Trojans Tip Ponies 49-46
The MDI Boys traveled up to Dover Foxcroft on Wednesday, January 15th to take on the Foxcroft Academy Ponies, and the Trojan's jumped out to a quick 10-1 lead. The Foxcroft Academy Ponies fought back, but MDI led 19-11 at the end of the 1st Quarter. MDI was led by Abe Philbrook with 3 3-pointers for 9 points and Jon Phelps had 4 points for the Trojans. Foxcroft Academy was led by Kolby Kendall with 5 points.
The Ponies outscored MDI in the 2nd Quarter, 13-5, and the score was tied at the half, 24-24. Foxcroft was led by Hunter Smith with 6 points including a 3-pointer and Kendall added 4 more points. Jon Phelps had all of MDI's 5 points, including a 3-pointer.
Foxcroft Academy came out and took the lead in the 3rd Quarter, and led by as many as 7 at one point. Smith had 5 points for the Ponies including a 3-pointer. and Hunter Law added 4 points. Aaron Snurkowski scored 5 points for MDI, including a 3-pointer. At the end of the 3rd Quarter Foxcroft Academy led 37-32.
At the end of the 3rd Quarter, Coach Justin Norwood was not happy with senior point guard Jon Phelps play, and was vocal in his displeasure, telling Phelps to start shooting. Phelps came out firing in the 4th Quarter. He sank a 3-pointer and flipped his wrist, staring at Coach Norwood as he back-peddled up the court. Coach Norwood's fiery words ignited the flame in Phelps, as he scored 13 points in the 4th Quarter, including 2 3-pointers. MDI hit their free throws in the final quarter, going 7-12 from the free throw line, and ended up 8-14 for the game, after not taking a free throw in the entire first half. Kendall and Smith fouled out for Foxcroft and MDI's Andrew Davis fouled out, all with less than 2 minutes left in the game.
MDI was led by Phelps, who had a game high 22 points, and Abe Philbrook had 10 points. Hunter Smith and Kolby Kendall each had 15 points for Foxcroft Academy. Foxcroft Academy went 6-14 from the free throw line.
With the victory, MDI improved to 8-2 on the season, and next will play at home against Hermon on Saturday, January 18th at 3:30 in a game that will be aired on WDEA AM 1370. Foxcroft Academy fell to 3-6 and travels to Caribou on Saturday, January 18th at 4:30.
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Box Score
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
MDI Boys | 19 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 49 |
Foxcroft Academy Ponies Boys | 11 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 46 |
# | Name | G | FGM | 2PM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PF | PTS |
10 | Jon Phelps | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 22 |
12 | Billy Laverdiere | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Isaiah Keene | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Abe Philbrook | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
22 | Taner Bickford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
24 | Ryan Littlefield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Stephen Hanscom | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
32 | Gus Reeves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Riley Swanson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
42 | Aaron Snurkowski | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
44 | Chase Bradford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50 | James O'Donnell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
52 | Andrew Davis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
TOTALS | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 49 |
# | Name | G | FGM | 2PM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PF | PTS |
1 | Hunter Law | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
2 | Ethan Kelley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Colby Snell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Frank Stone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Dylan Harmon-Weeks | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
21 | Cooper Marden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
22 | Drew Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Sam Keane | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
30 | Hunter Smith | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
35 | Riley Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
41 | Volodymyr Pyzhov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Kolby Kendall | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
43 | Sam Cody | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
45 | Corey Bjornson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 1 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 46 |