MDI Boys Fall to Orono 55-44 [PHOTOS/STATS]

The MDI Trojans Boys Basketball Team dug themselves too big of a hole Saturday afternoon in Bar Harbor, falling to the Orono Red Riots 55-44, despite outscoring Orono 33-20 in the 2nd Half.

Orono led 22-5 at the end of the 1st Quarter and 35-11 at the end of the 1st Half. MDI cut the lead to 20 at the end of the 3rd Quarter 46-26 and got within 9 points late in the 4th Quarter but the deficit was too big.

Orono was led by Pierce Walston who finished with a game high 24 points. He was a 1-man wrecking crew in the 1st Quarter, scoring 16 points including 3 3-pointers in the 1st Quarter. Ben Francis had 7 points. The Red Riots were 7-10 from the free throw line. Orono sank 6 3-pointers. Pierce Walston had 3 3-pointers, Ellis Spaulding had 2 3-pointers, and Cadon Gray sank the other.

MDI was led by Spencer Laurendeau and Joey Minutolo each of whom had 14 points. Laurendeau had 8 points in the 4th Quarter and Minutolo scored all his 14 points in the 2nd Half, sinking 4 3-pointers. MDI was 8-13 from the free thow line. They had 8 3-pointers. Minutolo had 4 3's, Laurendeau sank 2 3's and Charlie Parker and Alex Gray each had 1.

Orono is now 3-0. The Red Riots will play at Foxcroft Academy on Tuesday, December 21st at 6:30 p.m.

MDI is now 0-3. The Trojans travel up to Caribou on Wednesday, December 22nd at 5:30 p.m. That game will be broadcast on AM 1370 WDEA, on our free downloadable APP, on any Alexa enabled device and on WDEA Internet Radio

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
Orono Boys	22	13	11	9	55
MDI Boys	5	6	15	18	44

Box Score

Orono

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
10	Lucas Allen	1	5	2	2	0	1	1	2
12	Pierce Walston	1	24	8	5	3	5	6	1
14	Cadon Gray	1	5	2	1	1	0	0	0
20	Ellis Spaulding	1	6	2	0	2	0	0	2
20	Cadin Ewer Cousins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Ben Francis	1	7	3	3	0	1	1	0
30	Javier Santiago	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2
32	Will Francis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
34	Kase Walston	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
40	Sebastian Vanidestine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
42	Adam Sherman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
44	Mason Kenney	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
50	Noah Schaff	1	4	2	2	0	0	2	2
	TOTALS	1	55	21	15	6	7	10	14

MDI

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
10	Spencer Laurendau	1	14	5	3	2	2	3	3
12	Joey Minutolo	1	14	4	0	4	2	2	1
14	Harley Henderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	AJ Lozano	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
22	Ben Lipski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Charlie Parker	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	3
30	Jack Hodgdon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	Kadin Reed	1	6	2	2	0	2	2	3
34	Joey Wellman-Clouse	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
40	Ethan Sosa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Evan Ankrom	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
44	Alex Gray	1	5	1	0	1	2	6	0
50	John Bennett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	44	14	6	8	8	13	13