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Xavier boys basketball routs Two Rivers in WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal

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APPLETON – The Xavier boys basketball team dominated the first half and made quick work of Two Rivers, rolling to a 73-47 victory in a WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal Friday night at Xavier High School.

The Hawks built a 28-point lead by halftime at 41-13 and maintained their big lead the rest of the way.

The No. 2 seed Xavier (23-2) will host No. 3 Brillion (21-4) for a D-3 regional final Saturday at 7 p.m. Brillion dispatched Wrightstown 64-49 on Friday.

Tyler Brightman had 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting, and Sam Pfefferle added 14 points for Xavier, which had a dozen players hit the scoring column as it emptied its bench in the second half.

Carson Kadow had 11 points for Two Rivers (11-15).

Hawks 73, Purple Raiders 47
Two Rivers   13   34   –   47
Xavier   41   32    –   73
TWO RIVERS (47): Carson Kadow 5-12 0-1 11, Zach Cortte 2-11 0-0 4, De’Andre McPherson 2-5 0-0 5, Bergen Schmid 1-7 2-2 4, Ashton Peterson 3-6 0-0 6, Dayton Glandt 1-2 2-2 4, Parker Glandt 4-7 0-0 10, Ekin Yang 0-1 0-0 0, Gavin Kummer 0-0 0-0 0, Alex Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Noah Schillcox 0-0 0-0 0, Cameron Sayeski 1-3 0-0 3. FG: 19-56. FT 4-5. 3-pointers: 5-21 (P. Glandt 2-5, Sayeski 1-1, McPherson 1-3, Kadow 104, Peterson 0-1, Johnson 0-1). Rebounds: 33 (Peterson 10). Record: 11-15.
XAVIER (73): Eli Mares 0-1 0-0 0, Sam Pfefferle 6-9 0-0 14, Hayden Quimby 3-9 0-0 8, Isaiah Des Jardins 1-2 0-0 3, Joe Gallucci 1-2 2-2 4, Reid Hietpas 2-3 0-0 4, Reed Flick 1-3 0-0 2, Luke Krull 2-3 2-2 8, Matthew Potter 0-2 0-0 0, Tyler Brightman 7-10 1-1 18, Luke Oelhafen 0-3 2-2 2, Michael Kippenhan 1-1 0-0 3, Logan Ramczyk 2-8 0-0 5, Kyler Bleck 0-1 0-0 0, Jonah Gentry 0-1 0-0 0, Cole Hietpas 1-1 0-0 2. FG: 27-59. FT: 7-7. 3-pointers: 12-30 (Brightman 3-5, Krull 2-3, Pfefferle 2-3, Quimby 2-5, Kippenhan 1-1, Des Jardins 1-1, Ramczyk 1-4, R. Hietpas 0-1, Oelhafen 0-1, Bleck 0-1, Gentry 0-1, Potter 0-2, Flick 0-2). Rebounds: 38 (Pfefferle 5, Brightman 5, Oelfafen 5). Record: 23-2.