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MERRILL – The Marshfield boys basketball team came up a point short in its 2020-21 debut, losing to Merrill 60-59 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference game Friday night at Merrill High School.
After a pair of missed free throws by Marshfield that could have tied the game with 15 seconds to go, Isaac Sutton hit a pair from the line for Merrill to put them up 60-56.
Sam Roherty hit a 3-pointer to bring the Tigers to within one, and after a turnover by Merrill, Marshfield missed a half-court heave at the buzzer to come up just short.
Nathan Woller had 21 points, Sutton added 15 and Trenton Lokemoen scored 10 for the Bluejays, who were also playing their season opener.
Roherty had 15 points, Gavin Fravert scored 14 and Chase Hinson chipped in 11 for Marshfield.
Marshfield will host D.C. Everest on Tuesday. The game will be live-streamed at zaleskisports.com/live-sports.
Bluejays 60, Tigers 59
Marshfield 26 33 – 59
Merrill 24 36 – 60
MARSHFIELD (59): Wyatt LeMoine 0-2 1-2 1, Chase Hinson 2-4 5-5 11, Sam Roherty 5-9 3-4 15, Gavin Fravert 5-10 0-0 14, Carson Kvernen 0-0 0-0 0, Austin Sommer 2-4 0-0 4, Matthew Donovan 2-7 1-3 6, Jack Nordbeck 1-3 4-4 6, Marcus Neve 1-4 0-0 2. FG: 18-43. FT: 14-18. 3-pointers: 9-25 (Fravert 4-7, Hinson 2-3, Roherty 2-5, Donovan 1-3, Neve 0-1, Nordbeck 0-2, Sommer 0-2, LeMoine 0-2). Rebounds: 25 (Donovan 8). Assists: 10 (Roherty 4). Turnovers: 18. Fouls: 24. Fouled out: none. Record: 0-1 overall and Wisconsin Valley Conference.
MERRILL (60): Nathan Woller 8-18 3-6 21, Timmy Handlin 2-5 0-0 5, Bailey Turenne 2-7 3-5 7, Cory Gigl 0-0 1-2 1, Jacob Butler 0-1 1-2 1, Isaac Sutton 2-3 10-14 15, Trenton Lokemoen 4-7 0-2 10. FG: 18-41. FT: 18-31. 3-pointers: 6-16 (Lokemoen 2-3, Woller 2-6, Sutton 1-1, Handlin 1-3, Butler 0-1, Turenne 0-2). Rebounds: 29 (Turenne 16). Turnovers: 17. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-0 overall and Wisconsin Valley Conference.