MDI Girls Basketball Team Stunned by Caribou 33-31
The MDI Girls Basketball Team was stunned by the Caribou Vikings on Saturday, January 25th, as Selena Savage's scoop shot with no time remaining gave the Vikings a 33-31 victory over MDI on Saturday afternoon, January 25th in Bar Harbor.
Paige Espling was a force inside defensively for Caribou, disrupting MDI's gameplan with at least 8 blocked shots on the afternoon
Caribou jumped out to a 6-3 lead in the 1st Quarter. Taylor Skidgel, Paige Espling and Selena Savage each had a basket for Caribou. MDI's lone score came on a Rachelle Swanson 3-pointer.
Caribou led 13-8 at the end of the 1st Half. Espling had 4 points for Caribou with Savage having 2 and Ashlyn Bouchard 1 point, going 1-2 from the free throw line. For MDI Elena Alderman and Emily Carter each had 2 points and Olivia Gray was 1-2 from the free throw line.
MDI finally took the lead for the 1st time 19-17 with 3:58 left in the 3rd Quarter, and led 25-20 at the end of the 3rd Quarter. For MDI Alderman had 6 points, Olivia Gray 5 points with a 3-pointer, Leah Carroll 4 points and Lexi Rich 2 points. For the Vikings Skidgel had 4 points with a 3-pointer, Espling 2 points and Kim Susi 1 point.
In the 4th Quarter it was back and forth for the final 4:30 with the teams taking turn with the lead. Taylor LaBreck had 6 points for Caribou, Emily Collins 2 points and Espling 1 before Savage's game winner. For MDI Swanson and Carroll had 2 points while Alderman also had 2 points, going 2-2 from the line.
MDI was led by Elena Alderman with 10 points while Olivia Gray had 8 points. The Trojans were 5-8 from the free throw line.
Caribou was led by Paige Espling with 9 points while Taylor Skidgel had 8 points. The Vikings were 6-11 from the free throw line.
MDI is now 10-6 with 2 games remaining. They play at Hermon on Monday, February 3rd at 7 p.m. and then close out the regular season on Senior Night, Wednesday, February 5th at 7 p.m. at home against Ellsworth. Both those games will be broadcast on AM 1370 WDEA, on WDEA Internet Radio, on our free downloadable APP and on any Alexa enabled device.
Caribou 6-10 with 2 games remaining. They play at Old Town on Saturday, February 1st at 12:30 and then finish the season at Presque Isle on Wednesday, February 5th.
Line Score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
| Caribou Vikings Girls | 6 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| MDI Girls | 3 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
Box Score
Caribou
| # | Name | G | PTS | FGM | 2PM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PF |
| 2 | Kimmy Susi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Renee Stubbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Mia Theriault | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Taylor Skidgel | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Gabrielle Sutherland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Ashlyn Bouchard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Paige Espling | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | Selena Savage | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Neveaeh Twombley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Taylor Labreck | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Emily Collins | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Abbigail Robbins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 1 | 33 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 7 |
MDI
| # | Name | G | PTS | FGM | 2PM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PF |
| 3 | Molly Ritter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Elena Alderman | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Emily Carter | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Grace Witham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Lexi Rich | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Leah Carroll | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Abbie Farley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Olivia Gray | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | Rachelle Swanson | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Olivia Joyce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Elizabeth Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 45 | Hannah Joy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 1 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
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