Appleton East pulls away late to top Marshfield boys basketball

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MARSHFIELD – Appleton East ended the game on a 14-4 run to defeat Marshfield 50-43 in a nonconference boys basketball game Monday night at Marshfield High School.

The Tigers led 39-36 with 5½ minutes to go, but only scored twice the rest of the way. East put the game away at the free throw line, making 6 of 8 free throws in the final 2½ minutes.

Gavin Fravert scored 15 points, Chase Hinson added 13 points, and Wyatt LeMoine grabbed 10 rebounds for Marshfield.

Marshfield falls to 2-16 this season after suffering its 11th-straight loss. The Tigers finish their regular-season schedule Thursday at home against Wisconsin Rapids.

Appleton East improves to 9-11. Thompson led the Patriots with 19 points.

Patriots 50, Tigers 43
Appleton East 30 20 – 50
Marshfield 21 22 – 43
APPLETON EAST (50):
Kasmarek 0-0 0-0 0, LaChapell 1-4 1-2 4, Parker 2-3 0-0 6, Glaser 1-3 3-7 5, Keil 0-3 0-0, Steigenberger 2-10 5-8 9, Thompson 7-11 4-5 19, Feldhausen 1-1 5-6 7. FG: 14-35. FT: 18-28. 3-pointers: 4-13 (Parker 2-3, Thompson 1-1, LaChapell 1-3, Steigenberger 0-6). Rebounds: 22 (Thompson 8). Fouls: 6. Fouled out: none. Record: 9-11.
MARSHFIELD (43): Wyatt LeMoine 2-5 0-2 4, Chase Hinson 6-15 0-0 13, Sam Roherty 0-5 2-2 2, Gavin Fravert 6-11 0-0 15, Carson Kvernen 1-1 1-2 4, Will Nikolai 0-0 0-0 0, Austin Sommer 2-4 0-0 5, Matt Donovan 0-2 0-0 0, Jack Nordbeck 0-0 0-0 0, Carsten Freis 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 17-44. FT: 3-6. 3-pointers: 6-25 (Fravert 3-8, Sommer 1-2, Hinson 1-7, Donovan 0-1, LeMoine 0-1, Roherty 0-4). Rebounds: 28 (LeMoine 10). Fouls: 19. Fouled out: LeMoine, Sommer. Record: 2-16.