By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

STEVENS POINT — The Stratford boys basketball team pulled out a big road win on Monday, defeating Stevens Point Pacelli 66-62 in a nonconference game at Pacelli High School.

Stratford (2-0) trailed 33-28 at halftime before rallying in the third quarter, outscoring the Cardinals 18-9 to take a 46-42 lead. Both teams scored 20 points in the fourth quarter as the Tigers held on for the win.

The Tigers won despite a huge game from Pacelli’s James Gollon, who scored 47 of the Cardinals’ 62 points. Gollon made 13 of 26 shots from the field, including five 3-pointers, and was a perfect 16 of 16 at the free throw line.

Jake Reif had 19 points, and Michael Bargender added 16 points and 16 rebounds for Stratford.

Stratford is off until Dec. 9 when it plays a nonconference game at Rib Lake.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Tigers 66, Cardinals 62

Stratford 12 16 18 20 – 66

Pacelli 18 15 9 20 – 62

STRATFORD (66): Dawson Gebelein 3-6 0-0 6, Nick Stoflet 1-2 2-3 5, Michael Bargender 7-17 2-3 16, Ethan Nagel 0-2 0-0 0, Derek Schmidt 1-5 5-6 8, Jake Reif 5-13 5-9 19, Mitch Gurlaski 0-1 0-0 0, Jake Schmitt 4-9 2-5 10, Tanner Weinfurtner 1-1 0-0 2. FG: 22-56. FT: 16-26. 3-pointers: 6-15 (Reif 4-8, Schmidt 1-3, Stoflet 1-1, Gebelein 0-1, Nagel 0-2). Rebounds: 38 (Bargender 16). Assists: 14 (Reif 3, Bargender 3). Record: 2-0.

PACELLI (62): Troy Flugar 1-7 0-0 3, Jake Elliott 1-3 1-2 4, James Gollon 13-26 16-16 47, Chris Shibilski 1-5 0-0 2, Carl Hintz 2-6 0-0 6, Andrew Blanker 0-1 0-0 0, Trevor Glodowski 0-1 0-0 0, Maxwell Firminhac 0-3 0-0 0, Zach Wysocki 0-0 0-0 0, Patrick Rath 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 18-52. FT: 17-21. 3-pointers: 9-29 (Gollon 5-11, Hintz 2-6, Elliott 1-2, Flugar 1-7, Blanker 0-1, Firminhac 0-2). Rebounds: 33 (Shibilski 10). Record: 1-3.