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WAUSAU – The Marshfield boys basketball team shot 52 percent from the field and made 13 3-pointers to outlast Wausau East 78-67 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference contest on Thursday night at East High School.
With the win, Marshfield improves to 11-7 overall and 7-3 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference, and remains one game behind D.C. Everest for the lead in the standings with two games remaining.
Anthony Posteluk made four 3-pointers and was 9-for-11 at the free throw line to score a game-high 27 points for the Tigers.
Joey Goettl hit three 3-pointers and added 17 points, Sam Hinson chipped in 13 points, and Addison Hill was 3-for-3 from beyond the 3-point line and scored 10 in the win for Marshfield.
Gabe Krueger led Wausau East (9-10, 3-7 Wisconsin Valley Conference) with 21 points before fouling out.
Marshfield returns to action Tuesday at Wausau West.
Tigers 78, Lumberjacks 67
Marshfield 38 40 – 78
Wausau East 29 38 – 67
MARSHFIELD (78): Addison Hill 3-3 1-2 10, Sam Hinson 5-11 1-4 13, Bennett Koehn 1-1 0-0 3, Anthony Posteluk 7-13 9-11 27, Joey Goettl 6-13 2-2 17, Sam Roherty 0-0 0-0 0, Kyle Tremelling 3-5 2-4 8, Wyatt LeMoine 0-0 0-0 0, Matt Donovan 0-2 0-0 0, Jack Nordbeck 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 25-48. FT: 15-26. 3-pointers: 13-27 (Posteluk 4-7, Hill 3-3, Goettl 3-8, Hinson 2-7, Koehn 1-1, Donovan 0-1). Rebounds: 22 (Tremelling 5). Turnovers: 8. Fouls: 17. Foueld out: Hill. Record: 11-7, 7-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
WAUSAU EAST (67): Ben Caley 4-7 7-8 18, Jack Ohrmundt 3-6 2-4 11, Zidane Charles 0-3 0-0 0, Jake Thome 3-7 0-0 9, Noah Stroming 1-5 0-2 2, Ben Reif 2-2 0-0 5, Gabe Krueger 10-14 1-1 21. FG: 23-45. FT: 11-16. 3-pointers: 10-26 (Ohrmundt 3-5, Caley 3-6, Thomes 3-7, Reif 1-1, Krueger 0-1, Charles 0-2). Rebounds: 23 (Thome 7). Fouls: 14. Fouled out: Charles, Krueger. Record: 9-10, 3-7 Wisconsin Valley Conference.