Ellsworth Boys Shocked by Washington Academy 45-43

The Ellsworth Boys Basketball Team was upset at Katsiaficas Gymnasium in Ellsworth 45-43 by the Washington Academy Raiders, on the team's mutual opening game of the 2019-20 season on Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Washington Academy jumped out to a 15-11 lead at the end of the 1st Quarter. Cecil Gray had 6 points, Evan Ackley had 5 points and Jax Lin 4 points. For Ellsworth Jackson Curtis and Hunter Curtis each had 4 points while Darby Berry hit a 3-pointer.

In the 2nd Quarter Ellsworth outscored Washington Academy 15-10 to take a 26-25 into the locker room at the end of the 1st Half. Jackson Curtis had 13 points for Ellsworth, hitting 2 3-pointers. Hunter Curtis added Ellsworth's other 2 points. Gray had 2 3-pointers for the Raiders and Lin had 4 points.

In the 3rd Quarter Washington Academy outscored Ellsworth 13-7 to take a 38-33 lead. Ackley had 6 points for the Raiders, Lin added a 3-pointer and Daniel Huang and Gray each had 2 points. For Ellwsorth Jackson Curtis had 3 points and J'von James scored his first points as an Eagle, while Berry added 2 points.

In the 4th Quarter Ellsworth kept chipping away at the lead, but weren't able to close the gap beyond the 2 point final. Connor Crawford and Hunter Curtis each had 4 points for Ellsworth while Jackson Curtis had 2 points. For Washington Academy Andon Wood wsas 3-4 from the free throw line and Huang and Gray each had 2 points.

Ellsworth was led by Jackson Curtis with a game high 22 points while Hunter Curtis had 10 points. The Eagles were 6-8 from the free throw line.

Washington Academy put 3 players in double figures : Gray with 16 points and Lin and Ackley with 11 points each. The Raiders were 9-13 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth opens the season at 0-1 and will play at MCI on Saturday, December 14th at 1 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

Washington Academy, 1-0 will play host to Mount View on Saturday, December 14th at 4:30 p.m.

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
Washington Academy Boys	15	10	13	7	45
Ellsworth Boys	11	15	7	10	43

Box Score

Washington Academy

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
0	Andon Wood	1	3	0	0	0	3	4	2
1	Jax Lin	1	11	3	2	1	4	4	2
5	Joshua Ketchen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Hayden Farrell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Greg Moulton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Evan Ackley	1	11	5	5	0	1	3	2
20	Daniel Huang	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	4
22	Cecil Gray	1	16	7	5	2	0	2	3
23	Jacob Mills-Lightner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Ezekiel Olivares	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Ethan Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
35	Ethan Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Jason Chang	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Pedro Pena	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	45	17	14	3	8	13	15

Ellsworth

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
3	J’Von James	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2
4	Connor Crawford	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	2
5	Nick Kane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Hunter Curtis	1	10	5	5	0	0	1	2
11	Austin Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
12	Adam Inman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Brody Mercier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Eamon MacDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
20	Darby Barry	1	5	2	1	1	0	0	1
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	1
32	Jackson Curtis	1	22	7	5	2	6	7	0
33	Kolbe Hardy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Deyan Rich	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	43	17	14	3	6	8	11