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Wausau West Merrill

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The Merrill (WI) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Wausau West (Wausau, WI) by a score of 61-50.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Wausau West	-	-	-	-	61
Merrill	-	-	-	-	50

Final score provided by J. Sorenson.

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Wausau West (23-24)

Wausau West

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	61	33	67	49	58
0	Lucas Hager (Sr)	11	7	10	70	85
2	M. MacDonald (Jr)	6	3	7	43	43
3	Griffin Lange (Jr)	13	9	17	53	68
5	Jackson Albee (Sr)	4	1	2	50	50
10	B. Matteson (Jr)	16	8	15	53	63
11	Brett Butalla (Sr)	11	5	14	36	39
12	Kargie Cooper (So)	0	0	2	0	0

Wausau West

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	61	12	21	57	7	9	78	21	46	46
0	Lucas Hager (Sr)	11	3	4	75	0	0	0	4	6	67
2	M. MacDonald (Jr)	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	50
3	Griffin Lange (Jr)	13	5	6	83	0	2	0	4	11	36
5	Jackson Albee (Sr)	4	0	0	0	2	2	100	1	2	50
10	B. Matteson (Jr)	16	3	5	60	3	3	100	5	10	50
11	Brett Butalla (Sr)	11	1	4	25	2	2	100	4	10	40
12	Kargie Cooper (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Wausau West

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	61	3	25	28	15	7	1	13	11
0	Lucas Hager (Sr)	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	3
2	M. MacDonald (Jr)	6	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	1
3	Griffin Lange (Jr)	13	0	6	6	6	2	0	3	1
5	Jackson Albee (Sr)	4	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	3
10	B. Matteson (Jr)	16	0	10	10	2	2	0	3	1
11	Brett Butalla (Sr)	11	1	4	5	3	1	1	4	2
12	Kargie Cooper (So)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0

Wausau West

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.15	0.54	0.64	0.09
0	Lucas Hager (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.33	0.00
2	M. MacDonald (Jr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
3	Griffin Lange (Jr)	2.00	0.67	2.00	0.00
5	Jackson Albee (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
10	B. Matteson (Jr)	0.67	0.67	2.00	0.00
11	Brett Butalla (Sr)	0.75	0.25	0.50	0.50

Merrill (23-24)

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Wausau West vs Merrill Game Highlights - Dec. 8, 2023 1:37

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Wisconsin High School Basketball - Wausau West winner over Merrill

December 8, 2023: Merrill, WI 54452

The Wausau West Warriors (Wausau, WI) basketball felled the host Merrill Bluejays (Merrill, WI), 61-50 in Friday's league test.

The Warriors (4-2) will now prepare for their test against Little Chute (Little Chute, WI). The Mustangs go into the non-league test with a 3-1 record. In their last test, Little Chute thwarted Wrightstown (Wrightstown, WI), 72-70, in a league test.

The Bluejays now own a 2-2 record. They play next when they host Lakeland for a non-league test on Tuesday, December 12. Merrill will encounter a Thunderbirds squad coming off a 53-35 league win over Antigo (Antigo, WI). The Thunderbirds record now stands at 3-1.

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Rankings & Records

Wausau West (23-24)

WI
134

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-10	5-7	7-4	8-6	.600	.417	1,488	1,445

Merrill (23-24)

WI
301

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-18	0-12	6-6	2-10	0-2	.308	.000	1,410	1,726

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Wausau West	37.7	9.0	15.7	0	59.5
Merrill	-	-	-	-	54.2

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Wausau West won on 12/8/2023

12/8 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Wausau West - - - - 61
Merrill - - - - 50

The Wausau West (Wausau, WI) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Merrill (WI) by a score of 61-50.
Box score
Wausau West won on 1/23/2024

1/23 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Merrill - - - - 62
Wausau West - - - - 84

The Merrill (WI) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Wausau West (Wausau, WI) by a score of 84-62.
Box score

1/23 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merrill	-	-	-	-	62
Wausau West	-	-	-	-	84

Team Stat Comparison

Wausau West		Merrill
60.5	Points Per Game	-
26.6	Rebounds Per Game	-
16.2	Assists Per Game	-
9.2	Steals Per Game	-
1.4	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Wausau West		Merrill	National Avg.
#11 Brett Butalla15.4	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#10 Bennett Matteson5.9	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#3 Griffin Lange4.5	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#11 Brett Butalla2.0	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#25 Brady Phelps0.4	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Wausau West	9-7		Merrill	3-14

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/25/23	Northland Pines	Wausau West	(W) 62-30	12/5/23	Northland Pines	Merrill	(W) 71-39
12/5/23	Wausau West	Monona Grove	(W) 74-65	12/27/23	Merrill	Monona Grove	(L) 83-40
12/15/23	Stevens Point	Wausau West	(L) 46-32	1/5/24	Merrill	Stevens Point	(L) 71-31
1/26/24	Wausau West	Stevens Point	(L) 71-53	2/8/24	Stevens Point	Merrill	(L) 61-39
12/19/23	Wausau West	Rhinelander	(W) 68-59	12/21/23	Rhinelander	Merrill	(W) 72-66
12/21/23	Wausau West	Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln	(W) 73-67	1/9/24	Merrill	Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln
2/2/24	Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln	Wausau West	(W) 87-68	1/29/24	Merrill	Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln	(L) 64-51
				2/13/24	Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln	Merrill	(L) 90-82
1/5/24	D.C. Everest	Wausau West	(W) 69-59	1/12/24	D.C. Everest	Merrill
2/8/24	Wausau West	D.C. Everest	(L) 61-57	2/6/24	D.C. Everest	Merrill	(L) 62-31
				2/16/24	Merrill	D.C. Everest	(L) 55-37
1/9/24	Wausau East	Wausau West	(L) 90-52	12/15/23	Merrill	Wausau East	(L) 73-38
2/13/24	Wausau West	Wausau East	(L) 62-47	2/5/24	Wausau East	Merrill	(L) 70-62
				3/1/24	Wausau East	Merrill	(L) 60-52
1/15/24	Wausau West	Chippewa Falls	(W) 57-54	2/19/24	Merrill	Chippewa Falls	(L) 98-60
				2/20/24	Merrill	Chippewa Falls
1/18/24	Marshfield	Wausau West	(L) 68-57	1/19/24	Merrill	Marshfield	(L) 72-33
2/16/24	Wausau West	Marshfield	(L) 48-40	2/22/24	Marshfield	Merrill	(L) 65-40
1/30/24	Medford	Wausau West	(W) 56-45	1/16/24	Merrill	Medford	(L) 62-51
2/15/24	Wausau West	Lakeland	(W) 57-42	12/12/23	Lakeland	Merrill	(W) 83-73

Record Breakdown

Wausau West (23-24)		Merrill (23-24)
15-10	Overall	8-18
5-7	League	0-12
8-2	Non-League	8-5
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
9-7	Common Opponent	3-14
7-4	Home	6-6
8-6	Away	2-10
0-0	Neutral	0-2
0-1	Playoff	0-1
15-10	In-State	8-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0