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OWEN – Stratford shot an efficient 53 percent from the field and had three players in double figures as it defeated Owen-WIthee 65-58 in a nonconference boys basketball game Saturday night at Owen-WIthee High School.
Derrick Schmidt scored 19 points and had a team-high seven rebounds, Ethan Nagel added 16 points, and Cole Hoffman had 15 points for Stratford, which improves to 2-1.
The game was tied at 22-22 at halftime before the Tigers exploded for 43 points in the second 18-minute frame.
Stratford made 22 of 41 field goal attempts, including 16 of 25 (64 percent) from 2-point range.
Josiah Goerlitz poured in 28 points for Owen-Withee (1-1).
Stratford hosts Rib Lake in a nonconference game Monday.
Tigers 65, Blackhawks 58
Stratford 22 43 – 65
Owen-Withee 22 36 – 58
STRATFORD (65): Brenden Fecker 1-3 4-7 7, Cole Hoffman 5-10 4-7 15, Drew Oertel 0-0 0-0 0, Nick Stoflet 1-1 0-0 3, Lucas Heidmann 0-0 1-1 1, Ethan Nagel 5-8 3-6 16, Dylan Griepentrog 0-0 0-0 0, Derrick Schmidt 8-13 3-6 19, Jacob Danen 1-5 0-0 2, Jaren Fischer 1-1 0-0 2. FG: 22-41. FT: 15-27. 3-pointers: 6-16 (Nagel 3-5, Stoflet 1-1, Fecker 1-3, Hoffman 1-6, Schmidt 0-1). Rebounds: 21 (Schmidt 7). Assists: 13 (Stoflet 6). Turnovers: 15. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: Fecker. Record: 2-1.
OWEN-WITHEE (58): Darry Bottlemy 6, Bo Baehr 3, Alex Poehler 2, Preston Shelton 4, Kole Karaba 6, A.J. Ovyn 9, Josiah Goerlitz 28. Record: 1-1.