MDI Wins Gold Ball 59-39 [PHOTOS]

For the first time ever, the MDI Boy's Basketball Team are the State Champions, winning the Gold Ball on Friday, March 3rd, 2017, defeating the Wells Warriors 59-39 at the Augusta Civic Center.

MDI took a 13-5 lead at the end of the 1st Quarter. MDI's pressure defense didn't allow a point until 1:39 remaining in the Quarter when Tyler Dewey drained a 3-pointer for Wells. Cameron Cousins added 2 for the Warriors. For MDI Drew Rich and Graham Good had 3 points each, Aaron Snurkowski had a 3-pointer for 3 points and Andrew Phelps and Riley Swanson each had 2 points.

In the 2nd Quarter, MDI increased their lead to 12 points, outscoring Wells 14-10 and at the end of the 1st Half the Trojans led 27-15. For MDI Andrew Phelps had 6 points, with a 3-pointer. Graham Good had 6 points and Riley Swanson was 2-2 from the free throw line. For Wells, Owen Berry and Tyler Dewey had 3-pointers and Deandre Wood and Cameron Cousins chipped in 2 points each.

In the 3rd Quarter, MDI outscored Wells 16-8 to take a 43-23 lead at the end of the 3rd Quarter. For the Trojans Andrew Phelps had 2 3-pointers, Russell Kropff had a 3-pointer, Gus Reeves had 3 points and Graham Good and Derek Collin each had 2 points. For Wells Owen Berry had 6 points and Tyler Bridge had 2 points.

As time expired MDI's Jimmy Carroll put an exclamation point on the win, hitting a 3-pointer. Graham Good had 4 points, Riley Swanson was 3-4 from the free throw line and Andrew Phelps and Gus Reeves each had 2 points. For Wells Owen Berry had 5 points with a 3-pointer, Cameron Cousins had 4 points, Christian Saulnier had a 3-pointer and Riley Dempsey and Tyler Dewey each had 2 points.

MDI was led by Andrew Phelps with a game high 16 points. Graham Good had a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds as well as 5 steals. The Trojans were 15-20 from the free throw line.

Wells was led by Owen Berry with 14 points. Tyler Dewey and Cameron Cousins each had 8 points. The Warriors were 4-6 from the free throw line.

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MDI Boys	13	14	16	16	59
Wells Warriors	5	10	8	16	39

Box Score

MDI

#	Name	G	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF	PTS
10	Andrew Phelps	1	4	1	3	5	8	2	16
12	Gus Reeves	1	1	1	0	3	4	2	5
14	Drew Rich	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3
20	Graham Good	1	7	7	0	1	1	0	15
22	Colby Lee	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Aaron Snurkowksi	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	3
30	Russell Kropff	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	3
32	Jimmy Carroll	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
34	James McConomy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Riley Swanson	1	1	1	0	5	6	1	7
42	Devin Palatore	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Drew Shea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	Mac Shea	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
52	Derek Collin	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
54	Owen Mild	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
	TOTALS	1	19	13	6	15	20	14	59

Wells

#	Name	G	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF	PTS
2	Christian Saulnier	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
4	Matt Sherburne	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
10	Riley Dempsey	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	2
11	Liam Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Owen Berry	1	6	4	2	0	0	0	14
20	Tyler Dewey	1	3	1	2	0	0	3	8
21	Deandre Woods	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	2
23	Keegan Reidy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Channing Wang	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Cameron Cousins	1	2	2	0	4	6	4	8
34	Tyler Bridge	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
42	John Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	15	10	5	4	6	20	39

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