In the Battle of Eagles Ellsworth Tops GSA 81-54 [PHOTOS/STATS]
In the preseason Battle of the Eagles the Ellsworth Eagles topped the GSA Eagles 81-54 at Katsiaficas Gymnasium in Ellsworth on Thursday afternoon December 2nd.
Ellsworth led 18-11 at the end of the 1st Quarter and 45-29 at the end of the 1st Half. It was 70-45 at the end of the 3rd Quarter.
Ellsworth was paced by Chance Mercier with a game high 23 points. Eamon MacDonald had 11 points and Michael Palmer finished with 10 points. Ellsworth was 15-24 from the free throw line and sank 8 3-pointers. MacDonald and Michael Palmer each drained 3 3-pointers and Chance Mercier had 2 3's.
GSA was paced by David Gadsby with 15 points. Azaiah Nanson had 13 points and Patrick Dagan finished with 11 points. GSA was 17-20 from the free throw line and they sank 5 3-pointers. Dagan had 3 3-pointers, and Bryce Schneider and David Gadsby each had a 3-pointer.
Ellsworth is back in action on Tuesday, December 7th when they play the Brewer Witches in Brewer at 6:30 p.m.
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
| George Stevens Academy Boys | 11 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 54 |
| Ellsworth Boys | 18 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 81 |
Boxscore
GSA
| # | Name | G | PTS | FGM | 2PM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PF |
| 1 | David Gadsby | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Matthew Astbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Arden Weaver | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Patrick Dagan | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Dexter Brown | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | Teague Smallidge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Jack Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Bryce Schneider | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | Sol Lorio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | Brockett Muir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Azaiah Nanson | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| 40 | Harrison Walden | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 1 | 54 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 20 |
Ellsworth
| # | Name | G | PTS | FGM | 2PM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PF |
| 3 | Chance Mercier | 1 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Miles Palmer | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Logan McGowan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Hunter Curtis | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 11 | Brett Bragdon | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Gage Hardy | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | Brody Mercier | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Eamon MacDonald | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Peter Keblinsky | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Cruz Coffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Michael Palmer | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Kaleb Connors | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Michael Harris | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Ethan LeClerc | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 1 | 81 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 19 |
Thanks to Walter Churchill for the photos!
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