Ellsworth Boys Remain Undefeated Beat Presque Isle 78-65 [STATS/PHOTOS]

The Ellsworth Boys Basketball Team remained undefeated, improving to 7-0 after defeating the Presque Isle Wildcats 78-65 in Presque Isle on Saturday, January 1st.

Ellsworth jumped out to a 21-12 lead at the end of the 1st Quarter and led 43-35 at the end of the 1st Half. It was 62-50 at the end of the 3rd Quarter. Presque Isle cut the lead to 5 points in the 4th Quarter before Ellsworth pulled away.

The Eagles had 3 players in double-figures. Chance Mercier led Ellsworth with 23 points. Hunter Curtis had 20 points and Michael Palmer tossed in 14 points. The Eagles were 13-22 from the free throw line. They nailed 5 3-pointers. Chance Mercier had 3 3's, while Brett Bragdon and Michael Palmer each had 1 for Ellsworth.

Presque Isle was led by Malachi Cummings with 23 points, while Xavier McAtee had 19 points and Noah Yarema finished with 10 points. The Wildcats were 9-13 from the free throw line and had 8 3-pointers on the afternoon. Malachi Cummings had 5 3's, Jackson Maynard 2 3's and Xavier McAtee 1 3-pointer.

Ellsworth is now 7-0 and will play host to John Bapst on Wednesday, January 5th at 7 p.m. That game will be live-streamed on the Ellsworth High School You Tube Page

Presque Isle is now 4-2 and will play host to Caribou on Wednesday, January 5th.

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
Ellsworth Boys	21	22	19	16	78
Presque Isle Boys	12	23	15	15	65

Box Score

Ellsworth

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
3	Chance Mercier	1	23	10	7	3	0	0	4
4	Miles Palmer	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	2
5	Logan McGowan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Hunter Curtis	1	20	7	7	0	6	11	1
11	Brett Bragdon	1	5	2	1	1	0	0	0
12	Gage Hardy	1	9	4	4	0	1	1	4
14	Brody Mercier	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
15	Eamon MacDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Peter Keblinsky	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
21	Cruz Coffin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Michael Palmer	1	14	5	4	1	3	5	2
23	Kaleb Connors	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
30	Michael Harris	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1
32	Ethan LeClerc	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Keegan Omlor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	78	30	25	5	13	22	16

Presque Isle

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
10	Jensen Sargent	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Brayden Castonguay	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Dawson Beaulieu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
20	Noah Yarema	1	10	3	3	0	4	4	4
22	Benjamin Turner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
24	Jackson Maynard	1	8	3	1	2	0	0	2
30	Malachi Cummings	1	23	8	3	5	2	3	4
32	Wyatt Young	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Jack Buck	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	0
40	Xavier McAtee	1	19	8	7	1	2	2	3
42	Michael Langley	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
44	Jack Hallett	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1
50	Aiden Hanks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	65	24	16	8	9	13	17