Ellsworth Boys Defeat Washington Academy 62-59 (Audio)

The forecast for the Ellsworth - Washington Academy game was for rain, as in raining 3's and that was certainly the case as Ellsworth poured in 12 3-pointers and came away with a 62-59 victory over Washington Academy in a game played at Washington Academy on Tuesday, February 5th.

Ellsworth led 19-14 at the end of the1st Quarter. Griffin Nightingale hit 3 3's for Ellsworth, while Nick Bagley had 5 points including a 3 pointer and Steven Mahon had 5 points including a 3. Washington Academy was led by Gage Feeney with 6 points in the 1st Quarter, Austin Seavey had 6 points and Jacob Schoppee had 2 points.

At the end of the 1st Half, Ellsworth led 36-33.Steven Mahon scored 10 more points for Ellsworth, including 2 3's in the 2nd Quarter to give him 15 points. Josh Bean scored 5 points in the 2nd Quarter going 3-4 from the free throw line. For Washington Academy, Fred MacLean scored 7 points in the 2nd Quarter, hitting a 3 pointer and going a perfect 4-4 from the free throw line.

In the 3rd Quarter, Washington Academy took a 52-51 lead, as they outscored Ellsworth 19-15 in the Quarter. Tyler Varney scored 7 points, including a 3 pointer, Jacob Schoppee drained 2 3 pointers and Gage Feeney had 6 points in the quarter for Washington Academy.  For Ellsworth, Brandon Braley had 5 points including a 3 pointer, Nightingale had a 3 pointer, Josh Bean had 4 points including a 3 pointer, Steven Mahon had 2 points and Bruce St. Peter went 1-2 from the free throw line.

In the 4th Quarter Washington Academy had a 5 point lead with 4:44 left leading 58-53.  Then Brandon Braley went 1-2 from the free throw line for Ellsworth, and the score was WA 58 Ellsworth 54. Mahon then drained a 3 pointer followed by a 2 pointer and with 2:59 left, Ellsworth led 59-58. Tyler Varney made 1 of 2 free throws with 1:57 left and the score was tied at 59.

The final minute's audio is here. It was Steven Mahon who took the charge from Andrew Farnsworth, and Dylan Young, fresh off the bench for the first time with 3.1 seconds left who drained the game winning 3 pointer!

Listen to the last minute of the game here

Ellsworth was led by Steven Mahon with 22 points while Gage Feeney had 20 points for Washington Academy. Mahon had 4 3 pointers for Ellsworth, Nightingale had 4 3 pointers for Ellsworth as well.

With a victory over MDI on Friday, February 8th Ellsworth will play in a prelim game on Wednesday February 13th with the opportunity to go to the Eastern Maine Tourney in Bangor. The Ellsworth - MDI game may be heard on WDEA AM 1370 and WDEA Internet Radio with the pregame starting at 6:15 and tip-off at 7 PM. Ellsworth's record improves to 7-10 while Washington Academy's record falls to 7-10. Washington Academy's last game of the season is Friday, when they play host to Old Town.

Box Score

Ellsworth

Washington Academy