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HUDSON – Adam Fravert scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to help lift the Marshfield boys basketball team to its second road win of the playoffs.
Jordan Schlinsog added 15 points and Will Spindler had seven points and eight rebounds as the Tigers defeated Hudson 67-61 in a WIAA Division 1 boys basketball regional final Saturday night at Hudson High School.
Marshfield (8-16) moves on to the sectional for the second-straight season and will play No. 1 seed Superior (20-4) in a sectional semifinal at 7 p.m. Thursday at Eau Claire North High School. The winner plays either Stevens Point (23-1) or Neenah (20-4) in a sectional final on March 14 at Wausau West at 4 p.m.
Superior rolled past Wausau West 51-34 in a regional final at Superior on Saturday night.
Marshfield led 33-32 at halftime before Hudson (10-14) pulled ahead 45-41 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Tigers were able to pull away in the fourth from the free throw line. Marshfield made 15 of 22 overall.
The win marked the first time all season Marshfield scored more than 60 points.
Tanner Boson added 11 points for Marshfield.
Tigers 67, Raiders 61
Marshfield 15 18 8 26 – 67
Hudson 19 14 12 16 – 61
MARSHFIELD (67): Caleb Alexander 1-5 2-3 4, Kegan Fassler 1-1 0-0 2, Alec Hinson 1-4 2-2 5, Tanner Boson 3-6 3-7 11, Will Spindler 2-2 3-5 7, Jordan Schlinsog 5-6 3-3 15, Derek Coffren 1-1 0-0 3, Adam Fravert 8-10 2-2 20, Tyson Slade 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 22-35. FT: 15-22. 3-pointers: 8-16 (Boson 2-3, Schlinsog 2-3, Fravert 2-4, Coffren 1-1, Hinson 1-4, Alexander 0-1). Rebounds: 20 (Spindler 8). Assists: 8. Turnovers: 7. Record: 8-16.
HUDSON (61): Matthew Sparstead 18, Jake Neiderhauser 18, Shayne Frost 9, Will Reece 2, John Krier 6, Taler Motte 6, Cole Osterhuis 2. Record: 10-14.