Ellsworth Boys Fly Over Orono 72-41

The Ellsworth Boys Basketball Team beat the Orono Red Riots 72-41 on Wednesday, December 18th at Katsiaficas Gymnasium. Ellsworth players, Nick Kane and Kolbe Hardy scored their 1st varsity points with Kane draining a 3-pointer and Hardy finishing with 5 points.

Ellsworth jumped out to a 23-14 lead in the 1st Quarter. Jackson Curtis had 13 points for Ellsworth with a 3-pointer, while Darby Berry had 5 points including a 3-pointer and Austin Harris had 3 points with Adam Inman chipping in 2 points. For Orono Zach Dill and Jason Desisto each had 7 points, with each having a 3-pointer.

Orono outscored Ellsworth 14-13 in the 2nd Quarter, but the Eagles led 36-28 at the end of the 1st Half. Desisto had 8 points with 2 3's for Orono, Dill had 4 points and Javier Santiago added 2 points. For Ellsworth Jackson Curtis had 6 points, Connor Crawford drained a 3-pointer and J'von James and Hunter Curtis each added 2 points.

In the 3rd Quarter Ellsworth outscored Orono 16-6 to take a 52-34 lead at the end of the 3rd Quarter. Jackson Curtis again paced the Eagles with 8 points. Darby Berry and Austin Harris each had a 3-pointer and Hunter Curtis added 2 points. For Orono Dill, Willem Crane and Desisto each added 2 points.

The 4th Quarter saw Ellsworth Coach Peter Austin substituting frequently. Hardy had 5 points. Jackson Curtis had 4 points. Darby Berry had 4 points with his 3rd 3-pointer of the night. Brett Bragdon and Nick Kane each had a 3-pointer while Austin Harris was 1-2 from the free throw line. For Orono Noah Parker had 4 points and Ellis Spaulding had a 3-pointer.

Ellsworth was led by Jackson Curtis with a game high 31 points while Darby Berry had 12 points. The Eagles were 8-12 from the free throw line and hit 8 3-pointers.

Orono was led by Jason Desisto with 17 points while Zach Dill had 13 points. The Red Riots were 2-2 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth now 2-1 will play host to Houlton on Saturday, December 21st at 3:30 p.m.

Orono, 0-4 plays host to Mount View on Saturday, December 21st at 3:30 p.m.

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
Orono Boys	14	14	6	7	41
Ellsworth Boys	23	13	16	20	72

Box Score

Orono

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
0	Zach Starziski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Matt Tozer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
12	Zack Dill	1	13	5	4	1	2	2	3
14	Hunter Hews	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Willem Crane	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
22	Ellis Spaulding	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
24	Jason Desisto	1	17	7	4	3	0	0	2
30	Javier Santiago	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
34	Jordan Cota	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Andrew Melanson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
44	Lucas Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
50	Shea Hines	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	Noah Parker	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	1
	TOTALS	1	41	17	12	5	2	2	12

Ellsworth

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
3	J’Von James	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
4	Connor Crawford	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
5	Nick Kane	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
10	Hunter Curtis	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	2
11	Austin Harris	1	7	2	1	1	2	3	0
12	Adam Inman	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
14	Brody Mercier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Eamon MacDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
20	Darby Barry	1	12	4	1	3	1	2	0
21	Andrew Rideout	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Michael Palmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
23	Brett Bragdon	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
32	Jackson Curtis	1	31	13	12	1	4	5	0
33	Kolbe Hardy	1	5	2	2	0	1	2	0
34	Deyan Rich	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	72	28	20	8	8	12	9