Oxford Hills women basketball wins defensive battle in opposition to Bangor in recreation between unbeatens
Factors had been at a premium on the Crimson Barry Health club in Bangor Tuesday evening when a pair of 11-0 Class AA North highschool women basketball groups squared off.
Oxford Hills Excessive College from South Paris outscored cold-shooting Bangor 21-8 throughout a span that overlapped the second and third quarters to construct an 11-point lead and survived a late rally to earn a hard-fought 39-34 victory.
Senior guard Sierra Carson, a Bangor Each day Information All-Schoolgirl first group choice final yr, paced the Vikings with 15 factors, 9 rebounds, two assists and two steals. Sophomore ahead Ella Pelletier had 12 factors, seven rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot.
Junior guard Tristen Derenburger, the Class AA North chief in 3-pointers made with a median of 4 per recreation, had a pair of threes together with an vital one on the buzzer within the first half that gave Oxford Hills a 26-18 halftime lead.
Maddy Miller had 4 factors and 7 rebounds.
Bangor was led by senior guard and 2021-22 All-BDN second group alternative Emmie Streams, who had 10 factors, six rebounds, three steals and two assists. Senior forward-center Abbie Quinn added to her AA North-leading rebound complete (11.6 rpg) with a powerful 21 rebounds to go along with eight factors. Quinn missed eight of her 10 free throw makes an attempt.
Taylor Coombs and Azylynn Gifford every had 5 factors for the Rams and Coombs additionally had 4 rebounds.
Trailing 15-12 early within the second quarter, the Vikings outscored the Rams 14-3 to shut out the half and take a lead they might by no means relinquish.
Carson hit a baseline jumper and a 3-pointer to make it 17-15 earlier than Pelletier sliced down the lane and scored with a lefthanded end on the rim.
Gabbie Tibbetts sank a pair of free throws earlier than Quinn sank one.
One other basket inside by Pelletier and the 3-pointer by Derenburger off a Carson move sandwiched a Streams basket to shut out the half.
Bangor, which shot simply 2-for-13 from the ground within the second interval, continued its capturing woes within the third interval because it went 3-for-12 from the ground as Oxford Hills constructed a 35-25 lead after three intervals.
The Vikings, who entered the sport averaging 68.5 factors per recreation, managed only one basket within the fourth quarter on a Carson drive off a Pelletier feed and Bangor used 3-pointers by Coombs, Streams and Gifford to drag inside three with 38 seconds left.
Tibbetts missed the entrance finish of a one-and-one and Quinn grabbed the rebound with 28.1 seconds left.
However, after an Oxford Hills foul, Miller stole an errant move and Pelletier sank two free throws with slightly below a second remaining.
“If you come as much as Bangor, you’ll take any win you may get,” stated Oxford Hills coach Nate Pelletier. “We grinded one out. Bangor performed nice protection. I favored that we had a protracted bus trip, obtained off the bus and located a strategy to win.”
The win follows a 61-50 Saturday residence win over defending state AA champ Cheverus of Portland, which had only one loss to Bangor within the season-opener.
“These had been two very candy wins,” Pelletier stated.
Carson and Ella Pelletier, Nate’s daughter, stated their defensive communication was pivotal within the win.
“It was the most effective communication we’ve had this season. Everyone was speaking on the market. We had been capable of get out on their 3-point shooters,” Pelletier stated.
“We didn’t rating practically as a lot as normal however we communicated, hustled and rebounded,” stated Carson, who added that they had been capable of get assist inside to restrict Quinn’s offensive manufacturing.
Bangor coach Jay Kemble known as the sport a fantastic battle between two groups that know easy methods to play protection.
“This was one in every of our strongest video games, defensively,” stated Streams, who famous that they had been responsible of speeding some photographs and that damage them.
Oxford Hills shot 14-for-41 from the ground (34.1 p.c) and 4-for-15 past the 3-point arc (26.7 p.c) in contrast with Bangor’s 12-for-49 (24.5 p.c) and 6-for-21 (28.6), respectively.
Bangor will go to Portland for a 5:30 p.m. recreation on Friday after which return residence to play a make-up recreation in opposition to Brunswick on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. Oxford Hills hosts Deering of Portland on Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
