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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale boys basketball team won its third-straight game to start the season, coming back from a slight halftime deficit to beat Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 47-41 in a Marawood Conference South Division game Friday night at Auburndale High School.
The Apaches (3-0, 2-0 Marawood South) trailed 22-20 at halftime before rallying for the win, holding Assumption (2-3, 0-2 Marawood South) to just 19 second-half points.
Colton Wright scored a team-high 17 points for Auburndale, making 4 of 9 shots from 3-point range. Cale Jacoby and Cooper Weinfurter each added nine points in the win.
Joe Grundhoffer had a game-high 18 points to lead the Royals.
Auburndale plays a nonconference game at Marshfield Columbus Catholic on Tuesday. The game will be broadcast on WOSQ-FM 92.3 and wdlbwosq.com.
Apaches 47, Royals 41
Assumption 22 19 – 41
Auburndale 20 27 – 47
ASSUMPTION (41): Tyler Schmidt 0 0-0 0, Dennis Matott 0 0-0 0, Ethan Peters 2 2-2 7, Nick Smits 1 1-2 3, Jake Sullivan 3 2-2 8, Cole Statz 0 0-0 0, Joe Grundhoffer 8 2-3 18, Lucas Jungwirth 2 0-0 5. FG: 16. FT: 7-9. 3-pointers: 2 (Jungwirth 1, Peters 1). Record: 2-3, 0-2 Marawood Conference South Division.
AUBURNDALE (47): Cooper Weinfurter 3-11 2-5 9, Cale Jacoby 3-5 3-4 9, Cason Schmutzer 2-8 0-0 4, Carter Willcott 0-0 0-0 0, Aaron Marth 0-0 0-0 0, Colten Yeske 1-2 0-0 2, Cameron Ertl 1-5 4-4 6, Colton Wright 6-12 1-4 17. FG: 16-43. FT: 10-17. 3-pointers: 5-21 (Wright 4-9, Weinfurter 1-7, Ertl 0-2, Schmutzer 0-3). Rebounds: 18 (Ertl 5). Assists: 8 (Weinfurter 3). Record: 3-0, 2-0 Marawood Conference South Division.