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EAU CLAIRE – The Marshfield boys basketball team made its second trip this week to Eau Claire, and after suffering a loss at Eau Claire North on Tuesday, the Tigers rebounded with a convincing 62-41 victory over Eau Clarie Memorial in a nonconference matchup on Saturday at Memorial High School.
Valin Ramberg came off the bench and scored a team-high 17 points, Brooks Hinson added 16, and Chris Pohl had 15 points and eight rebounds for Marshfield, which improves to 19-2 this season.
Landon Lee added 11 points and four assists for the Tigers.
No player for Memorial scored more than nine as Marshfield held the Old Abes (15-6) to just 31 percent shooting (15-for-48).
Marshfield hosts Stevens Point on Tuesday and can wrap up its third-straight Wisconsin Valley Conference championship with a victory.
Tigers 62, Old Abes 41
Marshfield 31 31 – 62
Eau Claire Memorial 20 21 – 41
MARSHFIELD (62): Chris Pohl 6-10 2-2 15, Joey Ketterer 0-1 0-0 0, Maxx Oertel 0-1 0-0 0, Noah Daniels 0-0 0-0 0, Brooks Hinson 8-12 0-0 16, Brant Freis 1-2 0-0 3, Landon Lee 5-9 0-0 11, Afton Hamill 0-0 0-0 0, J.J. Sternitzky 0-0 0-0 0, Valin Ramberg 6-10 2-2 17, Ethan Knecht 0-1 0-2 0, Magnus Machtan 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 26-46. FT: 4-6. 3-pointers: 6-19 (Ramberg 3-6, Pohl 1-2, Freis 1-2, Ketterer 0-1, Oertel 0-1, Hinson 0-3). Rebounds: 23 (Pohl 8). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none. Record: 19-2.
EAU CLAIRE MEMORIAL (41): Elliot Heit 1-7 0-0 2, Julius Clark 3-14 2-2 9, Bryce Hedtke 3-6 0-0 4, Wesley Mboga 0-0 0-0 0, Brodee Neff 1-2 0-0 3, Caleb Yates 3-6 0-0 7, Ian Bauer 2-3 0-0 4, Ben Fesenmaier 0-5 3-4 3, Gibson 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 15-48. FT: 5-6. 3-pointers: 6-21 (Hedtke 3-6, Neff 1-2, Yates 1-3, Clark 1-6, Bauer 0-1, Fesenmaier 0-1, Heit 0-2). Rebounds: 17 (Yates 5). Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 15-6.