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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale boys basketball team won its eighth-straight game on Thursday, knocking off Marawood Conference North Division leader Rib Lake 61-44 in a Marawood crossover game at Auburndale High School.
The Eagles led 37-21 by halftime and was able to finish off the double-digit win, improving to 13-1 overall and 8-1 in the Marawood South.
Auburndale knocked down 12 3-pointers, four from Josh Lundgren (16 points) and three by Blake Raab (17 points), in the victory.
Lundgren went 6-for-8 from the field and Raab made all six of his free throws as well for the Eagles.
Talon Scheithauer led Rib Lake (9-4, 7-2 Marawood North) 18 points.
Auburndale will be back in action Tuesday at Wausau Newman Catholic.
Eagles 61, Redmen 44
Rib Lake 21 23 – 44
Auburndale 37 24 – 61
RIB LAKE (44): Slade Scheithauer 0 0-0 0, Seth Borchardt 1 0-0 3, Talon Scheithauer 5 4-4 18, Jed Henderson 6 1-2 13, Blake Henderson 2 0-0 4, Ethan Cook 1 0-0 3, David Picher 0 0-0 0, Lucas Cook 1 1-2 3, Brady Heiser 0 0-2 0. FG: 16. FT: 6-10. 3-pointers: 6 (T. Scheithauer 4, Borchardt 1, Cook 1). Fouls: 18. Fouled out: none. Record: 9-4, 7-2 Marawood Conference North Division.
AUBURNDALE (61): Blake Raab 4-8 6-6 17, Josh Lundgren 6-8 0-0 16, Peyton Weinfurter 5-7 0-0 13, Keegan Empey 1-6 2-4 5, Ayden Raab 2-5 0-2 5, Thomas Aue 1-5 1-3 3, Jaxon Grube 0-1 2-3 2, Ray Teska 0-2 0-0 0, Trevin Seevers 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 19-42. FT: 11-18. 3-pointers: 12-20 (Lundgren 4-6, B. Raab 3-5, Weinfurter 3-5, Empey 1-2, A. Raab 1-2). Rebounds: 28 (Empey 7). Fouls: 13. Fouled out: Aue. Record: 13-1, 8-1 Marawood Conference South Division.