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LA CROSSE – The Marshfield boys basketball dominated the second half on its way to its first victory of the season, a 61-34 win over La Crosse Central on Thursday night at Central High School.
The Tigers (1-1) found themselves in a tight game, leading 24-20 at halftime, but controlled the second half with a 37-14 advantage to pull away for the win.
Brooks Hinson finished with 21 points and Valin Ramberg was a perfect 7-for-7 from the field, adding 14 points for Marshfield.
Marshfield shot 65.8 percent from the field (27-for-41) and knocked down seven 3-pointers, which included two each from Camden Kolstad and Joey Ketterer.
La Crosse Central (1-1), on the other hand, missed all 15 of its 3-point attempts and were just 16-for-44 overall.
Marshfield will enjoy a week off before traveling to D.C. Everest on Friday, Dec. 13, for its Wisconsin Valley Conference opener.
Tigers 61, RiverHawks 34
Marshfield 24 37 – 61
La Crosse Central 20 14 – 34
MARSHFIELD (61): Joey Ketterer 3-7 0-0 8, Jack Sternitzky 1-1 0-0 3, Brooks Hinson 10-13 0-0 21, Vedder MacTaggart 0-2 0-0 0, Landon Lee 4-8 0-0 9, Afton Hamill 0-0 0-0 0, J.J. Steinbach 0-0 0-0 0, Camden Kolstad 2-3 0-0 6, Magnus Machtan 0-0 0-0 0, Nick Hansen 0-0 0-0 0, Ethan Knecht 0-0 0-0 0, Valin Ramberg 7-7 0-1 14. FG: 27-41. FT: 0-1. 3-pointers: 7-18 (Kosltad 2-3, Ketterer 2-4, Sternitzky 1-1, Hinson 1-3, Lee 1-5, MacTaggart 0-2). Rebounds: 17 (Ramberg 5). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-1.
LA CROSSE CENTRAL (34): Will Schilling 1-2 0-0 2, Anthony Jones 3-9 0-0 6, Gabe Servais 4-11 0-0 8, Derrick Pangler 2-8 2-2 6, Marcello Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Ezra Wiese 0-1 0-0 0, Joey Pretasky 3-7 0-0 6, Dawson Lapic 3-6 0-0 6, J.D. Klich 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 16-44. FT: 2-2. 3-pointers: 0-15 (A. Jones 0-1, Wiese 0-1, Servais 0-3, Pretasky 0-3, Lapic 0-3, Pangler 0-4). Rebounds: 12 (Lapic 3, Servais 3). Fouls: 9. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-1.