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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale girls basketball team took undefeated Wisconsin Rapids Assumption to the brink, but the Royals were able to pull out a 45-41 win in a Marawood Conference South Division matchup Thursday night at Auburndale High School.
The game was tight throughout, with Assumption holding a one-point lead after one quarter and the score was tied after both the second and third quarters.
Assumption outscored Auburndale 9-5 in the fourth quarter to sneak away with the victory.
The Royals are now 20-0 overall and 13-0 in the Marawood South, while Auburndale falls to 14-7 and finishes the conference season with a 10-4 record.
Mary Sigler had 12 points and Gena Grondhoffer had 11 for Assumption.
Nicole Nikolay had nine points and 10 rebounds, and Melanie Brandl added eight points and six rebounds for the Apaches.
Auburndale finishes its regular-season schedule with a Marawood North-South crossover game on Feb. 21 or 23, depending on if the Apaches end up in second or third place in the final South Division standings. Game date and site is to be determined.
Royals 45, Apaches 41
Assumption 15 10 11 9 – 45
Auburndale 14 11 11 5 – 41
ASSUMPTION (45): Jenny Wanta 4-6 0-0 10, Mary Sigler 3-9 6-6 12, Macie Zurfluh 1-2 1-2 3, Gena Grondhoffer 3-6 3-5 11, Brittney Birkhaueser 2-4 0-0 4, Jane Newman 1-1 1-2 3, Hannah Skibba 1-3 0-1 2, Olivia Skibba 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 15-33. FT: 13-17. 3-pointers: 2-6 (Wanta 2-3, Sigler 0-1, Birkhaueser 0-1, H. Skibba 0-1). Rebounds: 13 (H. Skibba 5). Record: 20-0, 13-0 Marawood South.
AUBURNDALE (41): Kendra Kundinger 2-7 0-0 6, Mikayla Jankowski 1-4 0-0 2, Becky Willfahrt 0-3 3-5 3, Nicole Nikolay 4-6 0-2 9, Shannon Yahnke 2-2 0-0 4, Emma Steines 3-7 1-1 7, Melanie Brandl 4-10 0-0 8, Kayla Gotz 1-3 0-0 2. FG: 17-42. FT: 4-6. 3-pointers: 3-10 (Kundinger 2-5, Nikolay 1-1, Willfahrt 0-1, Steines 0-1, Brandl 0-2). Rebounds: 27 (Nikolay 10). Record: 14-7, 10-4 Marawood South.