Ellsworth Boys Beat Orono 57-45

The Ellsworth Boys Basketball Team trailed for most of the 2nd and 3rd Quarters but used a decisive 20-6 run in the 4th Quarter to beat the Orono Red Riots in Orono on Saturday afternoon, January 18th 57-45

Ellsworth led 15-12 in the 1st Quarter. Jackson Curtis had 4 points. Hunter Curtis, Austin Harris and Darby Barry each had a 3-pointer and J'Von James had 2 points for Ellsworth. For Orono Jason Desisto had 9 points with a 3-pointer and Zack Dill 3 points.

In the 2nd Quarter Orono outscored Ellsworth 13-6 to take a 25-21 lead. Jordan Cota had 5 points with a 3-pointer for Orono and Matt Tozer and Desisto each had a 3-pointer. Javier Santiago chipped in 2 points. For Ellsworth, birthday boy Hunter Curtis had all of Ellsworth's 6 points.

In the 2nd Quarter Ellsworth outscored Orono 16-14 to cut the lead to 2 points at the end of the 3rd Quarter 39-37. Jackson Curtis held to 4 points in the 1st Half, had 7 in the 3rd Quarter. Austin Harris had 5 points including a 3-pointer and Hunter Curtis and J'Von James each had 2 points for Ellsworth. For Orono Zack Dill had 9 points with 2 3-pointer and Desisto and Santiago each had 2 points.

In the 4th Quarter Jackson Curtis had 8 points going 4-4 from the free throw line. Hunter Curtis had 6 points going 4-4 from the free throw line and Eamon MacDonald had 6 huge points, scoring a 2 to put Ellsworth up by 5 and then scoring on 2 breakaways. Orono's Desisto had 5 points with his 3rd 3-pointer and Jordan Cota had 1 point.

Ellsworth was led by Jackson Curtis with 19 points while Hunter Curtis had 17 points. The Eagles were 15-17 from the free throw line.

Orono was led by Jason Desisto with 19 points while Zack Dill had 13 points. The Red Riots were 2-5 from the free throw line.

Hunter Curtis' Basketball Shoes Photo Chris Popper

Ellsworth is now 9-2 and will play host to MDI on Tuesday, January 21st at 7 p.m. That game will be broadcast on AM 1370 WDEA, on WDEA Internet Radio, on our free downloadable APP and on any Alexa enabled device with the pregame starting at 6:30 p.m.

Orono is 4-8 and will play at Hermon on Saturday, January 25th at 7 p.m.

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
Ellsworth Boys	15	6	16	20	57
Orono Boys	12	13	14	6	45

Box Score

Ellsworth

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	PF
3	J’Von James	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0.000	2
4	Connor Crawford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
5	Nick Kane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
10	Hunter Curtis	1	17	5	4	1	6	6	1.000	2
11	Austin Harris	1	8	3	1	2	0	0	0.000	1
12	Adam Inman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
14	Brody Mercier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
15	Eamon MacDonald	1	6	3	3	0	0	0	0.000	0
20	Darby Barry	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	0.000	0
21	Andrew Rideout	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
22	Michael Palmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
23	Brett Bragdon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	2
32	Jackson Curtis	1	19	5	5	0	9	10	0.900	2
33	Kolbe Hardy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
34	Deyan Rich	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
	TOTALS	1	57	19	15	4	15	17	0.882	9

Orono

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	PF
10	Matt Tozer	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0.000	2
12	Zack Dill	1	13	5	3	2	1	2	0.500	2
14	Hunter Hews	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
20	Willem Crane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
22	Ellis Spaulding	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	2
24	Jason Desisto	1	21	9	6	3	0	0	0.000	4
30	Javier Santiago	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.000	0
34	Jordan Cota	1	6	2	1	1	1	3	0.333	2
40	Andrew Melanson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
44	Lucas Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
50	Shea Hines	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	2
	TOTALS	1	45	18	11	7	2	5	0.400	14