Ellsworth Boys Rebound Beat Belfast 75-59 on Saturday

After losing to the MDI Trojans on Friday, January 11th, the Ellsworth Boys Basketball Team rebounded less than 24 hours later, to beat the Belfast Lions 75-59 at Belfast Area High School on Saturday, January 14th.

The score was tied 16-16 at the end of the 1st Quarter. Jackson Curtis had 10 points including 2 3's, one right at the buzzer for the Eagles. Norman Jodrey had 4 points and Hunter Curtis 2 points. For Belfast Jason Bartlett had 7 points with a 3-pointer, Wilder Magruder 5 points with a 3-pointer and Dakota Payson and Chris Kelley 2 points each.

In the 2nd Quarter Ellsworth outscored Belfast 22-14 to take a 38-30 lead. Jackson Curtis had 8 points, Austin Harris 5 points with a 3-pointer and Darby Barry and Hunter Curtis each with a 3-pointer. For Belfast Magruder had 6 points with a 3-pointer, Luke Lightner had 4 points, and Bartlett and Payson 2 points each.

Ellsworth increased their lead to 16 points in the 3rd Quarter 55-39 outscoring the Lions 17-9 in the Quarter. Jodrey had 6 points for Ellsworth, Jackson Curtis 5 points with his 3rd 3-pointer of the afternoon. Devin Grindle added a 3-pointer, Harris had 2 points and Barry was 1-2 from the free throw line. For Belfast Kelley had 5 points with a 3-pointer, and Payson and Magruder added 2 points each.

In the 4th Quarter 8 Eagles scored. Grindle and Barry had 4 points each, Jodrey had 3 points and Hunter Curtis, Jackson Curtis and Colin Lacasse had 2 points each. Noah Neleski was 1-2 from the free throw line. For Belfast Chase Sanders had 8 points, Tanner Veilleux and Bartlett each had 5 points, each with a 3-pointer and Ethan Hall was 2-2 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth was led by Jackson Curtis with a game high 25 points while Norman Jodrey had 16 points. The Eagles had 7 3's and were 8-20 from the free throw line.

Belfast was led by Jason Bartlett with 14 points while Wilder Magruder had 13 points. The Lions had 5 3's and were 9-10 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth, now 7-4 plays host to Old Town on Tuesday, January 15th at 7PM.

Belfast, 2-9 plays at Erskine Academy on Thursday, January 17th at 6:30PM.

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
Ellsworth Boys	16	22	17	20	75
Belfast Lions Boys	16	14	9	20	59

Box Score

Ellsworth

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
3	Devin Grindle	1	7	2	1	1	2	2	1
4	Connor Crawford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10	Hunter Curtis	1	7	3	2	1	0	0	4
11	Brett Bragdon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Colin Lacasse	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	Norman Jodrey	1	16	7	7	0	2	8	0
15	Noah Neleski	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	3
20	Darby Barry	1	8	3	2	1	1	2	3
23	Austin Harris	1	9	3	2	1	2	2	0
32	Jackson Curtis	1	25	11	8	3	0	2	0
33	Malcolm Svec	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
34	Deyan Rich	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	75	30	23	7	8	20	13

Belfast

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
2	Tanner Veilleux	1	5	2	1	1	0	0	1
4	Chase Sanders	1	6	2	2	0	2	3	1
5	Jason Bartlett	1	14	6	4	2	0	0	2
10	Ethan Hall	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0
12	Tanner Veilleux	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Grady Doolan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
14	Max Lewis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Luke Lightner	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	2
21	Wilder Magruder	1	13	3	1	2	5	5	1
22	Dakota Payson	1	6	3	3	0	0	0	3
23	Chris Kelly	1	9	4	3	1	0	0	0
30	Tommy Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
42	Andrew Ackles	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	59	22	16	6	9	10	13

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