
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.
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 |
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