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MEQUON – The Marshfield boys basketball team wrapped up play at the Rick Majerus Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook Shootout at Concordia University on Friday with a gritty 58-45 victory over Ashwaubenon to finish the tournament 2-0.
Marshfield trailed 24-23 at halftime before storming ahead midway through the second half and rolling to its fourth-straight victory.
Chris Pohl scored 18 points, and Brooks Hinson and Landon Lee each added 14 for the Tigers, who improve to 9-1 this season.
Lee went 9-for-9 at the free throw line as Marshfield finished 19-for-23 overall in the game.
The Tigers also shutdown Ashwaubenon’s top scorer Drew Tomashek, who came in averaging 22 points a game, as they limited him to nine points on 4-for-12 shooting for the Jaguars (7-2), who came into the game ranked No. 9 in the Wissports.net Division 2 state coaches poll.
Marshfield hosts Rhinelander for a nonconference game Tuesday at 7:15 p.m.
Tigers 58, Jaguars 45
Ashwaubenon 24 21 – 45
Marshfield 23 35 – 58
ASHWAUBENON (45): Jayden Schoen 2-8 4-4 8, Justice Stewart 1-2 0-1 2, Carson Dorgu 3-4 1-4 7, Drew Tomashek 4-12 0-0 9, Ayden Vang 0-1 0-0 0, Luke Opperman 0 0-0 0, Elijah Fenner 0-1 0-0 0, A.J. Uhl 3-7 0-0 6, Jackson Sims 4-10 2-2 13. FG: 17-45. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 4-16 (Sims 3-6, Tomashek 1-3, Vang 0-1, Schoen 0-3, Uhl 0-3). Rebounds: 21 (Dorgu 8). Fouls: 20. Fouled out: Schoen. Record: 7-2.
MARSHFIELD (58): Chris Pohl 6-11 5-7 18, Joey Ketterer 0-0 0-0 0, Maxx Oertel 0-0 0-0 0, Noah Daniels 0-0 0-0 0, Brooks Hinson 5-11 1-2 14, Brant Freis 1-3 2-3 4, Landon Lee 2-9 9-9 14, Hamill 0 0-0 0, J.J. Steinbach 0-0 0-0 0, Sternitzky 0-0 0-0 0, Valin Ramberg 0-2 0-0 0, Ethan Knecht 3-8 2-2 8, Magnus Machtan 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 17-44. FT: 19-23. 3-pointers: 5-18 (Hinson 3-8, Pohl 1-2, Lee 1-4, Ramberg 0-1, Knecht 0-1, Freis 0-2). Rebounds: 20 (Pohl 5). Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 9-1.