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AUBURNDALE – Auburndale used a 13-7 fourth quarter to hold off Marathon 37-29 in a Marawood Conference South Division girls basketball game Tuesday night at Auburndale High School.
The game was tight throughout, with Auburndale holding an 18-14 halftime lead. The Raiders cut the lead to 24-22 after three quarters before the Apaches were able to pull away for their second straight win.
Auburndale improves 13-7 and 9-4 in the Marawood South, while Marathon drops to 8-11 and 4-9 in the conference.
Mikayla Jankowski, Nicole Nikolay and Emma Steines each scored seven points to lead a balanced scoring attack for Auburndale. Nikolay added a team-high seven rebounds and made 3 of 4 free throws in the victory.
Kayla Stanley led Marathon with 11 points.
Auburndale hosts Stratford on Thursday in its Marawood South season finale.
Apaches 37, Raiders 29
Marathon 7 7 8 7 – 29
Auburndale 8 10 6 13 – 37
MARATHON (29): Andrea Wirkus 0-3 0-0 0, Kailyn Matthiae 0-1 0-0 0, Morgan Wirkus 2-5 0-0 4, Brooke Seubert 1-6 1-2 3, Brianna Wirkus 2-5 1-2 5, Rebecca Reiche 0-5 0-0 0, Kayla Stanley 3-12 4-8 11, Monica Natzke 2-6 2-6 6. FG: 10-43. FT: 8-18. 3-pointers: 1-5 (Stanley 1-2, Reiche 0-2, A. Wikrus 0-1). Rebounds: 12 (B. Wirkus, Reiche, Stanley 3). Record: 8-11, 4-9 Marawood South.
AUBURNDALE (37): Sam Karl 2-6 0-0 5, Mikayla Jankowski 3-5 0-1 7, Nicole Nikolay 2-7 3-4 7, Emma Steines 3-3 0-0 7, Becky Willfahrt 1-1 0-0 3, Melanie Brandl 2-3 0-0 4, Kendra Kundinger 2-3 0-0 4, Brianna Meyer 0-3 0-0 0, Kayla Gotz 0-3 0-0 0. FG: 15-34. FT: 3-5. 3-pointers: 4-9 (Karl 1-3, Jankowski 1-1, Steines 1-1, Willfahrt 1-1, Nikolay 0-2, Brandl 0-1). Rebounds: 24 (Nikolay 7). Record: 13-7, 9-4 Marawood South.