins in conference play.
Isaac Meverden added 15 points and four assists, which included three 3-pointers, for the Tigers.
Marshfield hosts Wausau East on Tuesday.
Tigers 82, Evergreens 56
Marshfield 38 44 – 82
D.C. Everest 24 32 – 56
MARSHFILED (82): Isaac Meverden 6-8 0-1 15, Brant Bohman 1-3 4-4 6, Reed Miller 8-11 1-3 23, Seth Anderson 10-16 5-6 26, Preston Wagner 1-1 0-0 3, Anthony Posteluk 2-3 5-7 9, John Reigel 0-1 0-0 0, Grant Urban 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 28-43. FT: 15-21. 3-pointers: 11-17 (Miller 6-8, Meverden 3-4, Anderson 1-1, Wagner 1-1, Posteluk 0-1, Bohman 0-2). Rebounds: 35 (Anderson 9, Miller 8). Assists: 17 (Anderson 5). Turnovers: 18. Fouls: 21. Fouled out: none. Record: 5-6, 3-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
D.C. EVEREST (56): Statistics not reported. Record: 5-4, 2-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.