Messalonskee JV boys hold off a tough Brewer team

BREWER – The Brewer junior varsity boys hosted Messalonskee Thursday and after falling behind early, fight as they may, they could not close the gap leaving them with a 47-42 loss.

Brewer's Cameron Hughes (24) splits the defense of Messalonskee as he goes up for a shot. Messalonskee won the game 47-42. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

Messalonskee took a first-quarter 15-4 lead that was all the lead they would need to hold on. Brewer fought back to make it a 24-18 Eagles lead at halftime. The second half was almost even with Messalonskee outscoring Brewer 13-11 in the third quarter for a 37-29 lead going into the final stanza where Brewer outscored the Eagles but not enough to overcome the deficit.

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Scoring for Brewer was,  Brock Flagg with 11 points; Lenox Cummings 10; Cameron Hughes nine; Ryder Goodwin five; Ryan Young four; Evan Nadeau three. 

Brewer was 7-of-12 (58 percent) from the foul line and they had five 3-pointers, two each from Flagg and Cummings, and one from Nadeau. 

Brewer's Brock Flagg brings the ball up the court looking over the situation. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

For Messalonskee, Andrew Mayo had a game-high 19 points; Reece Gardner 10; Evan Demott nine; Nick Woodside five; and Alden Doran four.

The Eagles were 5-of-6 (83 percent) from behind the charity stripe. They knocked down four 3-pointers, two from Gardner and one each from, Mayo and Woodside.

MESALONSKEE--15---09---13---10---47

BREWER-----------04---14----11---13---42

Brewer's Lenox Cummings looks to make a pass as he crosses midcourt. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

Brewer freshman, Ryder Goodwin goes up with an easy shot for two. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)