Lisbon High School girls basketball coach Julie Wescott watched her team play its most physical contest of the early-season campaign on Tuesday in a Mountain Valley Conference girls basketball contest against Wiscasset.

Greyhounds starting guard Bree Sautter fouled out and inside workhorse Denise Thomas spent nearly the entire game in foul trouble during the Greyhounds’ 45-43 loss to Patrick Quinn’s Wolverines, who improved to 2-1.

Wiscasset, led by Kasey Cromwell’s all-out hustle in diving for loose balls (eight steals), used its strength to give Lisbon fits, forcing 29 turnovers.

“Our girls are tough physically, I have three or four girls who play soccer, and we are able to rebound the ball well as a team,” said Quinn, whose squad went nearly rebound for rebound with Lisbon (36- 33 edge for the Greyhounds).

“Denise was frustrated being in foul trouble so quick, but we had to turn a negative into a positive and go on,” said Wescott, who saw Thomas score 11 of her 15 points in a wild back-andforth fourth quarter, which featured six lead changes and two ties.

Trailing 27-23 after three quarters, Lisbon took control, reeling off a 9-0 run to open the fourth for a 32-27 lead. Thomas scored seven of those points, including a 3-pointer to give the Greyhounds their first lead since a 14-13 advantage early in the second quarter.

But, Wiscasset battled back, getting two points each by Kayla Gordon, Alecia Faulkingham and Cromwell for a 33-32 advantage with 5:24 left in regulation.

Down 38-37 after a Briana Goud steal and layup, Lisbon came right back to Thomas, who drove hard to the basket after receiving a pass from Bailey Madore for a 39-38 edge, but the Wolverines answered on a 3-pointer by Cromwell to put Wiscasset ahead to stay.

Moments later, a battle for the loose ball resulted in a technical foul on Madore, with Faulkingham draining both free throws for a fourpoint lead.

Thomas answered on Lisbon’s next possession, but Cromwell and Goud each made a free throw for 45-41 Wiscasset lead. Lisbon leading scorer Mia Durgin (16 points) brought her team back within two points, but a pair of missed free throws allowed the Wolverines to hold on.

First-half woes

The first half featured a quick start by Lisbon, followed by a long cold stretch as the Wolverines recovered from an early 7-2 deficit to take an 11-9 lead after a quarter and 22-17 edge at the half.

“We came out flat in the first half, and we had to work harder, but unfortunately we didn’t have things go our way tonight,” said Wescott.

Lisbon shot 31 percent (17 of 54) from the floor and made just five of 12 free throws.

Goud led the way in the first half for Wiscasset, scoring nine points, seven coming in the first quarter. Down 14- 13, the Wolverines scored nine consecutive points for a 22-14 lead before Lisbon’s Mikayla Yanez drained a 3- pointer just before halftime to get the Greyhounds to 22-17 at the break.

Leading 22-20, Faulkingham stepped back and drilled a trey and Goud banked in a short jump shot for a 27-20 Wolverines lead with 3:08 remaining in the third quarter.

For Wiscasset, Goud led the way with 14 points, while Faulkingham chipped in with 13 and Cromwell 11. The Wolverines were 17 of 57 (29 percent) from the field and seven of 15 at the charity stripe.

Kayla Gordon had 10 rebounds, Faulkingham seven caroms and Goud was solid all-around with six rebounds, three blocked shots, four steals and three assists.

Thomas pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds for Lisbon, while Durgin had four steals and three assists.

Wiscasset 45, Lisbon 43

At Wiscasset High School
Lisbon—98620—43
Wiscasset — 11 11 5 18 — 45
Lisbon — Denise Thomas 6-2-15,
Adrianna White 1-0-2, Bailey Madore
2-0-5, Mia Durgin 7-1-16, Bree Sautter 0-2-2, Jordan Kates 0-0-0, Katelyn
Fowler 0-0-0, Elyssa Hubert 0-0-0,
Mikayla Yanez 1-0-3. Totals — 17-5-
43.
Wiscasset — Kasey Cromwell 4-1-
11, Heidi Pinkham 0-0-0, Kayla Gordon 2-1-5, Briana Goud 6-1-14,
Miranda McIntire 0-0-0, Alecia Faulkingham 4-4-13, Tylan Onorato 0-0-0,
Hanna Foye 1-0-2. Totals — 17-7-45.
3-pointers — (L) Thomas, Madore,
Durgin, Yanez; (W) Cromwell 2,
Goud, Faulkingham.
Records — Wiscasset 2-1, Lisbon 2-
2.
Next — The Greyhounds visits Oak
Hill on Thursday at 7 p.m., while the
Wolverines host Spruce Mountain on
Saturday at 7 p.m.