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WAUSAU – Chase Hinson and Gavin Fravert combined for 11 of Marshfield’s 14 3-pointers as the Tigers earned a 77-64 victory over Wausau East in a Wisconsin Valley Conference boys basketball game Friday night at East High School.
Hinson was 6-for-9 from 3-point range and finished with a team-high 22 points, and Fravert nailed 5 of 6 3-point attempts and scored 19 for Marshfield, which remains undefeated in the Wisconsin Valley Conference this season.
Marshfield shot 60 percent overall (27-for-45) and was 14-for-24 from long range to up its WVC record to 9-0 and its overall mark to 12-4.
Combined with Stevens Point’s loss at D.C. Everest on Friday, the Tigers now hold a two-game lead in the conference standings with three games remaining.
Marcus Neve added 10 points off the bench for Marshfield.
Marshfield plays a pair of nonconference games next week, traveling to Eau Claire North on Tuesday and hosting Holmen on next Friday, Feb. 11.
Tigers 77, Lumberjacks 64
Wausau East 22 42 – 64
Marshfield 40 37 – 77
WAUSAU EAST (64): Statistics not reported. Record: 4-14, 1-7 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
MARSHFIELD (77): Marcus Perkins 0-1 0-0 0, Chase Hinson 6-10 4-6 22, Matt Trulen 0-0 0-0 0, Gavin Fravert 7-9 0-0 19, Carson Kvernen 3-7 2-2 9, Luke LeMoine 1-1 2-2 4, Trevor Foemmel 0-0 0-0 0, James Ketterer 0-0 0-2 0, Jeff Marsh 0-0 0-0 0, Braxton Kurth 0-1 0-0 0, Brooks Hinson 2-6 0-0 5, Carston Freis 3-5 1-2 8, Marcus Neve 5-5 0-0 10. FG: 27-45. FT: 9-14. 3-pointers: 14-24 (C. Hinson 6-9, Fravert 5-6, Kvernen 1-2, Freis 1-3, B. Hinson 1-4). Rebounds: 24 (Perkins 5). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: LeMoine. Record: 12-4, 9-0 Wisconsin Valley Conference.