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Xavier boys basketball suffers close loss at Plymouth

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PLYMOUTH – Kayden Schultz scored 31 points to lift Plymouth to a slim 81-78 win over Xavier in a nonconference boys basketball game Tuesday at Plymouth High School.

Luke Oelhafen had 20 points, Logan Ramczyk added 17 and Kyler Bleck 15 for the Hawks, who drop to 3-2 this season.

Cole Hietpas also had 14 points and a team-high six rebounds in the loss.

Tyson Smith added 16 points for Plymouth (3-3).

Xavier host Menasha for a Bay Conference game on Friday at 7 p.m.

Panthers 81, Hawks 78
Xavier   43   35   –   78
Plymouth   46   35   –   81
XAVIER (78):
Logan Ramczyk 7-17 1-2 17, Kyler Bleck 5-9 2-2 15, Caden Schuler 1-1 2-2 5, Joe Gallucci 2-4 0-1 4, Jonah Gentry 0-1 0-0 0, Quinn Comerford 0-0 0-0 0, Grant Neumann 1-1 1-1 3, Cole Hietpas 5-9 3-5 14, Luke Oelhafen 8-15 0-1 20. FG: 29-57. FT: 9-14. 3-pointers: 11-31 (Oelhafen 4-8, Bleck 3-7, Ramczyk 2-10, Schuler 1-1, Hietpas 1-3). Rebounds: 27 (Hietpas 6). Record: 3-2.
PLYMOUTH (81): Max Hill 8, Brett Shutter 8, Kayden Schultz 31, Augie Eigenberger 13, Tyson Smith 16, Aidan DeMunck 2, Maximo Troka 3, Charlie Nass 0. Record: 3-3.