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Published - Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Varsity reserve boys finish season at 6-14
Coach Tim Gnewikow’s Tomah High School boys varsity reserve basketball team finished its season with a 6-14 record after losing to Sparta, 61-46, Feb. 15, at Sparta High School.
Tomah finished the season with a three-game a losing streak. The Timberwolves were also defeated by Holmen, 67-34, and La Crosse Logan, 52-33. They finished the Mississippi Valley Conference season at 2-10.
Tomah’s final win of the season was a come-from-behind 38-29 triumph at Adams-Friendship Feb. 7. The Timberwolves trailed, 22-18, at intermission but held the Green Devils to just one point in the fourth quarter.
Kyle Price and Alex Marten shared high-scoring honors for Tomah with nine points each.
At Holmen, Tomah’s defense yielded six three-point baskets and gave up 37 points after halftime. Phil Deming led the Timberwolves with nine points.
Deming scored nine points in the fourth quarter at Logan, but the Rangers countered by making eight of 12 foul shots in the final period. Deming finished with 18 points, which included two 3-point baskets.
Marten produced a season-high 18 points against Sparta, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Spartans’ fast start. Sparta zoomed out to an 18-6 lead after the first quarter and were never threatened after that. The Spartans made 17 of 29 foul shots. None of the Spartans’ 22 field goals were from beyond the 3-point arc.
Tomah was 11 of 16 from the stripe. Eric Johnson scored seven points and was five of six from the line.
Deming finished the season as the team’s leading scorer with 10.5 points per game and reached double figures in 10 contest.
Price averaged 6.6 points and reached double figures five times. Marten, a freshman who was promoted to the varsity reserve for the final 15 games, averaged 6.2 points.
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