JAY — Jace Bessey’s shots kept falling and Spruce Mountain kept pulling away for an 83-36 victory over visiting Lisbon in an MVC boys basketball game Thursday night.
Bessey led the Phoenix (2-0) with 44 points. The other 39 Spruce Mountain points were pretty evenly distributed across 10 players, with Austin Armandi’s seven points coming in second to Bessey.
Owen Booker finished with 18 points for the Greyhounds (0-3), which were complimented by Keeghan Morrissette’s seven points.
MONMOUTH ACADEMY 54, MOUNTAIN VALLEY 39: Sammy Calder started hot and shot his way to a game-high 24 points in the Mustangs’ (2-1) home win over the Falcons (1-2) in Monmouth.
Calder scored eight points in the first quarter and added six more in the second for Monmouth. Levi Laverdiere added 10 points and Lucas Harmon pitched in with nine.
Jake New paced Mountain Valley with 16 points, with all but two coming in the final three quarters.
MT. ABRAM 68, MARANACOOK 64: Payton Mitchell scored nine of his game-high 25 points in the fourth quarter as the Roadrunners (3-0) edged the Black Bears (2-1) in Salem Township.
Logan Dube scored five of his 13 in the fourth and Cam Grey six of his 12 for Mt. Abram, which trailed 48-47 after three quarters.
Keagan McClure scored a team-high 20 points for Maranacook, which led after each of the first three quarters.
MADISON 35, OAK HILL 26: Deacon Murray and Brode Strout scored 10 points apiece as the Bulldogs (3-0) stayed undefeated with the win at Madison.
Braden New led all scorers with 11 points for Oak Hill (0-3).
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EDWARD LITTLE 45, PORTLAND 33: Savannah Green scored 16 points to help the Red Eddies (2-1) beat the Bulldogs (1-2) at the Portland Expo.
Tess Robbins finished with 14 points and Layla Facchiano added 10 for Edward Little.
Portland’s Baleria Yugu scored 18 points.
MOUNTAIN VALLEY 46, MONMOUTH ACADEMY 24: Brooke Brown and Ella Young were identical in the scorebook, finishing with nine points each on four 2-pointers and a free throw, leading the Falcons (1-2) to a home win over the Mustangs (0-3) in Rumford.
Maisy Chase chipped in seven points for Mountain Valley. Defensively, Brooke Bennett and Layce Boucher each had several steals.
Reese Beaudoin (13 points) and Tarynn Keleher (eight points) were the leading scorers for Monmouth.
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