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WAUSAU – Stratford overcame a two-point halftime deficit to defeat Wausau Newman Catholic 50-41 in a Marawood Conference South Division boys basketball game Monday night at Newman Catholic High School.
Newman led 23-21 at halftime before the Tigers got things together and outscored the Cardinals (1-7, 0-5 Marawood South) by 11 points in the second half to pull away.
Drew Bruesewitz had 18 points, and Alec Chapel finished with 13 points and six rebounds for Stratford (6-1, 4-1 Marawood South).
The Tigers shot only 32 percent from the field (14-for-43), but made eight 3-pointers in the victory.
Stratford will host its annual holiday tournament Friday and Saturday. Fall River takes on Owen-Withee at 5:30 p.m. Friday, with Stratford playing Manawa afterwards. The two losers play Saturday at 5:30 p.m., with the championship to follow at approximately 7:15 p.m.
Tigers 50, Cardinals 41
Stratford 21 29 – 50
Newman Catholic 23 18 – 41
STRATFORD (50): Caleb Wrensch 0-1 0-0 0, Alec Chapel 4-10 4-11 13, Jett Schoenherr 0-0 3-4 3, Drew Bruesewitz 5-12 4-5 18, Riley Spindler 2-4 0-0 5, Brooks Vanderhoof 2-5 3-4 9, Brady Berg 0-5 0-0 0, Kaden Foster 1-6 0-1 2. FG: 14-43. FT: 14-25. 3-pointers: 8-26 (Bruesewitz 4-8, Vanderhoof 2-3, Chapel 1-3, Spindler 1-3, Wrensch 0-1, Berg 0-4, Foster 0-4). Rebounds: 28 (Chapel 6). Record: 6-1, 4-1 Marawood Conference South Division.
NEWMAN CATHOLIC (41): Statistics not reported. Record: 1-8, 0-5 Marawood Conference South Division.