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MARSHFIELD – Tyler Derfus continued his early-season hot shooting with five 3-pointers and 18 points, helping the Marshfield Columbus Catholic boys basketball team to a 70-59 win over Augusta in a battle of Cloverbelt Conference East Division leaders Friday night at Columbus Catholic High School.
Jared Fleischmann scored a team-high 20 points for the Dons, who improve to 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the Cloverbelt East and move into a first-place tie with Greenwood in the conference.
Scott Halvorson had 22 points for the Beavers (5-1, 4-1 Cloverbelt East).
Augusta led 27-25 at halftime before the Dons blew the game open with a 23-10 advantage in the third quarter.
Columbus plays at Owen-Withee next Thursday.
Dons 70, Beavers 59
Augusta 11 16 10 22 – 59
Columbus 10 15 23 22 – 70
AUGUSTA (59): Joe Whalen 2, Matt Grunewald 16, Casey Reetz 16, Scott Halvorson 22, Bradley Grunewald 3. 3-pointers: 3 (M. Grunewald 2, B. Grunewald 1). Record: 5-1, 4-1 Cloverbelt East.
COLUMBUS (70): Brandon Nikolai 7, Mike Iwanski 11, Jared Fleischmann 20, Derrick Green 8, Tyler Derfus 18, D.J. Cleveland 2, Jacob Puent 4. 3-pointers: 9 (Derfus 5, Green 2, Iwanski 2). Record: 6-1, 4-0 Cloverbelt East.