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NEILLSVILLE – The Stratford boys basketball team cooled off a red-hot Neillsville squad on Saturday night, defeating the Warriors 54-53 in a nonconference matchup at Neillsville High School.
Braeden Schueller scored 19 points and Henry Zaleski came off the bench to chip in eight as the Tigers halted Neillsville’s five-game winning streak.
Neillsville missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer.
Stratford shot just 38 percent (19-for-49) but were able to overcome a two-point halftime deficit to earn the road win and improve to 9-7 this season.
Stratford will play at Marawood Conference South Division leader Marathon on Tuesday.
Tigers 54, Warriors 53
Stratford 25 29 – 54
Neillsville 27 26 – 53
STRATFORD (54): Braeden Schueller 7-11 2-2 19, John Seitz 2-5 2-3 6, Ashton Wrensch 2-9 1-3 6, Drew Bruesewitz 2-6 1-3 6, Henry Zaleski 4-7 0-0 8, Izaiah Hadlock 0-2 2-2 2, Brady Schmidt 2-9 2-2 7. FG: 19-49. FT: 10-15. 3-pointers: 6-22 (Schueller 3-6, Bruesewitz 1-3, Wrensch 1-6, Schmidt 1-6, Seitz 0-1, Zaleski 0-1). Rebounds: 27 (Seitz 10). Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none. Record:
NEILLSVILLE (53): Statistics not reported. Record: 10-6.