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MERRILL – The Marshfield boys basketball team lost its third game in a row, falling 52-41 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference matchup at Merrill High School on Friday night.
The Tigers are now 4-7 overall and 1-2 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference.
Merrill improves to 6-4 and 3-1 in the conference.
The Tigers host D.C. Everest (8-2) on Tuesday. Everest is tied with Stevens Point for first place at 3-0 in the Valley.
Merrill outscored Marshfield 37-20 in the middle two quarters to pull away.
Will Spindler was a bright spot for the Tigers, making 9 of 14 shots and scoring a team-high 22 points. He also had seven rebounds. Tanner Boson added 12 points for Marshfield.
Chaz Mootz scored 17 points and Austin Reissmann drilled four 3-pointers and had 15 points for Merrill.
Bluejays 52, Tigers 41
Marshfield 6 13 7 15 – 41
Merrill 4 18 19 11 – 52
MARSHFIELD (41): Caleb Alexander 0-2 1-2 1, Tyson Slade 1-1 0-0 2, Kegan Fassler 0-3 0-0 0, Alec Hinson 0-1 0-0 0, Tanner Boson 5-10 0-1 12, Will Spindler 9-14 4-5 22, Jordan Schlinsog 1-5 0-0 2, Derek Coffren 0-1 0-0 0, Adam Fravert 1-4 0-0 2. FG: 17-41. FT: 5-8. 3-pointers: 2-14 (Boson 2-7, Schlinsog 0-3, Fassler 0-1, Hinson 0-1, Coffren 0-1, Fravert 0-1). Rebounds: 18 (Spindler 7). Assists: 9 (Schlinsog 4). Record: 4-7, 1-2 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
MERRILL (52): Drew Hoff 3, Riley Sutton 1, Austin Reissmann 15, Jake Anderson 7, Trev Stevenson 2, Keenan Stellingworth 5, Chaz Mootz 17, Jon Gruetzmacher 2. 3-pointers: 7 (Reissmann 4, Anderson 1, Hoff 1, Mootz 1). Record: 6-4, 3-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.