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STRATFORD – Derek Austin scored 17 points to lead three Stratford players in double figures as the Tigers blasted Northland Lutheran 57-27 in a Marawood Conference South Division boys basketball game Tuesday night at Stratford High School.
The Tigers improve to 13-3 and 9-1 in the Marawood South, keeping pace one game behind first-place Auburndale in the standings. Northland Lutheran drops to 2-13 and 0-10 in the conference.
Austin made 8 of 17 shots from the field, grabbed five rebounds and had four steals to lead the Tigers. Travis Urlaub added 13 points and Nolan Bargender had 11 as both made 5 of 7 shots from the field for Stratford.
Stratford jumped out to a 17-2 lead after the first quarter and led 32-9 by halftime, making quick work of the Wildcats.
Stratford plays at Edgar on Friday.
Tigers 57, Wildcats 27
Northland Lutheran 2 7 4 14 – 27
Stratford 17 15 13 12 – 57
NORTHLAND LUTHERAN (27): Curtis Engelbrecht 2-4 1-1 6, Maarten Colby 3-11 0-0 6, Tim Venus 4-13 1-1 9, Gideon Nelson 1-6 0-0 2, Michael Krueger 1-6 0-0 2, Caleb Solofia 1-3 0-0 2, Cody Griesbach 0-3 0-0 0. FG: 12-46. FT: 2-2. 3-pointers: 1-13 (Engelbrecht 1-2, Colby 0-1, Solofia 0-1, Nelson 0-2, Krueger 0-3, Venus 0-4). Rebounds: 7 (Venus 2, Nelson 2). Record: 2-13, 0-10 Marawood South.
STRATFORD (57): Greg Belter 0-2 0-0 0, Nolan Bargender 5-7 1-2 11, Ben Kraus 0-0 0-0 0, Derek Austin 8-17 0-0 17, Eli Temanson 1-4 0-0 2, Travis Urlaub 5-7 3-3 13, Troy Mengel 3-8 2-2 8, Andrew Marcis 1-4 4-4 6. FG: 23-49. FT: 10-11. 3-pointers: 1-8 (Austin 1-3, Temanson 0-2, Belter 0-2, Urlaub 0-1). Rebounds: 35 (Bargender 7). Record: 13-3, 9-1 Marawood South.