Pius XI Catholic hands Xavier boys basketball its first loss of season

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MEQUON – Milwaukee Pius XI Catholic outscored Xavier by eight points in each half and handed the Hawks their first loss of the season 64-48 in a game at the Rick Majerus Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook Shootout on Friday at Concordia University.

Xavier was held to a season-low 48 points as it falls to 9-1 this season.

Tyler Brightman had 17 points and seven rebounds, Hayden Quimby added 15 points, and Reid Hietpas hauled down a team-best nine rebounds for Xavier.

Jaquan Johnson had 24 points for Pius (6-4).

Xavier plays at New London in a Bay Conference showdown on next Friday, Jan. 5, at 7 p.m. The two teams are tied for first place in the conference with 4-0 records.

Popes 64, Hawks 48
Xavier   26   22   –   48
Pius XI Catholic   34   30   –   64
XAVIER (48): Sam Pfefferle 1-6 5-6 7, Hayden Quimby 6-13 0-2 15, Isaiah Des Jardins 0-1 0-0 0, Joe Gallucci 0-1 0-0 0, Reid Hietpas 1-6 0-0 2, Luke Krull 1-3 0-2 3, Tyler Brightman 7-12 2-7 17, Luke Oelhafen 2-6 0-0 4, Logan Ramczyk 0-5 0-0 0. FG: 18-53. FT: 7-17. 3-pointers: 5-20 (Quimby 3-7, Krull 1-2, Brightman 1-2, Pfefferle 0-1, Hietpas 0-2, Oelhafen 0-3, Ramczyk 0-3). Rebounds: 35 (Hietpas 9). Record: 9-1.
PIUS XI CATHOLIC (64): Cai Joseph 15, Nehemiah Teague 0, Jaquan Johnson 24, Omari Page 5, Julian Alvarez Robles 12, Rodney Hudson 2, Luke Bauer 0, Jayson Kowalski 6. Record: 6-4.