BRUNSWICK — Becky Champagne scored all 11 of her points in the first half, including nine in a pivotal second quarter, as the Brunswick High School girls basketball team ran past Lewiston 50-34 in Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference play on Friday.

Leading 8-6 after a quarter, the 3- 4 Dragons outscored Lewiston (0-6) 24-10 for a 32-16 lead at the half. Brunswick held a 41- 24 advantage through 24 minutes.

“Becky hit three big 3s in the second, and Julia Champagne and Lyse Henshaw added six points each,” said Brunswick coach Sam Farrell, whose squad visits Erskine Academy on Tuesday. “We have three long trips coming up (at Mt. Blue this upcoming Friday and at Hampden Academy on Jan. 16), so we took Saturday off to allow the team to recover from sickness.”

Mel Bryant paced the Dragons with 14 points, including 11 consecutive free throws to put the game away. Julia Champagne added 13 points and a team- high nine rebounds, while Liz Faulkner had six caroms and a like number of assist. Bryant also had six steals.

Brunswick was 15 of 25 from the foul line, while Lewiston finished nine of 17.

Brie Wilson led Lewiston with eight points, with McKenzie Sullivan adding six.

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Mt. Ararat 45, Cony 53

In a key KVAC contest Friday in Augusta, Cony improved to 6- 0, while the Eagles fell to 4- 2 and are scheduled to visit Lewiston on Tuesday.

Cony posted quarterly leads of 15- 11, 26- 20 and 40- 30, despite being outrebounded 40-24.

In the Mt. Ararat effort, Caitlin LaFountain had 11 points and nine rebounds, Leah Hitchcock 10 points and 11 boards, Kristi Willey and Chelsea Crawford nine points each, and Mallory Nelson six points and a dozen boards.

Mt. Ararat shot 16 of 56 from the floor and 11 of 21 from the line, while the Rams were 15 of 47 from the floor and 17 of 29 at the line.

Mia Diplock hit two 3-pointers and wound up with a game- high 20 points in the win.

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Morse 37, Waterville 53

At Waterville Friday afternoon, visiting Morse fell behind 18-0 after a quarter in a KVAC Class B loss.

“The start was a crushing blow, and we just were not ready to play,” said Morse coach Mike Hart, whose team dropped to 2-4 and hosts Mt. View on Tuesday at 7 p.m. “I called a couple full timeouts, but the intensity was lacking, and Waterville was well-prepared and executed.”

The Shipbuilders tried to shoot over the defense of Waterville (2-5), but finished just five of 30 on 3- point attempts.

Katie Henrikson had 11 points and two steals for Morse, while Tori Field chipped in 10 points and two assists. Brianna Bigelow added five points.

The Shipbuilders trailed 22- 8 at the half and 38-23 at the end of three. Morse was eight of 15 from the line.

Jenna Gagnon and Ashleigh Gagne had 15 and 14 points, respectively, for the Purple Panthers, who were nine of 12 from the charity stripe.

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