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KRONENWETTER – Andrew Marcis had a dominating game inside, scoring 20 points and grabbing 12 rebounds, to lead the Stratford boys basketball team to a 74-57 win over Northland Lutheran on Thursday night at Northland Lutheran High School.
Jake Reif added 19 points for the Tigers, making three 3-pointers and 6 of 8 free throws. Marcis was 8 of 11 from the field and drilled all four of his free-throw attempts for Stratford.
Stratford improves to 11-5 overall and gets back to the .500 mark at 5-5 in the Marawood South. Northland Lutheran drops to 4-11 and 1-8 in the conference.
After a tight first half, with Stratford leading 32-21 at halftime, the Tigers used a 24-12 third quarter to pull away.
Gideon Nelson scored 17 points and Tim Venus added 14 for the Wildcats.
Stratford hosts Edgar on Tuesday.
Tigers 74, Wildcats 57
Stratford 17 15 24 18 – 74
Northland Lutheran 17 14 12 14 – 57
STRATFORD (74): Greg Belter 2-7 4-7 8, Nolan Bargender 3-6 5-5 9, Jeremiah Hubing 0-1 0-0 0, Chase Griepentrog 0-1 0-0 0, Travis Urlaub 4-16 1-2 11, Austin Strasser 2-3 2-2 6, Jake Reif 5-12 6-8 19, Andrew Marcis 8-11 4-4 20. FG: 24-56. FT: 22-28. 3-pointers: 5-12 (Reif 3-5, Urlaub 2-6, Hubing 0-1). Rebounds: 44 (Marcis 12, Bargender 9). Record: 11-5, 5-5 Marawood South.
NORTHLAND LUTHERAN (57): Curtis Engelbrech 2-8 0-0 6, Maarten Colby 2-8 5-9 10, Tim Venus 6-12 2-2 14, Gideon Nelson 5-15 5-6 17, Danny Warden 1-1 0-0 3, Michael Krueger 3-6 0-0 7, Cody Hess 0-3 0-0 0, Cody Griesbach 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 19-55. FT: 12-17. 3-pointers: 7-21 (Nelson 2-5, Engelbrecht 2-6, Colby 1-2, Warden 1-1, Krueger 1-4, Venus 0-1, Griesbach 0-2). Rebounds: 24 (Colby 6). Record: 4-11, 1-8 Marawood South.