Marauders improve to 3-3 in WCC West

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

RICHLAND CENTER — The University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County men’s basketball team earned a 61-54 victory over UW-Richland on Wednesday night.

Josh Hennes scored 20 points, Hunter Busse added 15 points, and Devin Klein had 11 points and 13 rebounds for the Marauders.

UW-Marshfield/Wood County is now 4-8 overall and 3-3 in the Wisconsin Collegiate Conference West Division. UW-Richland drops to 4-16 and 1-7 in the WCC West.

The Marauders host UW-Baraboo on Monday.

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

Marauders 61, Roadrunners 54

UW-Marshfield/Wood County 28 33 – 61

UW-Richland 25 29 – 54

UW-MARSHFIELD/WOOD COUNTY (61): Hunter Busse 4-12 6-6 15, Devin Klein 4-7 3-3 11, Max Opelt 3-12 1-2 7, Sean Zillmer 1-2 0-0 3, Bryce DeSmet 1-7 1-2 3, Kwame Adam 0-0 0-0 0, Juarez 1-1 0-0 2, Josh Hennes 10-16 0-1 20. FG: 24-57. FT: 11-14. 3-pointers: 2-18 (Busse 1-6, Zillmer 1-2, Klein 0-2, DeSmet 0-3, Opelt 0-5). Rebounds: 32 (Klein 11). Assists: 8 (Busse 2, Opelt 2, Hennes 2). Turnovers: 10. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-8, 3-3 WCC West.

UW-RICHLAND (54): Brian Wilder 9-23 2-2 20, Tyler Olson 1-8 0-0 3, Gavin Nedland 2-8 0-0 4, Derrick Crawley 6-15 2-3 17, Diondre Howard 3-5 2-2 8, Paul Dekker 1-6 0-0 2, Kyle Doty 0-0 0-0 0, Josh Watts 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 22-66. FT: 6-7. 3-pointers: 4-23 (Crawley 3-8, Olson 1-4, Howard 0-1, Nedland 0-1, Wilder 0-5, Decker 0-4). Rebounds: 40 (Howard 10). Assists: 9 (Wilder 5). Turnovers: 10. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-16, 1-7 WCC West.