Hot shooting pushes Auburndale boys basketball past Prentice

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

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PRENTICE – The Auburndale boys basketball team had four players score in double figures and hit a season-high in points as it rolled to an 84-57 win over Prentice in a Marawood Conference crossover game Friday night at Prentice High School.

Lucas Yeske scored 30 points, Alex Willfahrt added 20, Mason White Eagle chipped in 13, and Caden Weinfurter made four 3-pointers to finish with 12 for the Eagles.

Auburndale shot a sizzling 65 percent from the field (32-for-49) and was 9-for-13 from 3-point range as it surpassed the 80-point plateau for the first time this season.

The Eagles are now 16-3 overall and 10-3 in the Marawood South.

Layne Blomberg had four 3-pointers and a team-high 24 points for Prentice (9-8, 6-7 Marawood North).

Auburndale hosts Athens for another Marawood crossover game Thursday at 7:15 p.m. Athens (14-4, 11-2) has already clinched the Marawood North title.

Eagles 84, Buccaneers 57
Auburndale 39 45 – 84
Prentice 28 29 – 57
AUBURNDALE (84):
Lucas Yeske 12-15 3-4 30, Alex Willfahrt 8-9 2-2 20, Mason White Eagle 5-11 3-5 13, Caden Weinfurter 4-6 0-0 12, Ian Brown 1-1 0-0 2, Evan Scholl 0-4 2-2 2, Blake Raab 1-1 0-0 2, Kaden Anderson 1-1 0-0 2, Trayton Weber 0-1 1-2 1, Tim Schmitt 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 32-49. FT: 11-15. 3-pointers: 9-13 (Weinfurter 4-6, Yeske 3-4, Willfahrt 2-2, Scholl 0-1). Rebounds: 19 (Willfahrt 5). Fouls: 9. Fouled out: none. Record: 16-3, 10-3 Marawood Conference South Division.
PRENTICE (57): Layne Blomberg 5 10-10 24, Ty Heikkinen 0 0-1 0, Jonas Staroba 1 0-0 2, Evan Lord 3 0-1 8, Daemen Hartmann 3 0-0 8, Kal Esterholm 2 0-0 4, Ashton Makovsky 4 3-4 11. FG: 18. FT: 13-16. 3-pointers: 8 (Blomberg 4, Hartmann 2, Lord 2). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: Makovsky. Record: 9-8, 6-7 Marawood Conference North Division.