Xavier girls basketball pulls off road win at crosstown rival Fox Valley Lutheran

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APPLETON – The Xavier girls basketball team hit six 3-pointers and held off a late push to defeat Fox Valley Lutheran 48-43 in a Bay Conference matchup Friday night at Fox Valley Lutheran High School.

The Hawks pulled ahead 25-17 at halftime and held on from there, despite being outscored by three in the second half.

Brynn Krull and Hailey Hafner each scored 12 points, and Chloe Pfefferle had three 3-pointers and 11 points for Xavier, which improves to 11-3 overall and 7-1 in the Bay Conference and remains one-half game behind Winneconne for the conference lead.

Kinley Peterson nailed five 3-pointers and had a game-high 19 points for Fox Valley Lutheran (10-4, 5-3 Bay Conference).

Both teams play Bay Conference games on Tuesday as Xavier hosts Seymour and FVL travels to Green Bay East.

Hawks 48, Foxes 43
Xavier   25   23   –   48
Fox Valley Lutheran   17   26   –   43
XAVIER (48): Hailey Hafner 12, Brynn Krull 12, Chloe Pfefferle 11, Ellie Reed 2, Layna Petersen 2, Annika Heimann 9. FG: 18. FT: 6-11. 3-pointers: 6 (Pfefferle 3, Hafner 2, B. Krull 1). Fouls: 11. Record: 11-3, 7-1 Bay Conference.
FOX VALLEY LUTHERAN (43): Oliver Johnson 6, Kinley Peterson 19, Brianna Dahlke 8, Alana Baker 4, Grace Meier 5, Taylor Johnson 1. FG: 15. FT: 8-14. 3-pointers: 5 (Peterson 5). Fouls: 12. Record: 10-4, 5-3 Bay Conference.