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WAUSAU – The Marshfield boys basketball team pulled out a 53-51 win over Wausau East in a Wisconsin Valley Conference game Tuesday night at Wausau East High School.
The Tigers, who had lost four of their last six games, improved to 15-5 overall and 6-5 in the WVC. East falls to 6-13 and 1-9 in conference action.
Marshfield has a nonconference game at Holmen on Monday and closes out its regular-season schedule on Feb. 24 at Wisconsin Rapids.
Cale Zuiker scored 18 points, with nine coming on three 3-pointers, and Luke Zuiker, a sophomore making his varsity debut, had 16 points for Marshfield. Dustin Thumann added 10.
Tigers senior point guard Sully Luepke also made his long-awaited season debut following a broken leg suffered during the football season. He had one point.
In the JV game, the Marshfield boys won 40-38.
Luke Olson had more than half of the Tigers’ points, scoring 22, which included four 3-pointers.
Marshfield improves to 12-8 with the victory.
JV
Tigers 40, Lumberjacks 38
Marshfield 7 12 10 11 – 40
Wausau East 4 8 13 13 – 38
MARSHFIELD (40): Tanner Dennis-Brown 2 1-2 5, Isaac Accola 1 1-1 3, Luke Olson 9 0-0 22, Jeff Allison 1 0-0 2, Jordan Schecklman 1 0-0 2, Ben Satter 2 2-4 6. FG: 16. 3-pointers: 4 (Olson 4). FT: 4-7. Record: 12-8.
WAUSAU EAST (38): Tim Jacobs 3 6-8 12, Travis Waldvogel 1 0-0 2, Jase Meyer 1 0-0 3, Brady Becker 0 5-8 5, Justin Strom 2 3-4 8, Micah Thornton 0 0-1 0, Bryce Taylor 2 0-1 4, Bryce Widmark 2 0-3 4. FG: 11. 3-pointers: 2 (Strom 1, Meyer 1). FT: 14-25.
Varsity
Tigers 53, Lumberjacks 51
Marshfield 12 11 17 13 – 53
Wausau East 8 11 16 16 – 51
MARSHFIELD (53): Sully Luepke 1, Ian Padron 4, Elliot Ashbeck 4, Cale Zuiker 18, Luke Zuiker 16, Dustin Thumann 10. 3-pointers: 4 (C. Zuiker 3, Ashbeck 1). Record: 15-5, 6-5 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
WAUSAU EAST (51): Nate Troyer 4, Andy Plautz 4, Mitch Schuster 6, Mark McCormick 15, Ryan Pitney 13, Adam Urmanski 5, Conrad Felten 4. 3-pointers: 4 (Pitney 2, Urmanski, Plautz). Record: 6-13, 1-9 Wisconsin Valley Conference.