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STRATFORD – Derek Austin hit three 3-pointers and scored a team-high 17 points to lead the Stratford boys basketball team to its second straight win to start the season as the Tigers downed Phillips 48-31 in a nonconference game Thursday night at Stratford High School.
Austin made 5 of 9 shots from the field and 4 of 6 free throws to lead the Tigers. Troy Mengel added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Stratford, which scored one-third of its points from the free-throw line (16 of 24).
Stratford hits the road for another nonconference game Friday at Amherst.
Tigers 48, Loggers 31
Phillips 5 9 8 9 – 31
Stratford 11 14 7 16 – 48
PHILLIPS (31): No stats reported. Record: 0-3.
STRATFORD (48): Greg Belter 0-6 1-2 1, Nolan Bargender 0-1 0-0 0, Ben Kraus 1-2 0-0 3, Derek Austin 5-9 4-6 17, Eli Temanson 1-2 0-0 3, Travis Urlaub 1-3 3-4 5, Zach Hotchkiss 0-1 1-2 1, Joe Franklin 1-1 1-2 4, Troy Mengel 4-6 5-6 13, Andrew Marcis 0-0 1-2 1. FG: 13-31. FT: 16-24. 3-pointers: 6-13 (Austin 3-6, Kraus 1-2, Temanson 1-1, Franklin 1-1, Hotchkiss 0-1, Urlaub 0-1, Belter 0-1). Rebounds: 30 (Mengel 10). Record: 2-0.