Second-half surge lifts Marshfield past Appleton East boys basketball

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APPLETON – A dominant second half for Marshfield broke open a close game and the Tigers went on to defeat Appleton East 81-59 in the season opener for both teams Tuesday night at Appleton East High School.

The Tigers led 30-26 at halftime before outscoring East 51-33 in the second half to pull away.

Chris Pohl made all 13 of his free throw attempts and finished with a game-high 31 points to lead Marshfield, which made 20 of 21 free throws overall and shot 56 percent from the field (28-for-50).

Tyler Seidl led Appleton East with 12 points and Mason O’Rilley added 11 for the Patriots.

Appleton East will open its Fox Valley Association schedule at home against Kaukauna on Friday.

Tigers 81, Patriots 59
Marshfield   30   51   –   81
Appleton East   26   33   –   59
MARSHFIELD (81): Chris Pohl 8-16 13-13 31, Nick Hansen 1-2 0-0 2, Camden Kolstad 3-8 0-0 7, Will Ketterer 0-0 0-0 0, Vedder MacTaggart 4-8 0-0 9, Ben Jordan 5-5 0-0 10, Derek Ongna 1-2 0-0 3, Gavin Larsen 0-0 0-0 0, Trevyn Freis 1-1 0-0 2, Levi Janssen 0-0 2-2 2, Valin Ramberg 5-8 5-6 15. FG: 28-50. FT: 20-21. 3-pointers: 5-18 (Pohl 2-7, Ongna 1-2, Kolstad 1-4, MacTaggart 1-4, Ramberg 0-1). Rebounds: 31 (Pohl 7). Turnovers: 14. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-0.
APPLETON EAST (59): Mason O’Rilley 5-7 0-0 11, Evan Schmidt 3-12 2-3 8, Elijah Childs 1-4 0-0 3, Miles Bertrand 2-9 1-1 5, Apolo Massingue 1-1 0-1 2, Aydan Ksonda 3-5 0-0 8, Bennett Hron 1-1 0-0 3, Marco Montes 1-2 1-2 4, Nyles Vinson 1-2 0-0 3, Tyler Seidl 4-7 1-2 12. FG: 22-50. FT: 5-9. 3-pointers: 10-28 (Seidl 3-6, Ksonda 2-3, Hron 1-1, Vinson 1-2, Montes 1-2, O’Rilley 1-3, Childs 1-4, Bertand 0-3, Schmidt 0-4). Turnovers: 9. Fouls: 21. Fouled out: Childs. Record: 0-1.