Ellsworth Boys Rally to Beat MDI 56-43 [STATS/RECAP]

The Ellsworth Boys Basketball Team was trailing MDI 40-34 at the end of the 3rd Quarter but outscored MDI 22-3 in the 4th Quarter to beat the Trojans 56-43 in the Boys Playoffs at Katsiaficas Gymnasium in Ellsworth, Tuesday, March 2nd. Ellsworth will advance to play Old Town, in Ellsworth on Friday, March 5th at 5:30 p.m.

Ellsworth led MDI 9-7 at the end of the 1st Quarter. Chase Mercier, Hunter Curtis and Eamon MacDonald all drained 3-pointers for the Eagles. For MDI Porter Isaacs, Ethan Merchant and Brady Renault each had 2 points while Grady Wellman-Webster was 1-2 from the free throw line.

The 2 teams were deadlocked 26-26 at the end of the 1st Half. The Trojans drained 5 3-pointers in the 2nd Quarter. Grady Wellman-Webster had 8 points with 2 3-pointers. Brady Renault had 6 points, with 2 3-pointers and Charlie Parker had 3-pointer for 3 points. Porter Isaacs chipped in 2 points. For Ellsworth Chance Mercier had 9 points with a 3-pointer. Hunter Curtis, Brody Mercier, Eamon MacDonald and Michael Palmer all had 2 points for the Eagles.

In the 3rd Quarter MDI took the lead, 40-36, outscoring Ellsworth 14-8, Porter Isaacs scored 8 points for MDI, as the Trojans pounded the ball into the paint. Ethan Merchant, Grady Wellman-Webster and Spencer Laurendeau each had 2 points. For Ellsworth Chance Mercier , Hunter Curtis and Brody Mercier each had 2 points while Miles Palmer and Brett Bragdon were each 1-2 from the free throw line.

In the 4th Quarter Ellsworth turned up the defensive intensity while MDI went cold from the field. Chance Mercier had 10 points, going 4-4 from the free throw line. Hunter Curtis had 8 points with a 3-pointer and went 3-4 from the free throw line. Brody Mercier had a basket and Michael Palmer was 2-2 from the free throw line. For the Trojans, Wellman-Webster had 2 points and Brady Renault was 1-2 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth was led by Chance Mercier with 24 points while Hunter Curtis finished with 15 points. The Eagles were 17-20 from the free throw line.

MDI was led by Grady Wellman-Webster with 13 points while Porter Isaacs finished with 12 points. MDI was 2-4 from the free throw line.

The Ellsworth-Old Town game on Friday, March 5th will be broadcast on AM 1370 WDEA, on our free downloadable APP, on any Alexa enabled device and on WDEA Internet Radio. The game will also be live-streamed on the Ellsworth High School You Tube Channel

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MDI Boys	7	19	14	3	43
EHS Boys	9	17	8	22	56

Box Score

MDI

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
10	Ethan Merchant	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	4
12	Joey Minutolo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Henry Lester	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Maddox Laurendeau	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
22	Brady Renault	1	9	3	1	2	1	2	3
24	Grady Wellman-Webster	1	13	5	3	2	1	2	1
30	Charlie Parker	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	2
32	Walker St. Germain	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
34	Kadin Reed	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Spencer Laurendau	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
42	Tucker James	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Alex Gray	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	Porter Isaacs	1	12	6	6	0	0	0	4
	TOTALS	1	43	18	13	5	2	4	19

Ellsworth

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
3	Chance Mercier	1	24	8	6	2	6	6	3
4	Miles Palmer	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1
10	Hunter Curtis	1	15	4	2	2	5	6	0
11	Brett Bragdon	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
12	Gage Hardy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Brody Mercier	1	6	3	3	0	0	0	2
15	Eamon MacDonald	1	5	1	0	1	2	2	4
20	Peter Keblinsky	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Brady Kenny	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Michael Palmer	1	4	1	1	0	2	2	1
23	Kaleb Connors	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Michael Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	56	17	12	5	17	20	11