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WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Wisconsin Rapids Assumption outscored Stratford by 17 points over the middle two quarters and beat the Tigers 47-28 in a Marawood Conference South Division boys basketball game Thursday night at Assumption High School.
Assumption outscored the Tigers 12-7 in the second quarter and 16-4 in the third to open up a 19-point lead.
Josh Paltz scored 22 points to lead Assumption (7-12, 4-8 Marawood South).
Assumption shot 49 percent (15 of 31) from the field, while Stratford was just 11 of 31 and 2 of 15 from 3-point range.
Travis Urlaub scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds, and Andrew Marcis had 11 rebounds for Stratford (13-6, 6-6 Marawood South).
Stratford plays at Auburndale on Monday. The game will be broadcast on WOSQ-FM 92.3 and wdlbwosq.com.
Royals 47, Tigers 28
Stratford 3 7 4 14 – 28
Assumption 5 12 16 14 – 47
STRATFORD (28): Greg Belter 0-1 0-0 0, Nolan Bargender 2-3 1-2 5, Dawson Gebelein 0-0 0-0 0, Chase Griepentrog 1-4 0-0 2, Travis Urlaub 5-13 1-2 10, Austin Strasser 2-8 0-0 5, Andrew Marcis 1-2 2-2 4. FG: 11-31. FT: 4-6. 3-pointers: 2-15 (Reif 1-4, Urlaub 1-7, Belter 0-1, Griepentrog 0-3). Rebounds: 28 (Marcis 11). Record: 13-6, 6-6 Marawood South.
ASSUMPTION (47): Casey Steele 0-2 2-6 2, Josh Paltz 7-14 7-8 22, Chase Lamp 3-8 1-4 9, Kyle Roenius 2-3 0-1 4, Jared Haas 0-1 2-3 2, Sylas Swank 0-1 0-0 0, Zach Linzmeier 4-5 0-0 8. FG: 16-34. FT: 12-22. 3-pointers: 3-8 (Lamp 2-4, Paltz 1-3, Steele 0-1). Rebounds: 19 (Linzmeier 5). Record: 7-12, 4-8 Marawood South.