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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale boys basketball team pulled off a thrilling double overtime victory over previously unbeaten Marathon, topping the Raiders 63-61 on Tuesday night at Auburndale High School.
Marathon’s Donovan Free made a basket with 46 seconds left in the second overtime to give the Raiders a 61-60 lead.
Auburndale held the ball, and after a timeout, Cooper Weinfurter kicked the ball out to Cameron Ertl, who drained a 3-pointer with 4.6 seconds to go to put the Apaches back on top. Marathon’s buzzer-beater missed to give Auburndale the victory.
The game was tight throughout, with Marathon holding a two-point lead at halftime. After each team scored two points in the first overtime, Auburndale outscored the Raiders 5-3 in the second OT to grab the victory and improve to 5-1 overall and 5-0 in the Marawood Conference South Division. Marathon is now 6-1 and 4-1 in conference play.
Cale Jacoby scored 15 points and had six rebounds, Ertl added 12 points, and Weinfurter scored 11 points and had nine assists for Auburndale.
The Apaches shot 52 percent (20 of 48) and made nine 3-pointers, including four from Ertl.
Free had 18 points, including 14 in the second half and the overtimes, for Marathon.
Marathon plays at undefeated Stratford and Auburndale is at Edgar on Thursday.
Apaches 63, Raiders 61 (2 OT)
Marathon 26 30 2 3 – 61
Auburndale 24 32 2 5 – 63
MARATHON (61): Justin Lemke 1 0-1 2, Clarke Mouin 0 0-0 0, Kaiden Turnquist 0 0-1 0, Cameron Schilling 4 3-6 13, Hunter Seubert 2 0-0 4, Preston Weber 0 0-0 0, Nathan Stoffel 4 1-3 9, Carter Hanke 5 4-7 15, Donovan Free 6 6-6 18. FG: 22. FT: 14-24. 3-pointers: 3 (Schillinger 2, Hanke 1). Record: 6-1, 4-1 Marawood Conference South Division.
AUBURNDALE (63): Cooper Weinfurter 3-7 3-4 11, Cale Jacoby 7-10 1-2 15, Cason Schmutzer 5-8 0-1 10, Carter Wilcott 0-0 0-0 0, Colten Yeske 3-6 0-0 6, Cameron Ertl 4-7 0-2 12, Colton Wright 3-10 0-1 9. FG: 25-48. FT: 4-10. 3-pointers: 9-21 (Ertl 4-7, Wright 3-9, Weinfurter 2-5). Rebounds: 22 (Jacoby 6, Ertl 6). Assists: 17 (Weinfurter 9). Record: 5-1, 5-0 Marawood Conference South Division.