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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale boys basketball team overcame a double-digit halftime deficit and defeated Stevens Point Pacelli 57-49 in a nonconference matchup Saturday night at Auburndale High School.
The Eagles trailed 29-18 at halftime before erupting for a dominating second half, outscoring Pacelli by 19 points to earn the eight-point win.
Thomas Aue scored 16 points, and Blake Raab had 15 points and eight rebounds in the win for Auburndale, which has now won 15 games in a row and improves to 20-1 this season.
Auburndale knocked down 10 3-pointers in the victory, four by Josh Lundgren and three from Raab.
Camden Schurk and Zach Jeidy each scored 19 points for Pacelli (15-5).
Auburndale will play a Marawood Conference South Division game at Edgar on Friday.
Eagles 57, Cardinals 49
Stevens Point Pacelli 29 20 – 49
Auburndale 18 39 – 57
STEVENS POINT PACELLI (49): Malise Beduhn 0 0-0 0, Lucas Haemmerle 3 0-0 8, Jacob Williams 0 0-0 0, Zach Jeidy 9 1-1 19, Camden Schurk 9 1-3 19, Braden Flaker 1 0-0 3, Bryce Flaker 0 0-0 0, Nathan Reimer 0 0-0 0, Grant Hinker 0 0-0 0. FG: 22. FT: 2-4. 3-pointers: 3 (Haemmerle 2, Bra. Flaker 1). Record: 15-5.
AUBURNDALE (57): Thomas Aue 6-14 4-4 16, Blake Raab 4-11 4-5 15, Josh Lundgren 4-10 0-0 12, Peyton Weinfurter 2-4 2-3 8, Ayden Raab 2-3 1-2 6, Jaxon Grube 0-0 0-0 0, Keegan Empey 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 18-43. FT: 11-15. 3-pointers: 10-22 (Lundgren 4-9, B. Raab 3-8, Weinfurter 2-3, A. Raab 1-2). Rebounds: 25 (B. Raab 8). Record: 20-1.