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MARSHFIELD – Marshfield made only 11 field goals but were a crisp 20-for-25 at the free throw line and pulled past Wausau West 49-41 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference boys basketball game Monday night at Marshfield High School.
Joey Goettl made three 3-pointers and scored a team0high 12 points for the Tigers, who improve to 7-5 overall and 4-1 in the WVC.
Anthony Posteluk made all eight of his free throw attempts and added 11 points, Sam Hinson was 5-for-6 at the line and scored 10, and Addison Hill was 5-for-7 at the line for Marshfield.
Marshfield shot just 11 of 31 from the field, but took advantage of a big 20-8 advantage at the free throw line to pull out the win.
Peter Fuchs had 19 points to lead West (2-8, 0-4 WVC).
Click here to view the Wisconsin Valley Conference boys basketball standings.
Marshfield hosts Rhinelander in a nonconference game Friday.
Tigers 49, Warriors 41
Wausau West 17 24 – 41
Marshfield 17 32 – 49
WAUSAU WEST (41): Amillion Buggs 4-9 1-2 9, Mitchell Zahurones 1-9 2-4 5, Nick Raasch 1-1 0-0 3, Tim Deloye 0-1 0-0 0, Jacob Rapp 2-4 1-2 5, Peter Fuchs 7-16 4-4 19, Garrett Richardt 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 15-42. FT: 8-12. 3-pointers: 3-13 (Raasch 1-1, Fuchs 1-4, Zahurones 1-4, Deloye 0-1, Richardt 0-1, Rapp 0-2). Rebounds: 26 (Buggs 12). Turnovers: 13. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: Deloye. Record: 2-8, 0-4 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
MARSHFIELD (49): Addison Hill 0-1 5-7 5, Sam Hinson 2-5 5-6 10, Bennett Koehn 2-3 0-0 5, Anthony Posteluk 1-8 8-8 11, Joey Goettl 4-8 1-2 12, Sam Roherty 1-3 0-0 3, Kyle Tremelling 1-3 1-2 3, Wyatt LeMoine 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 11-31. FT: 20-25. 3-pointers: 7-19 (Goettl 3-4, Koehn 1-2, Roherty 1-3, Hinson 1-3, Posteluk 1-6, Hill 0-1). Rebounds: 17 (Hill 5, Posteluk 5). Turnovers: 8. Fouls: 9. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-5, 4-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.