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By Paul Lecker
MarshfieldAreaSports.com
MARSHFIELD – The Marshfield boys basketball team was roughed up by Neenah last Saturday, suffering its first loss of the season.
Back on the court just three days later, the Tigers responded just fine.
Marshfield never trailed, closed the first half on a 16-3 run, and rolled to a 73-47 win over Wausau East in a Wisconsin Valley Conference game Tuesday night at the Fredrick Construction Fieldhouse at Marshfield High School.
Chris Pohl hit a pair of 3-pointers in the opening 1:17 and the Tigers led the rest of the way, improving to 6-1 overall and 3-0 in the WVC.
“We had a really good practice yesterday (Monday) and a really good film session,” Marshfield coach Chris Fischer said. “We were very honest and open about the individual play and the collective play. The film doesn’t lie. It was not a good day for us on Saturday. We showed them where we need to get better. There’s still some things to clean up, but tonight was a step in the right direction.”
Marshfield pulled out to a 20-10 lead after baskets by Valin Ramberg and Brooks Hinson.
Wausau East closed it to six with a mini 7-3 run that included a 3-pointer from Brady Prihoda, before Marshfield ripped off eight-straight points. Following a 3-pointer by Teddy Schlindwein for East, Marshfield scored the final eight of the half. Brant Freis and Hinson hit 3-pointers as the Tigers took a 39-20 lead into halftime.
The Tigers continued their run, scoring eight of the first 10 points to start the second half, opening up a 26-point lead at 48-22.
Landon Lee scored nine of his 15 points in the final 10 minutes to finish off the victory for the Tigers.
“Right off the bat, Landon and Brooks controlled the tempo the pace of the game on both ends of the floor,” Fischer said. “We did get some good minutes off the bench. Valin Ramberg in the first half, Joey Ketterer played well and knocked down a couple shots for us, and Ethan Knecht really improved his defense on their post in the second half. It was a nice collective win for us.”
Pohl led Marshfield with 20 points and six rebounds, and Hinson added 17 points in the victory as the Tigers shot 63 percent (29-for-46) from the field. Hinson (4-for-4) and Lee (5-for-6) combined to go 9-for-10 from the free throw line as well.
Jesse Napgezek had 11 points, and Prihoda and Charlie Cayley each had 10 points for Wausau East (7-2, 1-2 WVC).
Marshfield is back in action Friday with a nonconference game at Hudson.
Click here to view the Wisconsin Valley Conference boys basketball standings
Tigers 73, Lumberjacks 47
Wausau East 20 27 – 47
Marshfield 39 34 – 73
WAUSAU EAST (47): Caden Werth 1-4 2-2 4, Jaydan Garrett 0-4 0-2 0, Jesse Napgezek 4-13 1-2 11, Isaac Rozwadowski 1-4 0-0 3, Jack Barthels 1-5 0-0 3, Brady Prihoda 4-7 1-1 10, Robbie Angiulli 0-1 0-1 0, Daris Yanez 1-1 0-0 2, Orion Ison 0-0 0-0 0, Davis Winter 0-0 1-2 1, Teddy Schlindwein 1-1 0-0 3, Jed VanderSanden 0-1 0-0 0, Charlie Cayley 5-8 0-2 10. FG: 18-49. FT: 5-12. 3-pointers: 6-21 (Napgezek 2-3, Prihoda 1-1, Schlindwein 1-1, Rozwadowski 1-2, Barthels 1-5, Angiulli 0-1, Werth 0-2, Cayley 0-2, Garrett 0-4). Rebounds; 16 (Napgeazek 3, Yanez 3, Cayley 3). Turnovers: 10. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-2, 1-2 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
MARSHFIELD (73): Chris Pohl 9-12 0-0 20, Joey Ketterer 3-4 0-0 8, Maxx Oertel 0-0 0-0 0, Noah Daniels 0-0 0-0 0, Brooks Hinson 6-10 4-4 17, Brant Freis 2-4 0-0 5, Landon Lee 5-7 5-6 15, Afton Hamill 0-1 0-0 0, J.J. Steinbach 0-0 0-0 0, Jack Sternitzky 0-0 0-0 0, Valin Ramberg 2-6 0-0 4, Ethan Knecht 2-2 0-0 4, Magnus Machtan 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 29-46. FT: 9-10. 3-pointers: 6-15 (Pohl 2-3, Ketterer 2-3, Hinson 1-3, Freis 1-3, Lee 0-1, Ramberg 0-2). Rebounds: 31 (Knecht 6, Pohl 6). Turnovers: 11. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-1, 3-0 Wisconsin Valley Conference.