MDI Boys Fall to Presque Isle 77-73 in Overtime [STATS/PHOTOS]
A.J. Lozano's banked 3-pointer with 1 second left tied the game 65-65, but ultimately the MDI Trojans fell to the Presque Isle Wildcats 77-73 in overtime in Presque Isle on Thursday, January 27th.
It was a back and forth game, with MDI leading 19-13 at the end of the 1st Quarter and Presque Isle leading 36-33 at the end of the 1st Half. The Trojans led 48-44 at the end of the 3rd Quarter.
In overtime Spencer Laurendeau had 6 points for MDI and Charlie Parker had 2 points. Presque Isle went 4-9 from the free throw line in OT, and Xavier McAtee had 7 points, Malachi Cummings 3 points and Noah Yarema 2 points.
MDI was led by Spencer Laurendeau with 23 points, with Kadin Reed having 10 points and Alex Gray and A.J. Lozano each having 10 points. The Trojans were 15-19 from the free throw line. MDI made 6 3-pointers, with Laurendau having 3 of them, and Joey Minutolo, AJ Lozano and Kadin Reed 1 each.
Presque Isle was led by Noah Yarema who had a game-high 27 points. Xavier McAtee finished with 21 points and Malachi Cummings 17 points. The Wildcats were 21-35 from the free throw line and had 2 3-pointers, 1 each by Noah Yarema and Jackson Maynard.
MDI is now 2-11 and will host Caribou on Friday, January 28th at 4:30 p.m. That game will be broadcast on AM 1370 WDEA, on WDEA Internet Radio, on our free downloadable APP and on any Alexa enabled device. The game will also be live-streamed on the MDI High School NFHS Channel
Presque Isle is now 8-5 and will travel down to play Ellsworth on Friday, January 28th at 3:30 p.m. That game will be live-streamed for free on 92.9 The Ticket TV
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Line Score
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT1 | T | |
MDI Boys | 19 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 73 |
Presque Isle Boys | 13 | 23 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 77 |
Box Score
MDI
# | Name | PTS | FGM | 2PM | 3PM | FTM | FTA |
10 | Spencer Laurendau | 23 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
12 | Joey Minutolo | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Harley Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | AJ Lozano | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
22 | Ben Lipski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Charlie Parker | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
30 | Jack Hodgdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Kadin Reed | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
34 | Joey Wellman-Clouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Ethan Sosa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Evan Ankrom | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Alex Gray | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
50 | John Bennett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 73 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 19 |
Presque Isle
# | Name | PTS | FGM | 2PM | 3PM | FTM | FTA |
10 | Jensen Sargent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Brayden Castonguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Dawson Beaulieu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Noah Yarema | 27 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
22 | Benjamin Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Jackson Maynard | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
30 | Malachi Cummings | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
32 | Wyatt Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Jack Buck | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
40 | Xavier McAtee | 21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 17 |
42 | Michael Langley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Jack Hallett | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50 | Aiden Hanks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 77 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 21 | 35 |