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NEILLSVILLE – The Stratford boys basketball team jumped out to a double-digit lead by halftime and defeated Neillsville 64-52 in the season-opener for both teams on Monday night at Neillsville High School.
Stratford pulled out to a 33-22 lead at the opening 18 minutes and cruised from there, holding on for the 12-point win.
Drew Bruesewitz made 11 of 16 free throws and scored a team-high 26 points for the Tigers. Riley Spindler added 10 points, and Alec Chapel had seven points and seven rebounds in the win for Stratford.
Stratford will play a Marawood Conference crossover game at Prentice on Friday.
Tigers 64, Warriors 52
Stratford 33 31 – 64
Neillsville 22 30 – 52
STRATFORD (64): Caleb Wrensch 0-5 0-0 0, Alec Chapel 3-11 1-2 7, Jett Schoenherr 1-1 0-0 2, Drew Bruesewitz 6-10 11-16 26, Riley Spindler 3-8 2-3 10, Brooks Vanderhoof 3-6 0-0 7, Brady Berg 2-4 1-3 5, Kaden Foster 2-9 2-3 7. FG: 21-58. FT: 17-27. 3-pointers: 5-23 (Spindler 2-7, Vanderhoof 1-1, Bruesewitz 1-4, Foster 1-6, Berg 0-1, Wrensch 0-2, Chapel 0-2). Rebounds: 30 (Chapel 7, Vanderhoof 7). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-0.
NEILLSVILLE (52): Statistics not provided. Record: 0-1.