Auburndale boys basketball cruises to road win at Spencer

Auburndale’s Lucas Yeske. (Paul Lecker file photo)

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SPENCER – Lucas Yeske scored a season-high 27 points to lead the Auburndale boys basketball team to a dominant 67-24 nonconference win over Spencer on Monday night at Spencer High School.

Alex Willfahrt added 11 points, and Caden Weinfurter had eight points and seven rebounds for the Eagles, who rebound for a loss last Friday and improve to 12-2 this season.

Auburndale raced out to a 37-15 lead by halftime and held the Rockets to just nine points in the second half and only two made baskets from the field to pull away.

Jonathan Jonas led Spencer (4-8) with seven points.

Spencer plays a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game at Neillsville on Tuesday, while Auburndale hosts Rib Lake for a Marawood Conference crossover game on Thursday.

Eagles 67, Rockets 24
Auburndale 37 30 – 67
Spencer 15 9 – 24
AUBURNDALE (67):
Lucas Yeske 11-18 4-6 27, Alex Willfahrt 5-7 1-3 11, Caden Weinfurter 2-6 2-2 8, Mason White Eagle 3-7 0-0 6, Evan Scholl 1-6 0-0 3, Aden Cherney 1-2 0-0 3, Ian Brown 1-1 0-0 2, Trayton Weber 1-1 0-0 2, Tim Schmitt 0-1 2-4 2, Kaden Anderson 1-3 0-0 2, Mason Rachu 0-2 1-2 1, Blake Raab 0-4 0-0 0, Mason Meissner 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 26-60. FT: 10-17. 3-pointers: 5-24 (Weinfurter 2-6, Cherney 1-2, Scholl 1-4, Yeske 1-5, Anderson 0-1, Rachu 0-1, Meissner 0-1, Raab 0-2, Willfahrt 0-2). Rebounds: 32 (Weinfurter 7). Fouls: 9. Fouled out: none. Record: 12-2.
SPENCER (24): Jonathan Jonas 2 2-2 7, Connor Bacon 2 0-0 5, Nathan Rucker 1 1-2 3, Luke Roehrborn 0 2-2 2, Reed Knect 0 0-0 0, Noah Anderson 0 0-0 0, Sam Bezlyk 1 1-2 3, Degan Kind 1 1-4 3, Breckin Miller 1 0-0 2, Carter Luepke 0 0-0 0. FG: 8. FT: 7-12. 3-pointers: 2 (Jonas 1, Bacon 1). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-8.