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TOMAH – Cale Zuiker scored 18 points and Ben Johnson added 17 points to lift the Marshfield boys basketball team to its third straight win, a 60-45 nonconference victory over Tomah on Monday night.
Marshfield opened up a 22-14 lead by halftime, then blew out the Timberwolves (4-10) in the third quarter, outscoring the home team 25-15.
Senior point guard Sully Luepke continued his solid season, adding nine points for Marshfield.
The Tigers return to action Friday with a Wisconsin Valley Conference game at Wisconsin Rapids. Marshfield holds a one-game lead over Wausau West and D.C. Everest for first place in the conference.
Marshfield is home next week for a pair of games – Monday against Merrill and Tuesday against Rhinelander.
Tigers 60, Timberwolves 47
Marshfield 9 13 25 13 – 60
Tomah 6 8 15 16 – 45
MARSHFIELD (60): Sully Luepke 9, Elliott Ashbeck 8, Ryan Danczak 5, Steve Boehning 1, Cale Zuiker 18, Ben Johnson 17, Antoine Brown-Hainz 2. 3-pointers: 3 (Ashbeck 2, Zuiker). Record: 10-3.
TOMAH (45): Kyle Kitka 5, Felker 3, Alex Jaromin 5, Joel Sweeney 12, Bronson Schultz 20. 3-pointers: 6 (Schultz 4, Felker 1, Kitka 1). Record: 4-10.
