#4 Dexter Boys Defeat #2 GSA 42-40 for Class C Boys Northern Maine Championship [STATS/PHOTOS]

The #4 Dexter Tigers came roaring back from a 14 point deficit at the start of the 4th Quarter to beat #2 GSA 42-40 and become the Class C Boys Northern Maine Champions at the Cross Insurance Center on Monday night, February 28th.

GSA led 15-2 at the end of the 1st Quarter and 25-10 at the end of the 1st Half. The Eagles led the Tigers 32-18 at the end of the 3rd Quarter. Dexter outscored GSA 24-8 in the final Quarter.

Dexter led for the 1st time in the game 39-38 on Seth Robbins' 3-pointer with 1:30 left in the 4th Quarter. GSA took the lead back with 59 seconds left on Teague Smallidge's 2-pointer to make the score 40-39. But Dexter's Avery Gagnon's 2-pointer gave the Tigers the lead for good 41-40 with :36 seconds left.

Dexter was led by Will Kusnierz with 14 points, 8 of which came in the 4th Quarter. Seth Robbins had 8 points. The Tigers were 10-19 from the free throw line and had 4 3-pointers. Robbins had 2 3's, Kusnierz 1 3-pointer and Will Spratt 1 3-pointer. All 4 3-pointers came in the 4th Quarter.

GSA was led by Teague Smallidge with 15 points and Azaiah Nanson had 10 points. The Eagles were 5-11 from the free throw line and had 1 3-pointer, by David Gadsby.

Dexter 16-5 will now play for the Gold Ball on Saturday, August 5th at 7:45 p.m. at the Augusta Civic Center against #3 Dirigo who defeated #4 Monmouth Academy 45-39 to win the Southern Maine Class C Championship.

GSA's season comes to a close with a 17-3 record.

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
Dexter Boys	2	8	8	24	42
GSA Boys	15	10	7	8	40

Box Score

Dexter

#	Name	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA
5	Kayden Kimball	8	3	3	0	2	2
10	Ben Bourgoin	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Avery Gagnon	3	1	1	0	1	3
12	Seth Robbins	8	3	1	2	0	0
20	Cameron Allen	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Bryce Connor	5	2	2	0	1	2
33	Will Spratt	4	1	0	1	1	4
34	Will Kosnierz	14	4	3	1	5	8
40	Brady Reynolds	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Owen Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	Caden Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	Gage Sinclair	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	42	14	10	4	10	19

GSA

#	Name	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA
1	David Gadsby	5	2	1	1	0	0
2	Matthew Astbury	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Arden Weaver	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Patrick Dagan	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Dexter Brown	6	3	3	0	0	1
21	Teague Smallidge	15	6	6	0	3	3
24	Jack Gray	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Bryce Schneider	4	2	2	0	0	2
30	Sol Lorio	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Brockett Muir	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Azaiah Nanson	10	4	4	0	2	5
40	Harrison Walden	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	40	17	16	1	5	11

#4 Dexter - #2 GSA Northern Maine Class C Boy's Basketball Championship

The #4 Dexter Tigers took on the #2 George Stevens Academy Eagles on Monday night, February 28th for the Class C Boy's Northern Maine Championship at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor

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