Xavier boys basketball pulls past Menasha behind Oelhafen’s 23 points

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APPLETON – Luke Oelhafen had a monster double-double, finishing with 23 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Xavier boys basketball team to a hard-fought 68-62 win over Menasha in a Bay Conference game Friday night at the Torchy Clark Gymnasium at Xavier High School.

After a first half that finished tied at 37, the Hawks (4-2, 2-0 Bay Conference) outscored Menasha by six points in the second half to pull away.

Oelhafen made all eight of his free throw attempts and nailed three 3-pointers for Xavier.

Logan Ramczyk added 20 points for the Hawks.

Trayveon Lockridge topped Menasha (4-3, 2-1 Bay Conference) with 14 points.

Xavier will travel to Milwaukee Bradley Tech to take on Milwaukee North at the Win Parkinson Invite on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

Hawks 68, Bluejays 62
Menasha   37   25   –   62
Xavier   37   31   –   68
MENASHA (62): Charles White 0, Jean Claude Mukome 10, Josiah Hibbler 13, Shamir Senyange 4, Parker Wienandt 2, Levi Miller 7, Trayveon Lockridge 14, Tayden Wilke 8, Mason Lukasavage 4. Record: 4-3, 2-1 Bay Conference.
XAVIER (68): Logan Ramczyk 6-20 6-9 20, Kyler Bleck 0-4 0-0 0, Caden Schuler 4-4 0-1 9, Joe Gallucci 2-4 1-2 6, Jonah Gentry 2-5 0-1 5, Quinn Comerford 0-1 0-0 0, Grant Neumann 0-2 0-0 0, Cole Hietpas 1-2 3-4 5, Luke Oelhafen 6-14 8-8 23. FG: 21-56. FT: 18-25. 3-pointers: 8-30 (Oelhafen 3-8, Ramczyk 2-10, Schuler 1-1, Gallucci 1-2, Gentry 1-4, Comerford 0-1, Neumann 0-1, Bleck 0-3). Rebounds: 48 (Oelhafen 13). Record: 4-2, 2-0 Bay Conference.