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ATHENS – Terrance Cottrell-Roberson nailed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Auburndale boys basketball team to a 55-52 win over Athens in a Marawood Conference crossover game Thursday at Athens High School.
Auburndale led 52-49 when Athens’ Cooper Diedrich made a 3-pointer and was fouled with 9.4 seconds left.
Auburndale called timeout and Diedrich missed the free throw. The Eagles rebounded and got the ball to Cottrell-Roberson in the corner where he banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Auburndale the victory, its 12th in the last 14 games.
Athens led 23-15 at halftime before Auburndale put up 40 second-half points to eke out the victory.
Lucas Yeske led Auburndale (13-8, 8-6 Marawood South) with 15 points and Cottrell-Roberson finished with 11 in the win.
Aiden Janke had 26 points and 13 rebounds, and Diedrich added 12 for Athens, which falls to 16-5 and 9-5 in the Marawood North.
Athens plays a nonconference game at undefeated Iola-Scandinavia on Monday. Auburndale hosts Amherst in a nonconference game Tuesday.
Eagles 55, Bluejays 52
Auburndale 15 40 – 55
Athens 23 29 – 52
AUBURNDALE (55): Lucas Yeske 5-9 2-2 15, Terrance Cottrell-Roberson 4-8 0-0 11, Alex Willfahrt 3-11 3-5 9, Mason White Eagle 2-2 3-3 7, Caden Weinfurter 2-6 1-2 7, Trayton Weber 3-4 0-0 6, Kaden Anderson 0-1 0-2 0, Austin Quinlan 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 19-42. FT: 9-14. 3-pointers: 8-15 (Yeske 3-4, Cottrell-Roberson 3-4, Weinfurter 2-6, Willfahrt 0-1, Anderson 0-1, Quinlan 0-1). Rebounds: 18 (Willfahrt 6). Fouls: 10. Fouled out: Yeske. Record: 13-8, 8-6 Marawood Conference South Division.
ATHENS (52): Connor Sheahan 1-3 0-0 2, Cooper Diedrich 5-15 1-3 12, Wolf 1-1 0-0 2, Guralski 1-7 0-0 3, Kody Lepak 2-7 1-2 7, Aiden Janke 10-14 6-7 26. FG: 20-47. FT: 8-12. 3-pointers: 4-17 (Lepak 2-5, Guralski 1-5, Diedrich 1-5, Sheahan 0-2). Rebounds: 30 (Janke 13). Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 16-5, 9-5 Marawood Conference North Division.