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STEVENS POINT – Stratford had a hot second quarter, lifting it to a convincing 49-28 win over Stevens Point Pacelli in a nonconference girls basketball game Tuesday night at Pacelli High School.
The Tigers outscored Pacelli 18-7 in the second quarter to take a 26-11 lead at halftime and cruised from there.
The win is Stratford’s second straight after a stretch in which it lost nine of 10 games, improving its record to 5-13. Pacelli falls to 2-16.
Keri Doll scored 11 points, Sara Griesbach had 10 points and eight rebounds, and Jenessa Denfeld had seven points and snared 11 rebounds for the Tigers, who play a Marawood Conference South Division game at home against Edgar on Thursday.
Tigers 49, Cardinals 28
Stratford 8 18 10 13 – 49
Pacelli 4 7 9 8 – 28
STRATFORD (49): Sara Griesbach 4-10 2-4 10, Danielle Leffel 0-0 1-2 1, Rachel Ludwig 1-8 1-3 3, Dani Austin 3-10 0-0 6, Carrie Stroetz 1-3 1-3 3, Jenessa Denfeld 3-5 0-0 7, Keri Doll 5-11 0-0 11, Hannah Schmitt 2-5 2-2 6, McKenzie Hoffman 1-1 0-1 2. FG: 20-53. FT: 7-15. 3-pointers: 2-3 (Denfeld 1-1, Doll 1-1, Griesbach 0-1). Rebounds: 42 (Denfeld 11). Total fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 5-13.
PACELLI (28): Laurn Jugella 0 0-1 0, Laura Raflik 0 0-0 0, Sarah Vanorder 3 2-2 8, Kate Lopas 3 0-0 6, Marisa Rice 1 3-6 6, MaKenzy Kuckkahn 1 1-2 3, Anna Lesmire 0 1-2 1, Shellie Pinter 2 0-0 4, Jamie Heuring 0 0-0 0. FG: 10. FT: 7-13. 3-pointers: 1 (Rice 1). Record: 2-16.
