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STRATFORD – Pittsville outscored Stratford by eight in the third quarter and that proved enough as the Panthers won the Marawood Conference South Division opener for both teams 51-45 on Tuesday night at Stratford High School.
Stratford led 19-18 at halftime before the Panthers used a 16-8 run in the third to open up a seven-point lead. The Tigers didn’t recover.
Hannah Schmitt scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Stratford, which falls to 1-1.
Hannah Marti had 11 points and seven rebounds, Marissa Ortner tossed in 10 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Tasha Vogel added 10 points to lead a balanced attack for the Panthers (2-3).
Sara Griesbach added eight points and Brooke Schultze had six points and five rebounds for the Tigers.
Stratford returns to action next Tuesday at Marathon.
Panthers 51, Tigers 46
Pittsville 7 11 16 17 – 51
Stratford 8 11 8 18 – 46
PITTSVILLE (51): Jen Quinnell 1-2 0-0 2, Tasha Vogel 3-5 2-2 10, Mariah John 2-2 0-0 6, Dallas Oates 3-5 2-4 8, Marissa Ortner 5-8 0-0 10, Hannah Marti 3-12 5-6 11, Rachael Ewer 2-7 0-2 4. FG: 19-41. FT: 9-14. 3-pointers: 4-8 (Vogel 2-2, John 2-2, Marti 0-2, Ewer 0-1, Oates 0-1). Rebounds: 25 (Ortner 12). Assists: 5 (Quinnell 2). Record: 2-3, 1-0 Marawood Conference South Division.
STRATFORD (46): Kelsey Boeger 2-4 0-0 4, Brooke Schultze 1-8 4-7 6, Amanda Rindfleisch 0-4 2-2 2, Sara Griesbach 3-7 0-0 8, Carrie Stroetz 2-0 1-3 5, Hannah Schmitt 5-14 9-12 20. FG: 13-46. FT: 16-24. 3-pointers: 3-6 (Griesbach 2-4, Schmitt 1-2). Rebounds: 28 (Schmitt 10, Stroetz 7). Assists: 9 (Schmitt 5). Record: 1-1, 0-1 Marawood South.