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MARSHFIELD – Kaukauna overcame a nine-point halftime deficit to defeat Marshfield 73-68 in a nonconference boys basketball game Saturday at Marshfield High School.
Marshfield led 40-31 at halftime but couldn’t slow down the Ghosts in the second half as Kaukauna outscored them 42-28 to surge ahead.
With the loss, Marshfield falls to 15-5 this season after having its 13-game winning streak snapped.
Brooks Hinson was 5-for-6 from 3-point range and scored 17 points, Luke LeMoine also scored 17, Chris Pohl added 15 points and six rebounds for the Tigers.
Finnley Doriot had 19 points, Jon O’Neill added 18 points and 14 rebounds, and Carson Van Dinter had 17 points for Kaukauna (12-8).
Marshfield plays another nonconference game at home Tuesday against Eau Claire North.
Ghosts 73, Tigers 68
Kaukauna 31 42 – 73
Marshfield 40 28 – 68
KAUKAUNA (73): Brandon Mudler 1-3 0-0 2, Andrew Jensen 0-1 0-0 0, Carson Awe 0-3 2-2 2, Nathan Deprez 1-4 1-1 4, Finnley Doriot 7-11 2-3 19, Jon O’Neill 5-8 8-10 18, Keegan Van Kauwenberg 4-6 1-1 11, Carson Van Dinter 6-9 5-6 17. FG: 24-45. FT: 19-23. 3-pointers: 6-16 (Doriot 3-5, Van Kauwenberg 2-4, Deprez 1-4, Mudler 0-1, Awe 0-2). Rebounds: 24 (O’Neill 14). Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 12-8.
MARSHFIELD (68): Luke LeMoine 5-10 7-9 17, Braxton Kurth 2-6 0-0 5, Brooks Hinson 6-11 0-0 17, Sam Meverden 1-3 0-0 2, Carson Matis 0-0 0-0 0, Chris Pohl 7-11 0-0 15, Owen Hanson 6-9 0-0 12. FG: 27-50. FT: 7-9. 3-pointers: 7-16 (Hinson 5-6, Pohl 1-4, Kurth 1-4, Meverden 0-2). Rebounds: 18 (Pohl 6). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: Hanson. Record: 15-5.