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STEVENS POINT – Nolan Bargender scored 15 points and Greg Belter had 11 rebounds to lead the Stratford boys basketball team to a narrow 50-48 win over Stevens Point Pacelli on Monday night at Pacelli High School.
Stratford outscored the Cardinals 19-13 in the third quarter to turn a five-point halftime deficit into a one-point lead, then held on at the end to improve to 2-0 this season.
Andrew Marcis added 12 points and Travis Urlaub had 10 points, four assist and three rebounds for the Tigers.
Stratford plays at home against Amherst on Nov. 26.
Tigers 50, Cardinals 48
Stratford 13 6 19 12 – 50
Pacelli 10 14 13 11 – 48
STRATFORD (50): Greg Belter 3-7 0-1 6, Nolan Bargender 7-10 0-2 15, Travis Urlaub 5-9 1-2 10, Austin Strasser 0-1 0-0 0, Jake Reif 4-8 0-2 8, Andrew Marcis 6-9 0-1 12. FG: 25-44. FT: 1-7. 3-pointers: 1-6 (Bargender 1-1, Belter 0-1, Urlaub 0-2, Reif 0-2). Rebounds: 24 (Belter 11). Assists: 11 (Urlaub 4). Record: 2-0.
PACELLI (48): No statistics provided. Record: 0-1.