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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale girls basketball team used a strong second-half run to top Wausau Newman Catholic 36-31 in a Marawood Conference South Division game Thursday night at Auburndale High School.
Newman Catholic led 16-14 at halftime before the Apaches rallied with a seven-point advantage in the second half to improve their record to 9-2 overall and 5-2 in the Marawood South. Newman drops to 5-8 and 2-5 in the conference.
Allison Linzmeier scored 12 points and had four steals, and Paiton Richardson had 10 points and five rebounds for Auburndale.
Auburndale hosts Spencer in a nonconference game on Tuesday as part of a girls-boys doubleheader. The girls game starts at 6 p.m., with the boys to follow at approximately 7:45 p.m.
Apaches 36, Cardinals 31
Newman Catholic 16 15 – 31
Auburndale 14 22 – 36
NEWMAN CATHOLIC (31): Lauren Fech 4-11 0-2 12, Signe Fronek 4-4 11, Makayla Slaby 0-2 0-0 0, Taylor Jankowski 0-4 0-0 0, Abbey Fox 2-5 2-4 6, Karina McGucken 0-2 0-0 0, Brogan Kimball 1-1 0-0 2, Mikayla Tomsyck 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 11-29. FT: 2-6. 3-pointers: 7-15 (Fech 4-6, Fronek 3-3, Slaby 0-2, Jankowski 0-4). Rebounds: 17 (Kimball 6, Fech 6). Record: 5-8, 2-5 Marawood Conference South Division.
AUBURNDALE (36): Mackenzie Raab 0-3 0-2 0, Brooke Anderson 2-5 0-1 4, Allison Linzmeier 4-14 4-5 12, Sylviann Momont 2-3 0-0 4, Paiton Richardson 5-9 0-1 10, Taylor Gotz 3-9 0-0 6. FG: 16-43. FT: 4-9. 3-pointers: 0-0. Rebounds: 22 (Momont 6). Record: 9-2, 5-2 Marawood Conference South Division.