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MERRILL – The Marshfield JV boys basketball team couldn’t hold on to a fourth-quarter lead and fell to Merrill 41-40 in its Wisconsin Valley Conference opener Friday at Merrill High School.
Marshfield led 35-27 heading into the fourth quarter but was outscored 14-5 by the Bluejays and fall to 0-2 on the season.
Alex Strege had 18 points on 8 of 13 shooting and eight rebounds, and Craig Sercehn scored 12 points to lead the Tigers.
Marshfield plays at Eau Claire North on Tuesday.
Bluejays 41, Tigers 40
Marshfield 10 11 14 5 – 40
Merrill 14 11 2 14 – 41
MARSHFIELD (40): Camilo Mesa 0-1 0-0 0, Jace Krasselt 0-1 0-0 0, Caleb Alexander 1-3 1-4 3, Craig Serchen 4-8 2-2 12, Kegan Fasler 3-6 0-0 7, Mitch Ott 0-1 0-0 0, Alex Strege 8-13 1-4 18, Josh Vehrs 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 16-33. FT: 4-9. 3-pointers: 4-9 (Serchen 2-3, Fasler 1-2, Strege 1-2, Mesa 0-1, Krasselt 0-1). Rebounds: 20 (Strege 8). Assists: 5 (Strege 2). Fouls: 19. Fouled out: Fasler. Record: 0-2, 0-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
MERRILL (41): Statistics not provided.