
MDI Boys Win Home Opener Beat John Bapst 54-36
The MDI Boys Basketball Team won their home opener on Wednesday, December 11th, beating the John Bapst Crusaders 54-36 to even their record at 1-1.
MDI led 9-7 at the end of the 1st Quarter, 21-13 at the end of the 1st Half, and 39-22 at the end of the 3rd Quarter.
MDI was led by Jack DaCorte with a game high 16 points. Porter Isaacs had 10 points. Ethan Merchant, Brady Renault and Charlie Parker each had 1 3-pointer, while DaCorte had 2 3-s. The Trojans were 7-15 from the free throw line.
John Bapst was led by Rhett McDonald with 11 points while Sam Ellis had 9 points. Ellis had the Crusader's lone 3-pointer. John Bapst was 11-17 from the free throw line.
MDI, now 1-1 will play at Foxcroft Academy on Saturday, December 14th at 7 p.m. in a game that will be broadcast on AM 1370 WDEA, on our free downloadable APP, on any Alexa enabled device and on WDEA Internet Radio
John Bapst, 0-1 will play at Belfast on Saturday, December 14th at 1:30 p.m.
Line Score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
| John Bapst Boys | 7 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 36 |
| MDI Boys | 9 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 54 |
Box Score
John Bapst
| # | Name | G | PTS | FGM | 2PM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PF |
| 10 | Rhett McDonald | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| 12 | Max Chadwick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Cayman Zephir | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Sam Ellis | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Quinn Mitchell | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | Luke Norman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Isaiah Rice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Jordan Kimball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Devlin Crowley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Corey Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Jaeden Sockebeson | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | Connor Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 1 | 36 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 12 |
MDI.
| # | Name | G | PTS | FGM | 2PM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PF |
| 10 | Ethan Merchant | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Brady Renault | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | Cadin Lunt | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Maddox Laurendeau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Jack DaCorte | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Erik Merchant | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Charlie Parker | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Nate Philbrook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 | Jeremy French | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Grady Wellman-Webster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Will Hodgdon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | Porter Isaacs | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| TOTALS | 1 | 54 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 |
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