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AUBURNDALE – Sarah Connolly scored 20 points to lead the Wausau Newman Catholic girls basketball team to a 47-32 win over Auburndale on Friday night at Auburndale High School.
With the win, the Cardinals improve to 17-1 and a perfect 11-0 in the Marawood South. Auburndale falls to 11-6 and 7-4 in the conference following its second straight loss.
Auburndale was just 12 of 32 from the field and Newman held a 15-3 advantage from the free-throw line.
Nicole Nikolay scored eight points to lead the Apaches.
Auburndale returns to action Monday with a nonconference game at Neillsville.
Cardinals 47, Apaches 32
Newman 10 14 8 15 – 47
Auburndale 5 10 10 7 – 32
NEWMAN (47): Brianna Jankowski 0-0 0-0 0, Sarah Connolly 6-17 6-6 20, Daley Rupar 3-6 2-2 8, Abby Connolly 1-2 0-2 2, Brianna Jehn 3-15 4-7 10, Grace Kennedy 0-2 0-0 0, Maddie Tubbs 2-3 3-5 7. FG: 15-45. FT: 15-22. 3-pointers: 2-6 (Connolly 2-3, Jehn 0-3). Rebounds: 17 (Tubbs 6). Record: 17-1, 11-0 Marawood South.
AUBURNDALE (32): Sam Karl 1-4 0-0 3, Mikayla Jankowski 2-3 0-0 5, Nicole Nikolay 3-7 0-0 8, Emma Steines 2-5 0-0 5, Becky Willfahrt 0-4 1-2 1, Melanie Brandl 2-5 2-2 6, Kendra Kundinger 0-1 0-0 0, Brianna Meyer 0-0 0-0 0, Kayla Gotz 1-2 0-0 2, Shannon Yohnke 1-2 0-0 2, Stefani Karl 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 12-32. FT: 3-4. 3-pointers: 5-10 (Nikolay 2-3, Steines 1-2, Jankowski 1-2, Sam Karl 1-3). Rebounds: 21 (Nikolay 7). Record: 11-6, 7-4 Marawood South.