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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale girls basketball team extended a two-point halftime lead in the second half and went on to defeat Prentice 50-38 in a nonconference game Friday night at Auburndale High School.
The Apaches led 21-19 at the half before outscoring Prentice 10-5 in the third quarter and 19-14 in the fourth.
Nicole Nikolay led three Auburndale players in double figures with 16 points. Emma Steines added 13 and Shannon Yahnke had 10 for the Apaches (7-4).
Nikolay added eight rebounds and was a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line for Auburndale.
The Apaches had a nonconference game at Iola-Scandinavia on Tuesday and return to Marawood Conference South Division action next Thursday at Edgar. The Apaches are 5-1, one-half game behind Wisconsin Rapids Assumption (5-0) in the Marawood South standings.
Apaches 50, Buccaneers 38
Prentice 15 4 5 14 – 38
Auburndale 11 10 10 19 – 50
PRENTICE (38): Shiola Uhren 0 0-0 0, Cierra Jablonsky 5 4-5 15, Chelsea Simek 0 0-0 0, Sidney Wilund 1 1-2 3, Brittany Strobl 6 0-0 12, Shawnie Sarkkinen 3 2-3 8, Alyson Nehls 0 0-0 0. FG: 15. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 1 (Jablonsky 1).
AUBURNDALE (50): Kendra Kundinger 1-4 0-0 3, Stafani Karl 0-0 0-0 0, Mikayla Jankowski 2-9 2-4 6, Becky Willfahrt 0-4 0-0 0, Nicole Nikolay 6-13 4-4 16, Shannon Yahnke 5-6 0-0 10, Emma Steines 5-7 2-2 13, Melanie Brandl 1-3 0-0 2, Kayla Gotz 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 20-48. FT: 8-10. 3-pointers: 2-10 (Steines 1-2, Kundinger 1-3, Jankowski 0-1, Nikolay 0-4). Rebounds: 23 (Nikolay 8). Record: 7-4.