HOLMEN – Anthony Posteluk nailed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Marshfield boys basketball team to a 58-57 victory in its 2018-19 season-opener on Tuesday night at Holmen High School.
Trailing Holmen 57-55 following a basket with the Vikings with 10 seconds remaining, the Tigers turned to their junior guard and Posteluk drilled the jumper for the game-winning shot as time expired. He finished with 11 points.
Senior guard Brant Bohman led the charge with 27 points for Marshfield, making 11 of 19 shots from the field, including 5 of 10 from 3-point range. Isaac Meverden added nine points and seven rebounds in the victory.
Marshfield hosts La Crosse Central in its home opener Friday at 7:15 p.m. at The Boson Company Fieldhouse at Marshfield High School. The Tigers lost to LCC in a WIAA Division 2 sectional final last season. The game will be broadcast on WDLB-AM 1450 and wdlbwosq.com.
Tigers 58, Vikings 57
Marshfield 26 32 – 58
Holmen 30 27 – 57
MARSHFIELD (58): Isaac Meverden 4-6 1-2 9, Brant Bohman 11-19 0-0 27, Tommy Olson 3-7 2-2 8, Cody Korth 0-2 0-0 0, Anthony Posteluk 4-6 0-0 11, Preston Wagner 1-7 0-0 2, Sam Hinson 0-0 0-0 0, Joey Goettl 0-2 1-2 1, Addison Hill 0-3 0-0 0. FG: 23-52. FT: 4-6. 3-pointers: 8-24 (Bohman 5-10, Posteluk 3-5, Olson 0-1, Hill 0-1, Korth 0-2, Wagner 0-5). Rebounds: 29 (Posteluk 7, Meverden 7). Turnovers: 22. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-0.
HOLMEN (57): Statistics not reported. Record: 0-1.
Author: News Desk
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