Marauders fall to 5-10, host UW-Rock County on Saturday

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

WAUSAU — The University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County men’s basketball team fell behind early and could not catch up, losing to UW-Marathon County 102-62 in a Wisconsin Collegiate Conference West Division game Wednesday night.

UW-Marathon led 37-24 at halftime before blowing the game open with a 65-point second half.

Danny Baratka scored 24 points to lead the Huskies (10-8 overall, 7-2 WCC West).

Joseph Estrict had 21 points and 11 rebounds for UW-Marshfield (5-10, 3-4 WCC West).

The Marauders host UW-Rock County at 2 p.m. Saturday.

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

Huskies 102, Marauders 62

UW-Marshfield/Wood County 24 38 – 62

UW-Marathon County 37 65 – 102

UW-MARSHFIELD/WOOD COUNTY (62): DevinKlein 4-13 0-0 10, Terrell Zurakowski 0-2 1-2 1, Will Darr 0-2 2-2 2, Joseph Estrict 10-18 0-0 21, Jared Seeman 3-9 0-0 6, Covon Rudolph 3-10 1-3 7, Tyler Prust 6-10 3-4 15, Sayre Ystad 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 26-66. FT: 7-11. 3-pointers: 3-29 (Klein 2-10, Estrict 1-6, Ystad 0-2, Zurakowski 0-2, Darr 0-2, Rudolph 0-3, Seeman 0-4). Rebounds: 32 (Estrict 11). Assists: 4. Turnovers: 15. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: Rudolph. Record: 5-10, 3-4 Wisconsin Collegiate Conference West).

UW-MARATHON COUNTY (102): Danny Baratka 11-17 1-2 24, Michael Pecore 6-10 4-6 18, Riley Sutton 4-6 1-3 10, Andy Yang 6-12 4-4 16, Austin Rrick 5-11 0-0 13, Josiah Kukulka 0-4 4-6 4, Reese Chandler 7-8 3-4 17. FG: 39-68. FT: 17-25. 3-pointers: 7-19 (Frick 3-8, Pecore 2-5, Sutton 1-1, Baratka 1-4, Kukulka 0-1). Rebounds: 44 (Chandler 8). Assists: 11 (Pecore 5). Turnovers: 6. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 10-8, 7-2 WCC West).