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AUBURNDALE – Auburndale jumped out to a big lead early and rolled past Abbotsford 78-34 in a Marawood Conference boys basketball crossover game on Friday at Auburndale High School.
The Eagles led 40-19 by halftime and gave up just 15 points in the second half to win going away.
Alex Willfahrt scored 27 points, and Trayton Weber had 16 points and eight rebounds for Auburndale, which is now 1-2 overall and 1-1 in the Marawood South.
JV Castillo made three 3-pointers and scored a team-high 10 points for Abbotsford (0-2 overall and Marawood North).
Both teams play nonconference games on Monday. Abbotsford will be at Greenwood and Auburndale will host Marshfield Columbus Catholic.
Eagles 78, Falcons 34
Abbotsford 19 15 – 34
Auburndale 40 38 – 78
ABBOTSFORD (34): JV Castillo 3 1-2 10, Preston Bunkelman 0 0-0 0, Evan Reis 0 0-0 0, Brandon Diedrich 2 1-2 6, Esteban Gomez 1 1-4 3, Jack Schindler 0 0-0 0, Brandon Hawkey 2 0-0 4, Oswaldo Tomas 0 0-0 0, Jacob Hirsch 0 0-0 0, Blake Bargender 1 0-0 2, Adam Diedrich 4 1-2 9. FG: 13. FT: 4-10. 3-pointers: 3 (Castillo 3, B. Diedrich 1). Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 0-2 overall and Marawood Conference North Division.
AUBURNDALE (78): Alex Willfahrt 10-13 4-6 27, Trayton Weber 7-13 2-4 16, Lucas Yeske 2-9 0-0 6, Caden Weinfurter 2-4 0-0 6, Mason White Eagle 2-4 1-4 5, Evan Scholl 2-2 0-0 5, Tim Schmitt 1-1 2-2 4, Blake Raab 1-1 0-0 3, Terrance Cottrell-Roberson 1-2 0-0 2, Kaden Anderson 1-1 0-0 2, Austin Quinlan 1-2 0-0 2, Ian Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Gavin White Eagle 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 30-55. FT: 9-16. 3-pointers: 9-21 (Willfahrt 3-6, Weinfurter 2-4, Yeske 2-7, Scholl 1-1, Raab 1-1, Cottrell-Roberson 0-1, Quinlan 0-1). Rebounds: 23 (Weber 8). Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-2, 1-1 Marawood Conference South Division.