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PRENTICE – Abbie Anderson scored a game-high 15 points and Prentice made five of seven free throws in the fourth quarter to hold off a fiesty Auburndale team 42-34 in a nonconference girls basketball game Tuesday at Prentice High School.
The Buccaneers improve to 12-0, while the Apaches fall to 7-5.
Auburndale stayed within striking distance the entire game. Prentice led 21-18 at halftime and 29-24 after three quarters before putting the game away at the free-throw line.
Liz Breu scored four of her team-high eight points in the fourth quarter, and Kayleigh Kundinger and Lindsay Gotz each hit a 3-pointer in final period for Auburndale, but the Apaches couldn’t close the deficit.
Auburndale returns to Marawood Conference South Division action Friday at Stratford.
Buccaneers 42, Apaches 34
Auburndale 9 9 6 10 – 34
Prentice 9 12 8 13 – 42
AUBURNDALE (42): Kayleigh Kundinger 2-4 0-0 5, Kayla Nikolay 2-4 3-4 7, Kelly Tomfohrde 1-15 0-0 2, Sam Karl 1-3 0-0 2, Katie Willfahrt 1-2 0-0 2, Lindsay Gotz 2-6 0-1 5, Kayla Leibl 1-2 0-0 3, Melissa Hartle 0-1 0-0 0, Liz Breu 4-5 0-3 8. FG: 14-42. FT: 3-8. 3-pointers: 3-12 (Kundinger 1-1, Leibl 1-1, Gotz 1-2, Tomfohrde 0-6, Karl 0-1). Rebounds: 23 (Breu 8). Record: 7-5.
PRENTICE (42): Megan Nehls 1 2-3 5, Hailey Niemi 1 0-0 2, Maci Wildberg 3 0-0 6, Cassie Hallstrand 4 2-2 11, Taylor Jones 1 0-0 3, Abbie Anderson 7 1-2 15. FG: 17. FT: 5-7. 3-pointers: 3 (Jones, 31, Nehls 1). Record: 12-0.
