The Hampden Broncos and Skowhegan Indians tip things off in a Class A matchup at Hampden Academy Thursday night. Photo by Chris Lessner.
HAMPDEN- The Hampden Academy girls basketball team used a balanced scoring attack on Thursday night on their way to a convincing 63-30 Class A North victory over visiting Skowhegan on senior night at the Broncos home court.
Sophomore guard Marissa Gilpin buried a pair of three pointers in the opening quarter as Hampden held a 13-8 lead after the first 8 minutes.
The Broncos blew the game open by outscoring the Indians 16-6 in the second quarter to build a 15 point halftime lead.
Hampden built that lead to 23 after the third period and a 12-2 spurt to begin the fourth gave the Broncos a 33 point margin which also ended up being the margin of victory.
Hampden who only has two seniors on the roster and the rest being either freshmen or sophomores, put 10 of their 13 players in the scorebook on this night. Hampden was led by sophomore Brooklyn Scott who had 13 points and 3 rebounds. Freshman Bailey Donovan had 10 points and 5 rebounds and the two seniors Erica Martin and Courtney Dunton each had 9 points and 3 rebounds as the Broncos improved their record to 10-6.
Skowhegan, who falls to 6-9, was led by Lindsay Warren who had 6 points and Alyssa Everett who also had 6 points and 7 rebounds.
Hampden next plays Tuesday at 6:30 as they travel to Newport to tangle with Nokomis. Skowhegan will host Gardiner on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Skowhegan (30)
Warren 3-0-6, Everett 2-2-6, S. Ames 2-0-4, Cooke 0-4-4, Reed 0-2-2, Swanson 1-0-2, M. Ames 0-2-2, Brewer 0-2-2, Cobb 1-0-2
Three point goals: none
Free throws: 12-14 85.7%
Hampden (63)
Scott 5-0-13, Donovan 5-0-10, Martin 3-3-9, Dunton 3-3-9, Wildman 3-0-7, Gilpin 2-1-7, Burke 1-0-2, Alley 1-0-2, Narofsky 1-0-2, Francis 0-2-2
Three point goals: Scott 3, Gilpin 2, Wildman
Free throws: 9-15 60%
SKO 8 6 10 6- 30
HAM 13 16 18 16- 63
