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MERRILL – The Marshfield boys basketball team ended a mini two-game losing streak with a 77-70 win over Merrill on Tuesday night at Merrill High School.
Senior Seth Anderson scored a career-high 36 points for Marshfield, which pulls into a tie for second place with Merrill at 6-3 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference and improves to 8-8 overall.
Anderson made four 3-pointers and all 10 of his free throw attempts on his way to his 30-point game of the season.
Isaac Meverden added 19 points, going a perfect 7-for-7 on free throws, and Brant Bohman scored 14 points for Marshfield, which raced out to a 46-28 lead by halftime.
The Tigers made nine 3-pointers and were 24 of 28 at the free throw line in the victory.
Marshfield hosts D.C. Everest on Friday.
Tigers 77, Bluejays 70
Marshfield 46 31 – 77
Merrill 28 42 – 70
MARSHFIELD (77): Isaac Meverden 5-9 7-7 19, Brant Bohman 5-12 1-3 14, Tommy Olson 0-2 0-0 0, Seth Anderson 11-20 10-10 36, Preston Wagner 0-1 1-2 1, Anthony Posteluk 0-2 3-4 3, John Reigel 0-1 2-2 2, Grant Urban 1-1 0-0 2. FG: 22-48. FG: 24-28. 3-pointers: 9-24 (Anderson 4-8, Bohman 3-6, Meverden 2-5, Wagner 0-1, Olson 0-2, Posteluk 0-2). Rebounds: 33 (Anderson 8, Meverden 7). Assists: 12 (Anderson 6). Turnovers: 9. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 8-8, 6-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
MERRILL (70): Statistics not provided. Record: 10-6, 6-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference.