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Xavier girls basketball splits two games at Hartford Tournament

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HARTFORD – The Xavier girls basketball team split a pair of games at the Hartford Holiday Tournament, losing to Kettle Moraine 70-66 on Monday before come back to rout Slinger 75-39 on Tuesday.

The Hawks lost a close one on Monday to Kettle Moraine (7-3) as the Lasers held a 17-7 free throw advantage.

Brynn Krull had 22 points, nailing four of Xavier’s nine 3-pointers, and also grabbed 10 rebounds for Xavier.

In Tuesday’s win, Kayla Standish had four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 18 points for the Hawks (7-3) as four Xavier players scored in double figures.

Krull added 15 points, and Hailey Hafner and Annika Hiemann both knocked in 12 in the victory.

Xavier will host Green Bay East in a Bay Conference game on Friday.

Monday’s Game
Lasers 70, Hawks 66
KETTLE MORAINE (70): Edynn Lauters 3-3 0-0 7, Lauren Kowalski 1-1 4-4 6, Quinn Lodes 6-18 6-8 20, Violet Schultz 0-1 0-0 0, Madyn Wankowski 5-10 0-1 12, Lelia Torres 2-3 0-0 4, Tenley Neal 3-7 2-2 8, Anniston Ricks 1-2 3-4 5, Mollie Montalbano 1-4 2-5 4, Carlina Cuda 1-4 0-0 3. FG: 23-53. FT: 17-24. 3-pointers: 7-19 (Wankowski 2-4, Lodes 2-8, Lauters 1-1, Ricks 1-2, Cuda 1-2, Neal 0-1, Montalbano 0-1). Rebounds: 25 (Neal 8). Record: 7-3.
XAVIER (66): Hailey Hafner 5-14 3-5 13, Brynn Krull 9-14 4-4 22, Braelee Kiepert 3-12 0-0 8, Chloe Pfefferle 3-8 0-0 6, Annika Heimann 1-4 0-0 3, Ciara Simon 1-1 0-0 3, Kayla Standish 1-3 0-0 3, Ellie Reed 0-0 0-0 0, Emma Lapp 0-0 0-0 0, Layna Petersen 2-4 0-0 4. FG: 25-60. FT: 7-9. 3-pointers: 9-21 (Krull 4-6, Kiepert 2-4, Heimann 1-1, Simon 1-1, Standish 1-2, Pfefferle 0-1, Hafner 0-6). Rebounds: 36 (Krull 10). Record: 6-3.

Tuesday’s Game
Hawks 75, Owls 39
Xavier   39    36   –   75
Slinger   16   23   –   39
XAVIER (75): Hailey Hafner 12, Brynn Krull 15, Braelee Kiepert 3, Kayla Standish 18, Chloe Pfefferle 5, Macy Hietpas 2, Ellie Reed 5, Emma Lapp 3, Annika Heimann 12. FG: 25. FT: 17-28. 3-pointers: 8 (Standish 4, Hafner 1, Krull 1, Pfefferle 1, Reed 1). Fouls 13. Record: 7-3.
SLINGER (39): Adie Ourada 12, Kaylynn Burkel 6, Macy Karl 17, Elise Wiedmeyer 2, Sandberg 2. FG: 16. FT: 1-7. 3-pointers: 6 (Ourada 4, Karl 2). Fouls: 17. Record: 2-9.