Xavier girls basketball drops season-opener to Laconia

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APPLETON – Laconia drilled 11 3-pointers and went on to defeat Xavier 64-41 in the Hawks’ girls basketball season-opener Thursday night at Xavier High School.

After playing a tight first half, in which Laconia led 26-24 at the intermission, the Spartans outscored Xavier 38-17 in the second half to improve to 2-0 this season.

Tierney Madigan had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Payton Morgan nailed five 3-pointers and scored 17 for Laconia.

Brynn Krull, Joy Krull and Faith Hafner each had seven points to top Xavier.

Xavier will take on Waukesha Catholic Memorial at the Brookfield Central Thanksgiving Shootout on Saturday, Nov. 30, at 10 a.m.

Spartans 64, Hawks 41
Laconia   26   38   –   64
Xavier   24   17   –   41
LACONIA (64): Finley Morgan 14, Gabby Pinno 0, Eva Engel 3, Molly Duel 4, Marissa Johnson 2, Tierney Madigan 19, Hayden Johnson 0, Natalie Pionke 0, Aubrey Leonard 2, Payton Morgan 17, Kendyl Pluim 3, Mylee Redman 0, Lillianne Zimmerman 0. FG: 23. FT: 7-8. 3-pointers: 11 (P. Morgan 5, F. Morgan 3, Pluim 1, Engel 1). Record: 2-0.
XAVIER (41): Hailey Hafner 6, Brynn Krull 7, Joy Krull 7, Chloe Pfefferle 3, Alexandra Tylinski 4, Faith Hafner 7, Annika Heimann 5, Layna Petersen 2. Record: 0-1.