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WAUSAU – The Marshfield boys basketball team dropped its third-straight game, losing to previously winless Wausau East 69-55 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference game Saturday afternoon at Wausau East High School.
Wausau East shot 63 percent from the field and finished 17 of 23 at the free throw line, including a 14-for-15 performance from Gabe Napgezek.
East (1-8, 1-4 Wisconsin Valley Conference) led 40-29 at halftime and was able to maintain its double-digit lead. Napgezek finished with 25 points and Isaac Rozwadowski added 10 for the Lumberjacks.
Junior guard Chase Hinson had 21 points for Marshfield, which drops to 1-5 overall and 1-3 in the WVC.
Marshfield is off until Friday when it plays at Wisconsin Rapids.
Lumberjacks 69, Tigers 55
Marshfield 29 26 – 55
Wausau East 40 29 – 69
MARSHFIELD (55): Wyatt LeMoine 0-0 0-0 0, Chase Hinson 8-16 2-2 21, Sam Roherty 2-6 2-2 7, Gavin Fravert 3-10 0-1 9, Carson Kvernen 1-1 0-2 2, Will Nikolai 1-2 0-0 2, Matt Trulen 0-0 0-0 0, Austin Sommer 1-2 0-0 3, Marcus Perkins 0-1 0-0 0, Matt Donovan 1-2 1-1 3, Jack Nordbeck 3-7 1-1 8, Carston Freis 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 20-49. FT: 6-7. 3-pointers: 9-25 (Hinson 3-5, Fravert 3-8, Sommer 1-1, Nordbeck 1-3, Roherty 1-4, Perkins 0-1, Donovan 0-1, Kvernen 0-2). Rebounds: 17 (Roherty 4). Fouls: 20. Fouled out: Roherty. Record: 1-5, 1-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
WAUSAU EAST (69): Jack Ohrmundt 3-5 0-0 6, Max Novak 0-2 0-0 0, Isaac Rozwadowski 4-6 0-0 10, Caden Werth 1-1 0-0 3, Nate Murphy 0-0 0-1 0, Noah Stroming 8-11 1-1 19, Sam Moses 1-1 0-1 2, Gabe Napgezek 5-8 14-15 25, Lucky Bhandari 0-1 0-0 0, Fox Klein 0-0 0-0 0, Jack Cayley 0-0 0-0 0, Dylan Buchberger 1-1 0-2 2. FG: 23-36. FT: 17-23. 3-pointers: 6-13 (Stroming 2-3, Rozwadowski 2-4, Werth 1-1, Napgezek 1-3, Novak 0-2). Rebounds: 15 (Napgezek 4, Novak 4). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-8, 1-4 Wisconsin Valley Conference.