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COLBY – Auburndale outscored Colby by eight points in overtime to win its 2024-25 boys basketball season-opener 70-62 on Monday night at Colby High School.
Blake Raab hit seven 3-pointers and scored 33 points to lead the way for the Eagles. Josh Lundgren added 12 points on the strength of 6-for-9 shooting at the free throw line, and Thomas Aue chipped in eight points and a team-high seven rebounds for Auburndale.
The game was tight throughout as Auburndale led 32-31 at halftime, only to see Colby knot up the score at the end of regulation. The Eagles dominated the overtime with a 12-4 run.
Reed Fleischmann had 17 points to lead Colby.
Auburndale will play a Marawood Conference crossover game at Abbotsford on Friday.
Eagles 70, Hornets 62 (OT)
Auburndale 32 26 12 – 70
Colby 31 27 4 – 62
AUBURNDALE (70): Blake Raab 12-22 2-2 33, Josh Lundgren 3-7 6-9 12, Thomas Aue 4-9 0-0 8, Keegan Empey 1-2 3-4 5, Jaxon Grube 2-2 0-1 4, James Norby 1-1 1-1 3, Peyton Weinfurter 1-8 1-4 3, Ayden Raab 0-0 2-2 2, Ray Teska 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 24-53. FT: 15-23. 3-pointers: 7-21 (Raab 7-13, Teska 0-1, Lundgren 0-3, Weinfurter 0-4). Rebounds: 32 (Aue 7). Fouls: 6. Fouled out: none. Record: 0-1.
COLBY (62): Reed Fleischmann 7 0-0 17, Luke Hanula 0 0-0 0, Miguel Mortillon 6 0-0 13, Colton Orth 4 2-7 11, Hayden Kaiser 1 0-0 2, Landon Steinman 5 0-0 13, Tucker Hayes 3 0-0 6. FG: 26. FT: 2-7. 3-pointers: 8 (Fleischmann 3, Steinman 3, Orth 1, Mortillon 1). Fouls: 18. Fouled out: Hayes. Record: 1-0.