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STRATFORD – The Stratford girls basketball team clamped down defensively as it overcame a poor shooting night to defeat Wabeno/Laona 43-28 in a nonconference game Tuesday at Stratford High School.
The Tigers (3-0) shot only 30 percent (15-for-50) from the field, but held Wabeno/Laona (1-3) to only 11 made field goals to win going away.
Laney Pankratz and MyKayla Stueber each made three 3-pointers and scored 11 points, and junior Tria Tubbs added 11 points and eight rebounds in the win for Stratford.
Allison Albrecht scored 12 points for the Rebels to lead all scorers.
Stratford will play a Marawood Conference crossover game at Prentice on Friday at 5:30 p.m.
Tigers 43, Rebels 28
Wabeno/Laona 11 17 – 28
Stratford 20 23 – 43
WABENO/LAONA (28): Ave Cleereman 0 0-0 0, Lily Terry 2 0-0 4, Allison Albrecht 5 1-2 12, Holly Gilligan 1 1-2 3, Reese Connor 0 0-0 0, Aubrey Tinsman 1 2-2 4, Brynn Yaeger 2 0-0 5, Izzy Popp 0 0-0 0, Faith Novak 0 0-1 0, Lovey VanZile 0 0-0 0. FG: 11. FT: 4-7. 3-pointers: 2 (Yeager 1, Albrecht 1). Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-3.
STRATFORD (43): Kayla Casperson 0-3 0-0 0, Laney Pankratz 3-4 2-2 11, Carly Pankratz 2-10 0-0 4, Kassedey Downey 0-1 0-0 0, Emily Zuelke 2-6 2-4 6, Daisy Yoder 0-3 0-0 0, Lucy Zaleski 0-0 0-0 0, MyKayla Stueber 4-11 0-0 11, Tria Tubbs 4-10 3-3 11, Abbi Lewerenz 0-0 0-0 0, Erika Frick 0-2 0-1 0. FG: 15-50. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 6-17 (L. Pankratz 3-3, Stueber 3-10, Casperson 0-1, Yoder 0-1, C. Pankratz 0-2). Rebounds: 27 (Tubbs 8). Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 3-0.