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PHILLIPS – Phillips erased a six-point halftime deficit with a dominant second half and pulled away to defeat Auburndale 76-64 in a battle of Marawood Conference girls basketball divisional leaders on Tuesday at Phillips High School.
Auburndale led 39-33 at halftime before the Loggers stormed back, outscoring the Eagles 43-25 over the final 18 minutes to earn the victory.
Jada Eggebrecht scored 32 points and Jensen Weik added 15 for Phillips, which improves to 14-2 overall and continues to lead the Marawood North at 10-0.
Annamarie Aue scored 20 points and Gracie Krings had 15 points for Auburndale, which drops to 13-4 overall and 9-2 in the Marawood South. The loss knocks the Eagles into a first-place tie in the South standings with Wisconsin Rapids Assumption.
Auburndale hosts Wausau Newman Catholic on Thursday.
Loggers 76, Eagles 64
Auburndale 39 25 – 64
Phillips 33 43 – 76
AUBURNDALE (64): Aliah Hamus 3 0-0 7, Gracie Krings 6 0-0 15, Delaney Becker 1 0-0 2, Mya Krings 2 0-0 4, Ashlyn Grimm 1 5-7 7, Josie Ertl 2 3-7 7, Annamarie Aue 8 0-2 20, Lilly Hasenohrl 1 0-1 2. FG: 24. FT: 8-17. 3-pointers: 8 (Aue 4, G. Krings 3, Hamus 1). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 13-4, 9-2 Marawood Conference South Division.
PHILLIPS (76): Jensen Weik 6 0-0 15, Kacy Eggebrecht 4 2-2 11, Mataya Eckert 0 0-0 0, Allie Alamatis 0 0-0 0, Alie Williams 0 0-0 0, Molly Novak 0 0-0 0, Jada Eggebrecht 10 8-8 32, Kendall Weik 2 1-2 5, Elsa Schulter 2 2-2 6, Solita Kaster 1 0-0 2, Allison Kulwicki 0 0-0 0, Brooke Eckert 2 1-3 5. FG: 27. FT: 14-19. 3-pointers: 8 (J. Eggebrecht 4, J. Weik 3, K. Eggebrecht 1). Fouls: 18. Fouled out: none. Record: 14-2, 10-0 Marawood Conference North Division.