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AUBURNDALE – Brendan Resch made six 3-pointers and scored a game-high 21 points to lift Wittenberg-Birnamwood to a 52-51 upset of Auburndale in a nonconference boys basketball game Monday night at Auburndale High School.
Auburndale lost for the second time in its past four games and drops to 17-3 this season. Wittenberg-Birnamwood is now 10-9.
Hunter Wright had 15 points, and Cooper Weinfurter had 14 points and eight rebounds for Auburndale.
Each team made eight 3-pointers in the game.
Auburndale will host Stratford in a Marawood Conference South Division game Friday. The game will be broadcast on WDLB-AM 1450 and wdlbwosq.com, and live-streamed at zaleskisports.com/live-stream. Stratford can clinch the Marawood South title with a win and Auburndale needs a victory to stay in the chase as the season winds down in the next 10 days.
Chargers 52, Apaches 51
Wittenberg-Birnamwood 26 26 – 52
Auburndale 27 24 – 51
WITTENBERG-BIRNAMWOOD (52): Brendan Resch 7 1-2 21, Ben Wesolowski 2 0-0 5, Samuel Fiaaza 0 0-0 0, Jack Fiazza 1 0-0 2, Cole Resch 0 0-0 0, Logan Balliet 4 0-2 8, Simon Stewart 2 0-0 4, Austin Gibson 5 1-2 12. FG: 21. FT: 2-6. 3-pointers: 8 (B. Resch 6, Gibson 1, Wesolowski 1). Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 10-9.
AUBURNDALE (51): Hunter Wright 6-12 1-1 15, Cooper Weinfurter 4-13 3-4 13, Cody Trowbridge 3-6 1-4 8, Fletcher Raab 2-10 0-0 5, Paul Kollross 1-1 0-0 3, Schuyler Gilhausen 1-4 0-0 3, Dylan Paun 1-4 0-1 2, Kaden Hoffman 1-3 0-0 2, Jason Wilcox 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 19-53. FT: 5-10. 3-pointers: 8-27 (Wright 2-5, Weinfurter 2-7, Trowbridge 1-1, Kollross 1-1, Gilhausen 1-3, Raab 1-8, Hoffman 0-2). Rebounds: 25 (Weinfurter 8). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none. Record: 17-3.