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STEVENS POINT – Stevens Point handed the Marshfield boys basketball team its first Wisconsin Valley Conference loss in the past two seasons, slipping past the Tigers 62-60 in double overtime Tuesday night at Stevens Point Area Senior High.
A three-point play by Arriel Council Jr. with 42 seconds left in regulation for Stevens Point, tying the game at 48-48. Marshfield wound down the clock and Brooks Hinson missed a 3-pointer, which was followed by tip-back attempts by Owen Hanson and Chris Pohl that bounced off as the buzzer sounded.
In the first overtime, SPASH led 53-49 with one minute left before Luke LeMoine scored on a fastbreak following a turnover with 54 seconds left. Marshfield blocked a shot attempt on the next possession, and Hinson canned a turn-around jumper in the lane with 18 seconds to go to tie it again.
Stevens Point ran down the clock, called a timeout, and missed a desperation 3-point attempt at the buzzer to send it to the second extra frame.
The Panthers were able to pull away with a 9-4 run before Hinson nailed a 3-pointer with 2 seconds left to make it interesting. Stevens Point then turned the ball over on a long inbounds pass, but Marshfield had just 1 second left to make a play. After a timeout, LeMoine attempted a turn-around 3-pointer about five feet beyond the 3-point line and it bounced off the rim.
LeMoine and Hanson each had 16 points, and Hinson finished with 13 for Marshfield, which falls to 16-6 and 9-1 in the WVC. The loss snaps Marshfield’s 21-game Wisconsin Valley Conference winning streak.
Jerrin Suehs had 19 points and Council Jr. added 15 for Stevens Point (11-10, 7-3 WVC).
Marshfield will have to win just one of its final two games to earn the outright conference title, its second in a row. The Tigers play at Wausau West on Friday and finish their regular-season schedule Thursday, Feb. 23, at home against Merrill.
The brackets for the WIAA boys basketball playoffs will be announced on Sunday.
Panthers 62, Tigers 60 (2 OT)
Marshfield 20 28 5 7 – 60
Stevens Point 27 21 5 9 – 62
MARSHFIELD (60): Luke LeMoine 7 2-3 16, Braxton Kuth 0 0-0 0, Bennett Lang 0 0-0 0, Brooks Hinson 5 2-3 13, Sam Meverden 0 0-0 0, Carson Matis 2 0-0 6, Chris Pohl 3 2-4 9, Owen Hanson 6 2-4 16. FG: 23. FT: 8-14. 3-pointers: 6 (Matis 2, Hanson 2, Pohl 1, Hinson 1). Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record:
STEVENS POINT (62): Jack Diekelman 3 1-1 7, Noah Marschke 2 3-3 7, Arriel Council Jr. 6 2-3 15, Jerrin Suehs 7 1-2 19, Charlie Belson 2 0-0 6, Bennett Klish 3 0-0 7, Jonathon Ananiadis 0 1-2 1. FG: 23. FT: 8-11. 3-pointers: 8 (Suehs 4, Belson 2, Klish 1, Council Jr. 1). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: Marschke, Council Jr. Record: