Xavier girls basketball outlasts Menasha for third win in a row

AppletonSportsPage.com

MENASHA – Xavier senior Brynn Krull scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Hawks to a 49-39 win over Menasha in a Bay Conference girls basketball game Thursday night at Menasha High School.

Xavier held on, making 15 of 23 free throws, to improve to 5-1 overall and 3-1 in the Bay Conference with its third-straight win.

Aria Bilke led Menasha (1-4, 0-2 Bay) with 12 points.

Xavier will have a week off before playing a nonconference game at Waupun on Thursday, Dec. 18, to start a stretch of six-straight nonconference games. The Hawks’ next Bay Conference game is Jan. 2 at home against Green Bay East.

Hawks 49, Bluejays 39
Xavier   26   23   –   49
Menasha   19   20   –   39
XAVIER (49): Hailey Hafner 7, Brynn Krull 17, Kayla Standish 8, Chloe Pfefferle 7, Layna Peterson 2, Annika Heimann 8. FG: 14. FT: 15-23. 3-pointers: 6 (Krull, 2, Standish 2, Hafner 1, Pfefferle 1). Fouls: 19. Record: 5-1, 3-1 Bay Conference.
MENASHA (39): Madeline Hill 1, Sophia Kelly 5, Rayanna Jenkins 9, Shelby Kolasinski 3, Aria Bilke 12, Alexa Standiford 9. FG: 12. FT: 10-15. 3-pointers: 5 (Bilke 2, Jenkins 1, Kolasinski 1, Standiford 1). Fouls: 19. Record: 1-4, 0-2 Bay Conference.