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MARSHFIELD – The Marshfield boys basketball team had already clinched the Wisconsin Valley Conference championship heading into Friday’s home game against Wausau West, but still had a chance to finish off the year with an undefeated mark in conference play.
The Tigers were taken to the limit, fighting back from a four-point halftime deficit, and defeated Wausau West in overtime 48-40 at the Fredrick Construction Fieldhouse at Marshfield High School.
Marshfield outscored the Warriors 10-2 in the overtime period to pull off the win and improve to 21-2 overall and 11-0 in the WVC.
Brooks Hinson accounted for half of the Tigers’ points, hitting five 3-pointers and scoring 24 points in the win. Chris Pohl added 11 points and nine rebounds.
Marshfield shot just 40 percent from the field, but held Wausau West to 24 percent (13-for-53).
Bennett Matteson had 14 points to lead West (14-9, 5-7 WVC).
Marshfield will finish its regular season with a conference game at Merrill on Thursday.
Click here to view the Wisconsin Valley Conference boys basketball standings
The WIAA will announce postseason brackets on Sunday. Marshfield will open with a Division 1 regional semifinal on Friday, March 1.
Tigers 48, Warriors 40 (OT)
Wausau West 20 18 2 – 40
Marshfield 16 22 10 – 48
WAUSAU WEST (40): Lucas Hager 2-8 5-5 9, Drew Riley 0-0 0-0 0, Griffin Lange 3-11 2-2 10, Jackson Albee 0-1 0-0 0, Bennett Matteson 5-16 2-3 14, Brett Butalla 2-12 0-0 5, Kargie Cooper 1-4 0-0 2, Miles Waldvogel 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 13-53. FT: 9-10. 3-pointers: 5-20 (Lange 2-5, Matteson 2-7, Butalla 1-3, Waldvogel 0-1, Cooper 0-2, Hager 0-2). Rebounds: 26 (Lange 6, Matteson 6). Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 14-9, 5-7 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
MARSHFIELD (48): Chris Pohl 4-10 2-2 11, Joey Ketterer 0-1 0-0 0, Max Oertel 0-0 0-0 0, Noah Daniels 0-1 0-0 0, Brooks Hinson 7-14 5-7 24, Brant Freis 1-2 1-2 4, Landon Lee 2-6 0-0 5, Valin Ramberg 2-5 0-1 4, Ethan Knecht 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 16-40. FT: 8-12. 3-pointers: 8-25 (Hinson 5-9, Freis 1-2, Pohl 1-3, Lee 1-5, Knecht 0-1, Ketterer 0-1, Daniels 0-1, Ramberg 0-3). Rebounds: 36 (Pohl 9). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 21-2, 11-0 Wisconsin Valley Conference.