By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD – The Marshfield boys basketball team fell to 2-3 this season after losing to La Crosse Central 53-48 in a nonconference game at The Boson Company Fieldhouse at Marshfield High School on Tuesday night.

Central (4-0) led 11-4 after the first quarter and Marshfield couldn’t recover. The Tigers held a 15-13 advantage in the second quarter and both teams scored 29 points in the second half.

Sophomore guard Alec Hinson had a season-high 16 points, and Tanner Boson and Caleb Alexander each added nine for the Tigers. Hinson drained four of the Tigers’ six 3-pointers.

Marshfield hosts Stevens Point on Friday. The girls game begins at 6 p.m. and will be followed by the boys matchup between the two schools at 7:45 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on WDLB-AM 1450 and wdlbwosq.com.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Red Raiders 53, Tigers 48

La Crosse Central 11 13 13 16 – 53
Marshfield 4 15 13 16 – 48
LA CROSSE CENTRAL (53): Statistics not provided. Record: 4-0.
MARSHFIELD (48): Caleb Alexander 3-3 2-4 9, Tyson Slade 0-1 0-0 0, Kegan Fassler 3-6 2-2 8, Alec Hinson 5-10 2-2 16, Tanner Boson 3-8 2-2 9, Will Spindler 3-5 0-0 6, Jordan Schlinsog 0-3 0-0 0, Adam Fravert 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 17-38. FT: 8-10. 3-pointers: 6-21 (Hinson 4-9, Boson 1-5, Alexander 1-1, Slade 0-1, Fravert 0-1, Fassler 0-1, Schlinsog 0-3). Rebounds: 17 (Boson 4, Fassler 4). Assists: 14 (Alexander 4). Record: 2-3.