Explosive start leads Xavier boys basketball to road win at Ripon

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RIPON – The Xavier boys basketball team erupted for 63 points in the first half, opened up a 31-point lead, and rolled to a 93-58 win over Ripon in a nonconference matchup Monday night at Ripon High School.

Xavier shot 52 percent (34-for-65) from the field and knocked down nine 3-pointers as nine different Hawks scored in the win, four in double figures.

Logan Ramczyk led the way with 23 points while also grabbing seven rebounds and dishing out seven assists. Cole Hietpas added 20 points, Luke Oelhafen had 15 and Grant Neumann scored 10 in the win for Xavier (6-3).

Blake Bradley had 17 points for Ripon (1-10).

Xavier plays a Bay Conference game at Green Bay East on Friday.

Hawks 93, Tigers 58
Xavier   63   30   –   93
Ripon   32   26   –   58
XAVIER (93): Kolbe Donnermeyer 0-1 0-0 0, Logan Ramczyk 9-13 3-5 23, Kyle Bleck 2-5 2-2 8, Caden Schuler 2-7 0-0 5, Joe Gallucci 3-5 2-4 8, Jonah Gentry 0-4 2-2 2, Quinn Comerford 1-3 0-1 2, Grant Neumann 4-7 0-0 10, Cole Hietpas 8-12 3-3 20, Luke Oelhafen 5-7 4-4 15, Soma Martinusz 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 34-65. FT: 16-21. 3-pointers: 9-32 (Ramczyk 2-4, Bleck 2-5, Neumann 2-5, Hietpas 1-2, Oelhafen 1-3, Schuler 1-5, Martinusz 0-1, Donnermeyer 0-1, Comerford 0-2, Gentry 0-4). Rebounds: 28 (Ramczyk 7). Record: 6-3.
RIPON (58): Carter Kissinger 2, Cayden Kutz 3, Ben Calmes 2, Tyler Brewer 5, Carson Kaiser 4, Devin Donovan 1, Blake Bradley 17, Logan Pollesch 8, Adam Meenk 16. Record: 1-10.