Ellsworth Boys Remain Undefeated Beat Orono 69-55 [STATS]

The Ellsworth Boys Basketball Team remained undefeated, beating the Orono Red Riots 69-55 in Orono on Thursday, December 30th.

Orono led 19-17 at the end of the 1st Quarter as the Red Riots sank 5 3-pointers. Ellsworth outscored Orono 18-11 in the 2nd Quarter to take a 35-30 halftime lead. It was 53-42 at the end of the 3rd Quarter.

Ellsworth had 3 players in double figures. Chance Mercier had a game-high 27 points. Gage Hardy finished with 17 points and Hunter Curtis had 12 points. Ellsworth was 14-24 from the free throw line. The Eagle had 5 3-pointers. Gage Hardy had 2 3-pointers, and Chance Mercier, Miles Palmer and Michael Palmer each finished with 1 3-pointer.

Orono was led by Pierce Walston who had 23 points. Ellis Spaulding finished with 11 points. The Red Riots were 6-12 from the free throw line. They poured in 9 3-pointers, with 6 coming in the 1st Half. Pierce Walston had 5 3-pointers, Ellis Spaulding 3 3-pointers and Ben Francis the other 3-pointer.

Ellsworth is now 6-0, and will play at Presque Isle on Saturday, January 1st at 4;30 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

Orono is now 4-2. They will play at Bucksport on Wednesday, January 5th at 6:30 p.m.

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
Ellsworth Boys	17	18	18	16	69
Orono Boys	19	11	12	13	55

Box Score

Ellsworth

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
3	Chance Mercier	1	27	10	9	1	6	9	0
4	Miles Palmer	1	6	2	1	1	1	2	2
5	Logan McGowan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Hunter Curtis	1	12	4	4	0	4	6	2
11	Brett Bragdon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12	Gage Hardy	1	17	6	4	2	3	5	2
14	Brody Mercier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Eamon MacDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Peter Keblinsky	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Cruz Coffin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Michael Palmer	1	7	3	2	1	0	0	2
23	Kaleb Connors	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
30	Michael Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Ethan LeClerc	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Keegan Omlor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	69	25	20	5	14	24	11

Orono

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
10	Lucas Allen	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	4
12	Pierce Walston	1	23	7	2	5	4	9	4
14	Cadon Gray	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
20	Ellis Spaulding	1	11	3	0	3	2	2	2
20	Cadin Ewer Cousins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Ben Francis	1	7	3	2	1	0	0	4
30	Javier Santiago	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Will Francis	1	8	4	4	0	0	0	4
34	Kase Walston	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Sebastian Vanidestine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Adam Sherman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
44	Mason Kenney	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	Noah Schaff	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	55	20	11	9	6	12	19

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