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AUBURNDALE – Marathon pulled out to a 20-point lead by halftime and cruised to a 65-26 victory over Auburndale in a Marawood Conference South Division girls basketball game Monday night at Auburndale High School.
Marathon (5-1, 3-0 Marawood South) led 31-11 at halftime and outscored the Apaches by 19 in the second half to provide the final margin.
Auburndale (3-4, 2-2 Marawood South) was held to nine made field goals – four from Marissa Ponshock, who had a team-high nine points in the loss.
Marathon statistics were not provided. The Raiders play at home against first-place Stratford (8-0, 4-0 Marawood South) in a battle of conference unbeatens on Thursday. Auburndale is at Northland Lutheran.
Raiders 65, Apaches 26
Marathon 31 34 – 65
Auburndale 11 15 – 26
MARATHON (65): No statistics reported. Record: 5-1, 3-0 Marawood South.
AUBURNDALE (26): Mackenzie Raab 1-6 0-0 2, Brooke Anderson 0-6 1-2 1, Rachel Gronemeyer 1-6 0-0 2, Maggie Willfahrt 0-4 0-2 0, Izzy Hilber 0-3 0-0 0, Rachael Bolder 3-5 0-0 6, Lauren Dillinger 0-1 2-2 2, Marissa Ponshock 4-5 1-3 9, Kali Karl 0-3 0-0 0, Natalie Aue 0-0 1-3 1, Hannah Bolder 0-1 3-4 3. FG: 9-40. FT: 8-18. 3-pointers: 0-4 (Raab 0-1, Anderson 0-1, Hilber 0-1, Karl 0-1). Rebounds: 21 (R. Bolder 8). Fouls: 18. Fouled out: none. Record: 3-4, 2-2 Marawood South.