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STRATFORD – The Stratford boys basketball team rolled past Northland Lutheran 65-51 on Friday night at Stratford High School in a Marawood Conference South Division game.
The Tigers have won four of their last six games and improve to 9-8 overall and 5-6 in the Marawood South. Northland Lutheran falls to 4-11 and 2-9 in the Marawood South.
Jesse Adams made five of nine shots from 3-point range and scored a game-high 25 points for the Tigers, who also owned a 30-19 rebounding advantage.
Chris Newburry added 18 points on 8 of 13 shooting, and was one of three Tigers with six rebounds. Troy Mengel and Matt Griffith also had six rebounds each.
Stratford trailed 26-25 at halftime before ripping off 40 second-half points to win going away.
Tigers 65, Wildcats 51
No. Lutheran 14 12 8 17 – 51
Stratford 16 9 20 20 – 65
NO. LUTHERAN (51): Troy Hoyord 4-6 2-2 11, Isaac Dahlke 2-4 3-4 8, Steven Dye 0-0 0-0 0, Sam Haen 0-3 0-1 0, Kyle O’Malley 0-0 2-2 2, Brett Boeck 2-3 0-0 4, James Kammueller 1-3 0-0 2, Travis May 1-6 4-4 6, Matt Klieforth 7-8 4-5 18. FG: 17-33. FT: 15-18. Rebounds: 19 (Klieforth 7). Record: 4-11, 2-9 Marawood South.
STRATFORD (65): Chris Newburry 8-13 2-2 18, Jesse Adams 9-14 2-2 25, Derek Austin 1-4 1-2 3, Matt Griffith 3-9 0-0 6, Austin Shelley 0-2 0-0 0, Josh Franklin 0-6 5-6 5, Alex Kitchner 0-1 0-1 0, Troy Mengel 4-6 0-0 8. FG: 25-55. FT: 10-13. 3-pointers: 5-17 (Adams 5-9, Newburry 0-3, Franklin 0-3, Griffith 0-1, Kitchner 0-1). Rebounds: 30 (Mengel 6, Griffith 6, Newburry 6). Record: 9-8, 5-6 Marawood South.
