Windham First Team Defeats Bonny Eagle 57-49

Basketball - WHS First Team

January 15, 2010

By David Field

 

Tom McGowan looks to move against his Scot defender. David Field photo.

 

Buxton: Windham avenged their prior year loss to the Scots in defeating them 57-49. 

 

Windham dominated the first quarter and out-scored the Scots by a factor of 2 times.  The Eagles found themselves in Bonus as the Scots found themselves in foul trouble early in the game.  Despite the sloppy play, the Scots managed to keep the Eagles somewhat in check in the second quarter.  The Scots had incurred ten team fouls versus 4 for Windham.  As the half-time buzzer sounded, the Scots were down by nine points. 

 

Coach Artes gets on the floor for his team. David Field photo.

 

It seemed that turnabout was fair play in the second half as the Eagles had the whistle being blown against them.  Calvin Field took a quick seat as he incurred three fouls.  Bonny Eagle seemed to take control as the whistles continued to mount against Windham.  The Scots utilized full court press and capitalized on several turn-overs.  They also managed to gain a bucket against the Eagles as the third quarter ended. 

 

In the fourth, both teams went hard against each other.  The whistles started sounding against the Scots and it didn’t take long for both teams to be in Bonus shooting territory.  Windham’s Calvin Field fouled out of the game with four minutes left in the game.  The last two minutes was a free throw shooting contest for both teams and neither team could manage to keep their hands or bodies clear of each other.  Windham managed to out-score Bonny Eagle by a point to keep the game out of reach. 

 

Brad Carpentier lays in an easy basket for the Eagles. Carpentier had six points. David Field photo

 

Leading scorers for Windham were Shawn Francoeur with 12, Joe Francoeur with 11, Connor Flynn and Dylan Weisser each had 8 and six other players contributed to the scoring effort for the Eagles. 

 

Connor Flynn turns to watch his layup fall through the basket as Calvin Field anticipates a rebound. David Field photo.

 

Catch Windham on Monday at 10am in Scarborough as the face the Red Storm.  All three boys teams will be playing at Scarborough during the day.