Xavier girls basketball dominates overtime, takes down New London

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NEW LONDON – The Xavier girls basketball team overcame a big halftime deficit, forced overtime and dominated the extra four-minute period as it defeated New London 49-35 in a Bay Conference matchup Friday night at New London High School.

The Hawks trailed 23-10 at halftime before turning the tables and outscored New London 22-9 in the second half to push the game to overtime. In OT, Xavier outscored the Bulldogs 17-3 to win going away and stay in the Bay Conference title chase.

Xavier improves to 14-6 overall and 8-1 in the Bay, one-half game behind 9-1 West De Pere.

Elle Krull scored 18 points and Carsyn Stempa added 13 for the Hawks.

Jensen Mix led New London (15-5, 5-4 Bay Conference) with 15 points.

Xavier hosts Menasha on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Hawks 49, Bulldogs 35 (OT)
Xavier   10   22   17   –   49
New London   23   9   3   –   35
XAVIER (49): Kylee Standish 2 0-0 4, Joy Krull 1 0-0 2, Halle Vande Hey 1 3-5 5, Molly Martine 1 0-0 3, Elle Krull 5 7-11 18, Alexandra Tylinski 0 1-2 1, Faith Hafner 1 0-0 3, Carsyn Stempa 3 6-6 13. FG: 14. FT: 17-24. 3-pointers: 4 (Martine 1, E. Krull 1, F. Hafner 1, Stempa 1). Fouls: 15. Record: 14-6, 8-1 Bay Conference.
NEW LONDON (35): Djunie Langel 2 0-0 5, Caitlin Stroesenruether 0 3-5 3, Kenna Mix 2 1-2 5, Shelby Glodowski 3 0-0 7, Jensen Mix 5 2-5 15. FG: 12. FT: 6-12. 3-pointers: 5 (J. Mix 3, Langel 1, Glodowski 1). Fouls: 21. Record: 15-5, 5-4 Bay Conference.