Auburndale boys basketball uses second-half surge to defeat Prentice

Auburndale senior guard Evan Scholl. (MarshfieldAreaSports.com file photo/Paul Lecker)

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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale boys basketball had a dominant second-half performance and pulled past Prentice 70-44 in a Marawood Conference crossover game Friday at Auburndale High School.

The game was tied 28-28 at halftime before the Eagles buckled down and held Prentice to just 16 points the rest of the way, pulling away for the 26-point win.

Evan Scholl scored 18 points, Caden Weinfurter added 13, and Kaden Anderson had another double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds for Auburndale (15-2, 11-1 Marawood South).

Evan Lord had 14 points for Prentice (10-7, 6-6 Marawood North).

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Auburndale’s next game in Monday at Loyal in nonconference action. Game time is 7:15 p.m.

Eagles 70, Buccaneers 44
Prentice 28 16 – 44
Auburndale 28 42 – 70
PRENTICE (44):
Andrew Murphy 3 0-0 7, Jonas Staroba 1 0-0 3, Evan Lord 5 1-1 14, Hardy Hueckman 0 2-2 2, Elijah Harding 2 0-0 5, Matt Heikkinen 0 0-0 0, Ryder Jones 2 1-2 5, Hagen Isaacson 3 0-0 6, Adam Raab 0 0-0 0, Heston Hueckman 0 0-0 0, Aiden Hause 0 2-6 2. FG: 16. FT: 6-11. 3-pointers: 6 (Lord 3, Murphy 1, Staroba 1, Harding 1). Fouls: 23. Fouled out: none. Record: 10-7, 6-6 Marawood Conference North Division.
AUBURNDALE (70): Evan Scholl 5-10 8-12 18, Caden Weinfurter 4-9 3-4 13, Kaden Anderson 4-6 3-5 12, Blake Raab 4-7 0-0 10, Thomas Aue 5-5 0-1 10, Aden Cherney 3-3 0-0 6, Peyton Weinfurter 0-1 1-2 1, Nick Steines 0-2 0-0 0, Mason Meissner 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 25-44. FT: 15-24. 3-pointers: 5-14 (C. Weinfurter 2-4, Raab 2-4, Anderson 1-2, P. Weinfurter 0-1, Steines 0-1, Meissner 0-1). Rebounds: 24 (Anderson 10). Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none. Record: 15-2, 11-1 Marawood Conference South Division.