Saturday, January 22, 2022

Brewer varsity doubles up Messalonskee

 BREWER – The Brewer boys varsity team got off to a very slow start Saturday afternoon, but come the second quarter they were back, and there was no stopping them as they went on to defeat the visiting Eagles of Messalonskee  82-40.

Brewer's Evan Glass gets control of a loose ball in from of the Brewer Student Section, a very loud and proud group of students. Brewer won the game over Messalonskee 82-40. (Photo by Ron Hawkes/MSR)

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After a tough first quarter that saw the Witches struggle just to find the basket. It didn't matter until late in the quarter when Brewer finally started to find their way and took a slim 14-12 first quarter lead. The second quarter was all Witches as they outscored the Eagles 22-9 to take a 36-21 lead into the halftime break.

The second half was more of the same for Brewer. Outscoring Messalonskee 23-12 in the third to extend their lead to 59-33. The Witches coasted through the final stanza again outscoring the Eagles 23-7 for the win.

The fact that after the first quarter the sky started raining 3-pointers for the Witches, 11 of them in fact. 

Scoring for Brewer were, Brady Saunders with a game high 18 points; Brock Flagg 13; Aaron Newcomb 12; Evan nadeau nine; Colby Smith eight;  Ryder Goodwin and Cameron Hughes six each; Kyle Horr and Branden Carr three each; and Aiden Davis and Titus Philbrick two each.

Brewer was 13-of-15 (87 percent) from the foul line and as mentioned had 11 3-pointers, four from Saunders, two from, Nadeau, Smith, and Newcomb while Horr added one. 

For Messalonskee, Daniel Parent and 12 points; Aiden Doran, Sam Dube, and Merrick Smith six each; Walter Fegel and Jacob Love three each; and Brayden Mayo and Drake Brunelle two each.

The Eagles were 4-of-9 (44 percent) from behind the charity stripe.  They knocked down six 3-pointers, four from Parent; and one each from, Fegel and Love. 

Brewer goes to 10-1 with the win while Messalonskee falls to 0-11. 

The Witches will be back home again on Monday, Jan. 24 in a makeup game against Lawrence. 

MESSALONSKEE---12---9---12---7---40
BREWER--------------14--22---23--23--82

JV GAME
Messalonskee 40, Brewer 37
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FRESHMEN GAME
Brewer 47, Messalonskee 13

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