Thursday, December 29, 2016

Oceanside girls stifle Brewer in Class A matchup

The Oceanside Mariners varsity girls basketball team finished off the night with a sweep of the visiting Witches of Brewer with a solid 57-44 win.

Oceanside's Jillian Brooks takes a foul shot during Wednesday's game at home against Brewer. Oceanside won the game 57-44. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)


Brewer came out strong hitting their shots and playing good defense to take a 17-14 first quarter lead. Oceanside settled down and outscored the Witches 17-9 in the second quarter to take a 31-26 halftime lead. That lead grew substantially in the third quarter when Oceanside again outscored the opponent 16-5 to take a dominating 47-31 lead into the final stanza where they cruised to the win.

Scoring for the Mariners was, Hope Butler with 12 points; Gabby Simmons and Alexis Mazurek 10 each; Elise Laslavic eight; Jillian Brooks and Raechel Joyce six each; Hannah Moholland four; and Chole Jones one.

Brewer starting five is ready to go. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

Oceanside was 11-of-21 (52 percent) from the charity stripe and they had six 3-point baskets, Three from Butler, and one each from Moholland, Brooks, and Joyce.

For Brewer, Courtney Pearson had 11 points; Julie Bulliard 10; Rebecca Gideon nine; Emily Lord and Cassidy Smith five each; and Ellie Horr and Mandy Cuskelly two each.

Brewer was 12-of-19 (63 percent) from the foul line and they knocked down four 3-pointers, two from Pearson and one each from Smith and Bulliard.

Oceanside's Alexis Mazurek drives to the basket for a layup. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

Oceanside goes to 4-2 with the win while Brewer falls to 2-4.

Oceanside will travel to Messalonskee next for a Jan. 6, game at 7 p.m. while Brewer will host Messalonskee Jan. 2 with a 1:30 tip off.

Click here for the complete photo gallery from this game

Oceanside's Gabby Simmons takes off at the top of the key for the basket. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

Oceanside's Raechel Joyce clears out a rebound past Brewer's Emily Lord. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

Brewer's Ellie Horr brings the ball up and looks over the floor. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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