Ellsworth Boys Down MDI 59-48 [PHOTOS]

The Ellsworth Eagles Boys Basketball Team downed the MDI Trojans 59-48 at Katsiaficas Gymnasium in Ellsworth on Tuesday, January 21st.

MDI jumped out to a 17-12 at the end of the 1st Quarter. Jack DaCorte had 5 points with a 3-pointer for MDI. Porter Isaacs had 4 points and Ethan Merchant, Cadin Lunt, Nate Philbrook and Will Hodgdon each chipped in with 2 points. For Ellsworth Austin Harris had 4 points, Connor Crawford a 3-pointer for 3 points, Hunter Curtis and Adam Inman 2 points each and Jackson Curtis 1 point.

In the 2nd Quarter Ellsworth outscored MDI 21-12 to take a 33-29 lead at the end of the 1st Half. Jackson Curtis led Ellsworth with 5 points. Austin Harris had 4 points and J'Von James, Connor Crawford and Hunter Curtis each had a 3-pointer for 3 points and Darby Barry had 3 points. For MDI Jack DaCorte had 7 points with his 2nd 3-pointer. Cadin Lunt had a 3-pointer and Will Hodgdon 2 points.

In the 3rd Quarter Ellsworth outscored MDI 11-8 to lead 44-37 at the end of the 3rd Quarter. Connor Crawford drained his 3rd 3-pointer for Ellsworth. Hunter Curtis had 3 points. Austin Harris and Darby Berry each had 2 points and J'Von James had 1 point. For MDI Porter Isaacs had 6 points, while Cadin Lunt had 2 points.

Ellsworth was 5-15 from the free throw line through the 3rd Quarter, but as MDI put them to the line in the 4th, Ellsworth converted 9 of their 12 free throws. Jackson Curtis had 6 points. Darby Berry had 4 points. Hunter Curtis 3 points and Austin Harris 2 points. For MDI Nate Philbrook had 4 points, Brady Renault a 3-pointer for 3 points and Porter Isaacs and Charlie Parker 2 points each.

Ellsworth had 3 players in double figures. Jackson Curtis and Austin Harris had 12 points each while Hunter Curtis had 11 points. The Eagles were 14-28 from the free throw line.

MDI was led by Jack DaCorte and Porter Isaacs each with 12 points. MDI was 2-4 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth is now 10-2 and will play host to Caribou on Friday, January 24th at 7:30 p.m.

MDI is now 6-7 and plays host to Presque Isle on Friday January 24th at 8 p.m. in a game that will be broadcast on AM 1370 WDEA, on WDEA Internet Radio, on our free downloadable APP and on any Alexa enabled device.

Thanks to Walter Churchill for the photos

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MDI Boys	17	12	8	11	48
Ellsworth Boys	12	21	11	15	59

Box Score

MDI

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
10	Ethan Merchant	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	3
12	Brady Renault	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	4
14	Cadin Lunt	1	4	1	1	0	2	2	1
20	Maddox Laurendeau	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Jack DaCorte	1	12	5	3	2	0	0	1
24	Erik Merchant	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
30	Charlie Parker	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	3
34	Nate Philbrook	1	6	3	3	0	0	0	2
40	Jeremy French	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Grady Wellman-Webster	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Will Hodgdon	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	2
54	Porter Isaacs	1	15	7	6	1	0	0	4
	TOTALS	1	48	21	17	4	2	2	24

Ellsworth

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
3	J’Von James	1	4	1	0	1	1	2	3
4	Connor Crawford	1	9	3	0	3	0	0	1
5	Nick Kane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Hunter Curtis	1	11	3	2	1	4	8	3
11	Austin Harris	1	12	6	6	0	0	5	2
12	Adam Inman	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
14	Brody Mercier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Eamon MacDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Darby Barry	1	9	2	2	0	5	6	0
21	Andrew Rideout	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Michael Palmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Brett Bragdon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Jackson Curtis	1	12	4	4	0	4	7	0
33	Kolbe Hardy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	59	20	15	5	14	28	10