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MARSHFIELD – The University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County men’s basketball team dropped its home opener Saturday at UW-Washington County 73-66.
The Marauders fall to 1-2 on the season.
Jake Scheppler and Trevor Gorman each had 13 points and Cullen Haldeman added 10 in the loss for the Marauders.
UW-Marshfield is off this week and returns to action Monday, Nov. 22 with a home game against UW-Richland at 7 p.m.
Josh DeSmidr led Washington County with 23 points and Elias Hovorka had 18 points and seven rebounds.
Wildcats 73, Marauders 66
UW-Washington Co. 38 35 – 73
UW-Marshfield 34 32 – 66
WASHINGTON CO. (73): Daniel McCulloch 3-6 4-4 10, Chris Fitzgerald 2-4 2-2 8, Jacob Cull 8-14 5-6 23, Mike Backhaus 3-6 0-2 6, Matt Christian 0-2 0-0 0, Peter Nennig 3-5 0-0 6, Elias Hovorka 8-13 2-2 18, Matt McCann 1-4 0-0 2. FG: 28-54. FT: 13-16. 3-pointers: 4-7 (Fitzgerald 2-3, Cull 2-2, Backhaus 0-1, Hovorka 0-1). Rebounds: 31 (Hovorka 7). Assists: 11 (Fitzgerald 2, Christian 2, Nennig 2). Total fouls: 14. Fouled out: none.
MARSHFIELD (66): Cole Cloutier 0-0 0-0 0, Trevor Gorman 3-14 7-8 13, Isaac Dahlke 0-2 1-2 1, Dodge Langreck 4-8 0-0 9, Cullen Haldeman 4-7 0-0 10, Brandon DeSmet 3-5 0-0 8, Jake Scheppler 6-11 1-3 13, Ben Bonitz 2-2 0-0 4, Matt Klieforth 3-4 2-3. FG: 25-53. FT: 11-16. 3-pointers: 5-13 (DeSmet 2-4, Haldeman 2-3, Langreck 1-2, Gorman 0-4). Rebounds: 24 (Gorman 5, Scheppler 5). Assists: 13 (DeSmet 8). Total fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-2.