By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

IOLA – The Auburndale girls basketball team pulled away with a big third quarter and defeated Iola-Scandinavia 47-36 in a nonconference game Saturday afternoon at Iola-Scandinavia High School.

The Apaches led 17-14 at halftime before outscoring I-S 17-6 in the third quarter to open up a double-digit lead and they held on from there.

Auburndale improves to 16-4 and will wrap up its regular-season schedule with a nonconference game against Athens at home on Tuesday and a Marawood South-North crossover game on Friday against an opponent to be determined. The WIAA playoffs start Feb. 24.

Complete game statistics were not provided.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Apaches 47, Thunderbirds 36
Auburndale 6 11 17 13 – 47
Iola-Scandinavia 3 11 6 16 – 36
AUBURNDALE (47): Statistics not provided. Record: 16-4.
IOLA-SCANDINAVIA (36): Kaylin Ellioff 4, Kylie Johnson 11, Brooke Phillips 6, Lexi Hitchcock 0, Jane Oligney 8, Leighten Fischer 7, Baleigh Fuhs 0. FG: 14-44. FT: 3-9. 3-pointers: 5-16 (Johnson 2, Oligney 2, Fischer 1). Record: 12-9.