Auburndale boys basketball rolls past Abbotsford

Auburndale’s Keegan Empey drives to the basket during the Eagles’ win over Abbotsford on Friday night at Auburndale High School. (Photo courtesy of Don Patterson Photography)

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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale boys basketball team overcame a tough shooting game by clamping down on defense as it held Abbotsford to just 11 made field goals and won the Marawood Conference crossover game 59-30 on Friday night at Auburndale High School.

The Eagles shot just 35 percent from the floor (21 of 56) and were only 4-for-24 from 3-point range, but held Abbotsford to 12 points in the second half to pull away for the 29-point win.

Kaden Anderson had 18 points on the strength of 8-for-10 at the free throw line, and grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds for Auburndale (2-0, 1-0 Marawood South). Caden Weinfurter added 14 points and Evan Scholl chipped in 10 in the victory.

Payton Schreiber led Abbotsford (0-3, 0-2 Marawood North) with 10 points.

Auburndale’s next game is Monday at home against Marshfield Columbus Catholic.

Eagles 59, Falcons 30
Abbotsford 18 12 – 30
Auburndale 30 29 – 59
ABBOTSFORD (30):
Preston Bunkelman 1 0-0 3, Evan Reis 0 2-4 2, Noah Schraufnagel 0 0-0 0, Koren Decker 1 0-0 3, Irvin Aguilera-Lozoya 1 0-0 3, A.J. Brodhagen 2 0-2 4, Grayson Totzke 1 0-0 3, Payton Schreiber 4 0-0 10, Blake Bargender 1 0-0 2. FG: 11. FT: 2-6. 3-pointers: 6 (Schreiber 2, Totzke 1, Bunkelman 1, Decker 1, Aguilera-Lozoya 1). Fouls: 19. Fouled out: none. Record: 0-3, 0-2 Marawood Conference North Division.
AUBURNDALE (59): Kaden Anderson 5-14 8-10 18, Caden Weinfurter 6-13 0-0 14, Evan Scholl 5-11 0-0 10, Blake Raab 2-7 0-0 6, Thomas Aue 1-2 2-7 4, Keegan Empey 1-1 0-0 2, Ayden Raab 0-3 2-2 2, Aden Cherney 1-1 0-0 2, Nick Steines 0-0 1-4 1, James Norby 0-0 0-0 0, Josh Lundgren 0-1 0-0 0, Peyton Weinfurter 0-2 0-0 0, Mason Meissner 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 21-56. FT: 13-23. 3-pointers: 4-24 (C. Weinfurter -6, B. Raab 2-6, A. Raab 0-1, Lundgren 0-1, Meissner 0-2, P. Weinfurter 0-2, Anderson 0-2, Scholl 0-5). Rebounds: 32 (Anderson 11). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none. Record: 2-0, 1-0 Marawood Conference South Division.