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AUBURNDALE – Auburndale made quick work of Northland Lutheran, outscoring the Wildcats by 24 points in the first half, and rolled to a 57-29 win in a Marawood Conference South Division boys basketball game Tuesday night at Auburndale High School.
The Apaches improve to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the conference and knock Northland Lutheran (3-1, 1-1) from the ranks of the unbeaten.
Auburndale center Josh VanShoick made 8 of 11 shots and scored a team-high 17 points.
Blake Anderson was 4 of 9 from 3-point range and added 16 points, point guard Isaac Castellano didn’t score but had eight assists, and Matt Nikolay had five steals for the Apaches.
Auburndale led 14-5 after the first quarter and 36-12 at halftime before winning by 28.
Michael Krueger had 18 points to lead the Wildcats.
Auburndale hosts Edgar at Thursday.
Apaches 57, Wildcats 29
Northland Lutheran 5 7 8 9 – 29
Auburndale 14 22 10 11 – 57
NORTHLAND LUTHERAN (29): Curtis Engelbrecht 1-5 0-0 2, Tim Venus 3-5 0-0 6, Luke Thums 0-0 0-0 0, Michael Krueger 7-13 3-3 18, Danny Worden 0-6 0-0 0, Noah Danzer 0-0 0-0 0, Jacob Price 1-4 0-0 2, Gavin Nelson 0-0 1-2 1, Kyle Griesbach 0-0 0-0 0, Adam Jensen 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 12-33. FT: 4-5. 3-pointers: 1-13 (Krueger 1-4, Venus 0-1, Engelbrecht 0-2, Price 0-2, Worden 0-4). Rebounds: 22 (Engelbrecht 7). Assists: 4 (Venus 2). Record: 3-1, 1-1 Marawood Conference South Division.
AUBURNDALE (57): Jake Lewis 0-0 0-0 0, Tom Sabel 0-2 0-0 0, Matt Nikolay 2-6 0-1 4, Blake Anderson 5-12 2-3 16, Isaac Castellano 0-4 0-0 0, Bryan Gehrke 0-1 0-0 0, Zach Staats 4-7 1-2 9, Cooper Krings 0-4 0-0 0, Tyler Weber 1-1 0-0 2, Alex Marth 3-5 1-1 7, Matt Lang 1-4 0-0 2, Josh VanShoick 8-11 1-3 17. FG: 25-57. FT: 5-10. 3-pointers: 4-17 (Anderson 4-9, Sabel 0-1, Gehrke 0-1, Krings 0-1, Castellano 0-2, Nikolay 0-3). Rebounds: 28 (VanShoick 11). Assists: 17 (Castellano 8). Record: 2-0, 1-0 Marawood Conference South Division.