Stratford boys basketball shuts out Rib Lake in overtime, wins by 10

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

RIB LAKE — Stratford outscored Rib Lake 10-0 in overtime to beat the Redmen 52-42 in a nonconference boys basketball game Tuesday night at Rib Lake High School.

Jake Reif continued his strong start to the season for the Tigers (3-0) with 24 points and four assists. Reif made 8 of 17 shots from the field and 6 of 7 at the free throw line.

Michael Bargender added nine points and 14 rebounds, and Dawson Gebelein chipped in with eight points for Stratford.

Stratford trailed 33-26 after three quarters before rallying and finishing the game on a 26-9 run.

The Tigers open their Marawood Conference South Division season Thursday at Wausau Newman Catholic.

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

Tigers 52, Redmen 42 (OT)

Stratford 13 3 10 16 10 – 52

Rib Lake 6 13 14 9 0 – 42

STRATFORD (52): Dawson Gebelein 2-10 4-4 8, Nick Stoflet 1-4 0-0 2, Michael Bargender 4-5 1-1 9, Ethan Nagel 0-2 0-0 0, Derek Schmidt 3-11 0-4 8, Jake Reif 8-17 6-7 24, Jake Schmitt 0-6 1-6 1. FG: 16-53. FT: 12-22. 3-pointers: 4-23 (Reif 2-10, Schmidt 2-6, Nagel 0-2, Gebelein 0-1, Stoflet 0-3, Schmitt 0-1). Rebounds: 33 (Bargender 14). Assists: 11 (Reif 4). Record: 3-0.

RIB LAKE (42): Statistics not provided. Record: 1-2.