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WAUSAU – The Marshfield boys basketball team knocked off Eau Claire Memorial 53-44 on Thursday night at the Big Rivers/Wisconsin Valley Conference Challenge at Wausau West High School.
Luke Zuiker scored 22 points to lead Marshfield.
The Tigers (4-3) play Superior at 2:30 p.m. Friday afternoon at Wausau West.
Memorial falls to 5-5.
Marshfield used a 19-7 run in the third quarter to pull away.
Zuiker hit 8 of 10 shots from the field and 5 of 6 at the free-throw line for Marshfield.
Tanner Dennis-Brown added seven points and five rebounds for the Tigers.
Marshfield made 20 of 37 shots in the victory.
Tigers 53, Old Abes 44
Memorial 15 7 7 15 – 44
Marshfield 12 7 19 15 – 53
MEMORIAL (44): No statistics provided. Record: 5-5.
MARSHFIELD (53): Jeff Allison 1-2 0-1 2, Mack Scheppler 1-2 0-0 3, Isaac Accola 2-4 1-1 6, Matt Oestreich 1-3 1-2 3, Luke Zuiker 8-10 5-6 22, Caleb Alexander 0-1 0-0 0, Luke Olson 2-6 0-0 5, Tanner Dennis-Brown 3-5 1-1 7, Alex Strege 2-4 0-0 5. FG: 20-37. FT: 8-11. 3-pointers: 5-12 (Scheppler 1-2, Zuiker 1-2, Strege 1-1, Olson 1-3, Accola 1-3, Allison 0-1). Rebounds: 18 (Zuiker 5, Dennis-Brown 5). Record: 4-3.