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WAUSAU – The Marshfield boys basketball team snapped its short two-game losing streak with a 63-44 rout of Wausau East on Friday night at East High School.
The Tigers improve to 11-9 overall and 7-4 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference with the victory. East drops to 5-12 ad 3-7 in the conference.
Marshfield used a 16-3 second-quarter advantage to open up a 29-11 lead at halftime.
East cut its deficit to 10 entering the fourth, but the Tigers pulled away from there.
Tanner Dennis-Brown scored a career-high 19 points, going a perfect 6 of 6 from the field and 7 of 7 at the free throw line for Marshfield. He also had a team-high 10 rebounds. Luke Zuiker added 16 points and Luke Olson had 12 points, including 6 of 6 on free throws.
Overall, Marshfield was 19 of 20 at the free throw line.
Marshfield wraps up its regular-season schedule with a nonconference game at La Crosse Logan on Tuesday and a home game against Wisconsin Rapids on Thursday. Both games will be broadcast on WDLB-AM 1450 and wdlbwosq.com.
Tigers 63, Lumberjacks 44
Marshfield 13 16 13 21 – 63
Wausau East 8 3 21 12 – 44
MARSHFIELD (63): Jeff Allison 1-2 2-3 4, Isaac Accola 2-4 1-1 5, Matt Oestreich 2-4 1-1 5, Luke Zuiker 7-11 0-0 16, Caleb Alexander 0-0 2-2 2, Luke Olson 2-7 6-6 12, Tanner Dennis-Brown 6-6 7-7 19, Alex Strege 0-0 0-0 0, Jace Krassel 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 20-34. FT: 19-20. 3-pointers: 4-13 (Olson 2-6, Zuiker 2-4, Oestreich 0-1, Accola 0-1, Allison 0-1). Rebounds: 24 (Dennis-Brown 10). Assists: 14 (Oestreich 4). Turnovers: 11. Record: 11-9, 7-4 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
WAUSAU EAST (44): No statistics reported. Record: 5-12, 3-7 Wisconsin Valley Conference.