Ellsworth Girls Win Prelim 57-44

The Ellsworth Girls' Basketball Team defeated Mattanawcook Academy 57-44 in a Class B North Prelim game at Katsiaficas Gymnasium on Tuesday, February 9th to advance to the Cross Insurance Center on Saturday morning, February 12th at 10:35 AM. The Ellsworth Girls will play in the same session as the Ellsworth Boys who play at 9:05 AM

It looked a little bleak for Ellsworth on Monday, as Kate Whitney had the flu, and Madison Card had a sprained ankle. But on Tuesday, Card played with her ankle taped, and Whitney gutted out valuable minutes while still recovering. Ellsworth received valuable minutes from all players and a season high 21 points from Sammy Mason to advance to the Quarterfinals.

Ellsworth and Mattanawcook Academy were tied 16-16 at the end of the 1st Quarter. For Ellsworth, Mason had 6 points, Caitlin Bean and Madison Card each had 4 points and Hannah Sargent had 2 points. For Mattanawcook Academy Courtney Gordon, Cheyanne Libby and Katie Tolman each had 5 points with Tolman and Gordon having 3 pointers. Tressa Libby had 1 point.

In the 2nd Quarter, Ellsworth outscored Mattanawcook Academy 9-7 to take a 25-23 lead. Card, Mason, Callie Hammer and Kate Whitney each had 2 points while Bean had 1 point for the Eagles. For the Lynz, Camryn Lyons had a 3-pointer while Cheyanne Libby and Kim Voisine each had 2 points.

Ellsworth took control of the game in the 3rd Quarter outscoring the Lynx 17-9 to take a 42-32 lead. Mason had 7 points, Bean and Card had 4 points and Katelynn Bagley each had 2 points for the Eagles. For Mattanawcook Academy Lyons had 4 points, Libby had 3 points and Gordon had 2 points.

In the 4th Quarter Mason had 6 points, Breann Cummings had 4 points, Bean had 3 points and Bagley had 2 points for the Eagles. For Mattanawcook Academy Cheyanne Libby had 7 points, Lyons had a 3-pointer and Voisine and Gordon each had 1 point.

Ellsworth was led by Sammy Mason with 21 points, Caitlin Bean had 12 points and Madison Card had 10 points. Bean and Card each had 11 rebounds. The Eagles were 5-14 from the free throw line.

Mattanawcook Academy was led by Cheyanne Libby with 17 points while Camryn Lyons had 10 points and Courtney Gordon had 8 points. The Lynx were 11-14 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth is now 12-7 while Mattanawcook Academy finishes their season with a record of 8-11.

The #5 Eagles will play #4 Winslow (15-3) on Saturday, Feburay 12th at 10:35AM in the Class B North Quarterfinals in a game that will be broadcast on AM 1370 and WDEA Internet Radio.

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
Mattanawcook Girls	16	7	9	12	44
Ellsworth Girls	16	9	17	15	57

Box Score

Mattanawcook Academy

#	Name	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF	PTS
3	Camryn Lyons	4	2	2	0	0	3	10
10	Cheyanne Libby	5	5	0	7	8	2	17
11	Laci Hannington	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Kiana Hafford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Kim Voisine	1	1	0	1	2	3	3
21	Courtney Gordon	2	1	1	3	4	4	8
22	Emily Tolman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Katie Tolman	2	1	1	0	0	1	5
24	Haley McLaughlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Tressa Libby	0	0	0	1	2	0	1
41	Emily Page	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	Natalie Tilton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TEAM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	14	10	4	12	16	14	44

Ellsworth

#	Name	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF	PTS
4	Caitlin Bean	5	5	0	2	5	4	12
5	Katelynn Bagley	2	2	0	0	0	1	4
10	Olivia Colby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Maddie Card	4	4	0	0	3	2	8
12	Hannah Sargent	1	1	0	0	0	2	2
14	Kacie Omlor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Nicole Higgins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Sammy Mason	9	9	0	3	5	3	21
23	Callie Hammer	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
30	Breann Cummings	3	3	0	0	0	3	6
33	Kate Whitney	1	1	0	0	1	1	2
	TEAM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	26	26	0	5	14	16	57