Ellsworth Girls Overcome Beat Washington Academy 40-23

The Ellsworth Girls Basketball Team was without 2 of their normal starters on Tuesday, January 7th, but used a total team effort to beat the Washington Academy Raiders 40-23 in East Machias.

Trinity Montigny and Sierra Andrews were unavailable for Ellsworth, but the Eagles went out to a 7-4 lead at the end of the 1st Quarter. Casey Carter and Sara Shea each had 2 points while Jocelyn Jordan was 2-2 from the free throw line and Kylie Robidoux 1-2. For the Raiders Raenah Reynolds had 2 points and Emma Griffin and Lucy Kilton each were 1-2 from the free throw line.

In the 2nd Quarter Ellsworth outscored Washington Academy 11-6 to take a 18-10 lead at the end of the 1st Half. Casey Carter had 6 points for the Eagles. Morgan Clifford drained a 3-pointer and Samantha Carter had 2 points. For the Raiders Kilton had 4 points and Riley Fraser 2 points.

In the 3rd Quarter Ellsworth increased their lead, outscoring Washington Academy 12-8 to take a 30-18 lead at the end of the 3rd Quarter. Autumn Paul had 6 points for Ellsworth, Jocelyn Jordan 4 points and Kylie Robidoux 2 points. For the Raiders Frser had 6 points, going 2-4 from the free throw line while Reynolds had 2 points.

In the 4th Quarter Alicia Kelley had 4 points for Ellsworth, with Kayla Duhaime, Kylie Robidoux and Sara Shea each chipping in 2 points. For Washington Academy, Reynolds had a 3-pointer, and Emma Griffina and Lucy Kilton were each 1-2 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth was led by Casey Carter with 8 points, while Autumn Paul and Jocelyn Jordan each had 6 points. The Eagles were 5-7 from the free throw line.

Washington Academy was led by Riley Fraser with 8 points while Raenah Reynolds had 7 points. The Raiders were 6-12 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth is now 5-3 and will play host to MCI on Saturday, January 11 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 is 1-8 and plays at Calais on Thursday, January 9th at 6:30 p.m.

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
Ellsworth Girls	7	11	12	10	40
Washington Academy Girls	4	6	8	5	23

Box Score

Ellsworth

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
3	Morgan Clifford	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	1
4	Jocelyn Jordan	1	6	1	1	0	4	4	2
5	Casey Carter	1	8	4	4	0	0	0	0
10	Samantha Higgins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11	Trinity Montigny	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Sara Shea	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	1
14	Samantha Carter	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1
15	Kylie Robidoux	1	5	2	2	0	1	2	4
21	Sierra Andrews	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Kayla Duhaime	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
33	Amber-Rae Pesek	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Alicia Kelley	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
50	Autumn Paul	1	6	3	3	0	0	0	1
	TOTALS	1	40	17	16	1	5	7	11

Washington Academy

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
5	Chloe Dinsmore	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Mackenzie Cates	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Rachel Vose	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Marissa Wood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Kaitlyn Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Sarah Moulton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Emma Griffin	1	2	0	0	0	2	4	2
20	Genevieve Thimlar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Raeanah Reynolds	1	7	3	2	1	0	0	1
23	Lucy Kilton	1	6	2	2	0	2	4	1
24	Kelci Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	Gabrielle Morang	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
33	Riley Fraser	1	8	3	3	0	2	4	2
	TOTALS	1	23	8	7	1	6	12	9