MDI Girls Run Past Washington Academy 66-24

The MDI Girls Basketball Team jumped out to a 23-0 lead in the 1st Quarter before Washington Academy scored with 1:23 remaining in the 1st Quarter and coasted to a 66-24 victory over the Raiders in East Machias on Thursday, December 20th.

MDI led 25-3 at the end of the 1st Quarter. Julia Watras and Maddy Candage each scored 6 points for MDI. Hannah Chamberlain had 5 points including a 3-pointer and Alexis Clarito, Leah Carroll, Olivia Gray and Rachelle Swanson each had 2 points for the Trojans. Raeanah Reyonlds had a 3-pointer for the Raiders.

In the 2nd Quarter, MDI outscored Washington Academy 13-10 to take a 38-13 lead at the end of the 1st Half. Elizabeth Jones had 4 points , Julia Watras, Maddy Candage and Rachelle Swanson each had 3 points. For Washington Academy Reynolds had 5 points with a 3-pointer, Katie Leighton had a 3-pointer and Begona Garcia had 2 points.

In the 3rd Quarter, MDI outpaced Washington Academy 15-6 to take a 53-19 lead. Watras and Gray each had 3 points for the Trojans. Clarito, Candage, Cassie Craig and Jones each had 2 points while Swanson was 1-2 from the free throw line. For Washington Academy Mackenzie Cates, Emma Griffin and Garcia each had 2 points.

In the 4th Quarter Jones had 4 points for MDI, Gray sank a 3-pointer, Craig had 3 points and Lindsey McEachern had 2 points. MDI desperately tried to get Zoe Parker her first varsity points but it wasn't to be. For Washington Academy Gabrielle Morang, and Riley Fraser each had 2 points and Teeya Harmon had 1 point.

Everyone with the exception of Parker scored for MDI and the Trojans had 3 players in double figures. Julia Watras had a game high 12 points, Maddy Candage had 11 points and Elizabeth Jones had her first varsity game in double figures, finishing the night with 10 points. The Trojans were 12-26 from the free throw line.

Washington Academy was led by Raeanah Reynolds with 8 points. Washington Academy was 1-10 from the free throw line.

MDI, now 4-0 will play host to John Bapst Friday, December 21st in a game that will be broadcast on AM 1370 WDEA, on WDEA Internet Radio, on our free downloadable APP and on any Alexa enabled device. The pregame will begin at 6:45 with the tipoff at 7PM.

Washington Academy 0-4 plays host to Waterville Saturday, December 22nd at 3:30

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MDI Girls	25	13	15	13	66
Washington Academy Girls	3	10	6	5	24

Box Score

MDI

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
3	Lindsey McEachern	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
5	Julia Watras	1	12	5	5	0	2	4	2
13	Julia Perconti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Alexis Clarito	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	3
23	Leah Carroll	1	3	1	1	0	1	2	3
25	Maddy Candage	1	11	5	5	0	1	1	1
31	Olivia Gray	1	8	3	2	1	1	2	0
33	Rachelle Swanson	1	6	1	1	0	4	6	1
35	Cassie Craig	1	5	2	2	0	1	1	1
41	Hannah Chamberlain	1	5	2	1	1	0	1	1
43	Elizabeth Jones	1	10	4	4	0	2	7	1
45	Zoe Parker	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	TOTALS	1	66	26	24	2	12	26	14

Washington Academy

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
5	Teeya Harmon	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
10	Mackenzie Cates	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	3
11	Inez Furth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Sydney Verge	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
13	Tabitha Pottle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Goiuria Cuadra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Emma Griffin	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0
20	Claudia Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Raeanah Reynolds	1	8	3	1	2	0	2	2
23	Lucy Kilton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Braydi Dana-Surles	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25	Gabrielle Morang	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	3
32	Begona Garcia	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	3
33	Riley Fraser	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	3
42	Katie Leighton	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	2
	TOTALS	1	24	10	7	3	1	10	19

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