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WAUSAU – The Marshfield boys basketball team was held to 34 percent shooting and let a five-point halftime lead slip away as it lost to Wausau West 46-43 in its regular-season and Wisconsin Valley Conference final on Thursday night at West High School.
Marshfield finishes the regular season with a 14-8 record and a 6-6 mark in the Wisconsin Valley Conference, which places the Tigers in third place. They would have ended up a tie for second with West (11-11, 8-4 WVC) with a victory.
The loss ends the Tigers’ six-game winning streak.
Marshfield led 17-12 after a sluggish first half but couldn’t hold on as West outscored them 34-26 in the second half.
Alec Hinson was the only Tiger to reach double figures, finishing with 11 points. Tyson Slade added nine.
Marshfield will host Oshkosh West in a WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal on March 4.
Jakob Tordsen led Wausau West with 19 points and six rebounds.
Warriors 46, Tigers 43
Marshfield 17 26 – 43
Wausau West 12 34 – 46
MARSHFIELD (43): Ethan Posteluk 1-5 0-0 2, Trevor Schwecke 2-4 0-2 4, Ethan Voss 2-5 2-2 7, Tyson Slade 4-10 0-0 9, Alec Hinson 4-10 2-2 11, Grant Michaelis 1-4 0-0 3, Isaac Huettl 0-0 0-0 0, Adam Fravert 3-11 0-1 7. FG: 17-49. FT: 4-7. 3-pointers: 5-22 (Slade 1-3, Fravert 1-3, Michaelis 1-4, Voss 1-4, Hinson 1-5, Schwecke 0-1, Posteluk 0-2). Rebounds: 23 (Fravert 7). Assists: 8 (Schwecke 2, Voss 2, Slade 2). Turnovers: 8. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: Michaelis. Record: 14-8, 6-6 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
WAUSAU WEST (46): Tommy Borta 0-1 5-8 5, Mitchell Michalske 3-5 0-0 6, Jacob Singer 0-0 2-2 2, Zach Raedar 0-1 2-2 2, Justin Rager 0-3 0-0 0, Jakob Tordsen 8-15 1-2 19, Mo Sykes 3-5 3-4 9, Steven Lewendowski 1-2 1-4 3. FG: 15-32. FT: 14-22. 3-pointers: 2-8 (Tordsen 2-4, Sykes 0-1, Rager 0-1, Raedar 0-1, Michalske 0-1). Rebounds: 15 (Tordsen 6). Turnovers: 7. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: Raeder. Record: 11-11, 8-4 Wisconsin Valley Conference.