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MERRILL – Marshfield seinor guard Elliot Ashbeck scored 22 points to lead the Tigers to their first win of the season, a 47-26 whitewash of Merrill in the Wisconsin Valley Conference boys basketball opener for both teams.
Luke Zuiker added 13 points for the Tigers, who improve to 1-1 overall.
Jared Wardell and David Jesperson each scored six to lead Merrill, which made only 10 baskets in the game.
Merrill led 9-8 after the first quarter, but the Tigers dominated the rest of the way.
Marshfield used a 14-5 run in the second quarter to take a 22-14 lead into halftime, then outscored the Bluejays 25-12 in the second half on its way to its first win.
Marshfield has a pair of road games next week – at Eau Claire North on Tuesday and at Stevens Point next Friday.
Tigers 47, Bluejays 26
Marshfield 8 14 12 13 – 47
Merrill 9 5 6 6 – 26
MARSHFIELD (47): Luke Olson 1 0-0 2, Elliot Ashbeck 9 3-3 22, Mack Scheppler 0 1-1 3, Luke Zuiker 4 5-6 13, Sean Koran 1 0-1 3, Adam Voss 0 0-1 0, Ben Satter 1 2-2 4. FG: 17. FT: 10-13. 3-pointers: 3 (Ashbeck 1, Scheppler 1, Koran 1). Record: 1-1, 1-0 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
MERRILL (26): Paul Theorin 1 0-0 3, Ben Anderson 1 2-2 4, Greg Boyce 1 0-0 2, Brandon Bartz 0 1-2 1, David Jesperson 2 2-3 6, Adam Smith 2 0-1 4, Jared Wardell 3 0-1 6. FG: 10. FT: 5-9. 3-pointers: 1 (Theorin 1). Record: 0-3, 0-1 WVC.