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AUBURNDALE – Blake Anderson hit 7 of 9 3-pointers and scored a career-high 26 points, lifting the Auburndale boys basketball team to a 65-25 rout of Pittsville on Friday night at Auburndale High School.
Auburndale outscored Pittsville 28-7 over the middle two quarters and went on a 21-5 run in the fourth to blow past the Panthers and clinch at least a tie for its fourth-straight Marawood Conference South Division title.
The Apaches improve 17-1 overall and 12-0 in the Marawood South. Pittsville is now 5-13 and 2-9 in the conference. Auburndale can clinch the outright conference title next Thursday at Marathon.
Josh VanShoick added 13 points and five rebounds, and Alex Marth had a team-high nine rebounds for the Apaches.
Overall, Auburndale made 10 of 22 3-pointers and shot 50 percent (24 of 48) from the field.
Auburndale plays Platteville in a nonconference game at Wisconsin Dells on Saturday.
Apaches 65, Panthers 25
Pittsville 13 4 3 5 – 25
Auburndale 16 17 11 21 – 65
PITTSVILLE (25): Aron Masanz 1-6 0-0 3, Austin John 3-8 0-0 8, Jacob Schulz 1-4 0-0 3, Joey Arendt 0-1 0-0 0, Paul Downs 1-4 0-0 4, Jake Allind 0-1 0-0 0, Brad Wesely 2-6 2-2 6, Matthew Carlson 1-4 0-0 2, Nathan Dupee 0-3 0-0 0, Matthew Lassa 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 9-38. FT: 2-2. 3-pointers: 5-24 (John 2-7, Masanz 1-5, Schulz 1-3, Downs 1-4, Wesely 0-3, Dupee 0-2). Rebounds: 19 (Carlson 5). Assists: 7 (Wesely 3). Record: 5-13, 2-9 Marawood South.
AUBURNDALE (65): Jake Lewis 1-2 0-0 1, Tom Sabel 0-1 0-0 0, Matt Nikolay 4-9 0-0 9, Blake Anderson 8-11 3-6 26, Isaac Castellano 2-5 0-0 6, Bryan Gehrke 0-2 2-4 2, Cooper Krings 0-0 0-0 0, Tyler Weber 1-1 0-0 2, Alex Marth 3-7 0-0 6, Matt Lang 0-4 0-0 0, Jacob Hunsberger 0-0 0-0 0, Josh VanShoick 6-8 1-3 13. FG: 24-48. FT: 7-15. 3-pointers: 10-22 (Anderson 7-9, Castellano 2-5, Nikolay 1-6, Gehrke 0-2). Rebounds: 28 (Marth 9). Assists: 19 (Nikolay 5, Castellano 5, Marth 5). Record: 17-1, 12-0 Marawood South.