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BRUNSWICK — Sierra Carson scored 11 second half points, including three 3-pointers, to lead Oxford Hills to a 48-44 win at Brunswick in a battle of two of the state’s top girls’ basketball teams.
Brunswick (15-2) took a quick 7-2 lead but Oxford Hills (16-1) rallied to tie it 10-10 after one quarter. The Vikings, who made just 1 of their first 10 3-point attempts, then got late 3s from Gabbie Tibbetts and Molly Corbett to take a 19-15 lead at halftime.
Oxford Hills went up by 12 in the third period, but the Dragons rallied within 32-24 heading for the fourth and when Alexis Morin made a layup with 2;17 to go, the Vikings only led by one, 43-42.
Corbett (14 points) then drained a 3-pointer and after Kelsie Carlton drove for a layup to make it 46-44, Ella Pelletier (eight points) hit two clutch free throws to clinch it.
Carson finished with a game-high 15 points.
Brunswick was led by Dakota Shipley and Maddy Werner, who had 10 points apiece.
BOYS BASKETBALL
LISBON 62, WINTHROP 55: Levi Tibbetts and Chase Mailhot each scored 16 points to lead the Greyhounds (10-8) past the Ramblers in Lisbon.
Gavin Grenier helped out with 11 points for Lisbon.
Braden Branagan and Matt Beck scored 22 and 15 points, respectively, for Winthrop (7-10).
GREELY 52, FREEPORT 48: The Rangers (10-7) led by 12 points in the third quarter but needed to hold off a late charge by the Falcons (4-13) at Cumberland.
JT Pound hit a bucket for Freeport to cut the lead to 49-48 with about 30 seconds to play in regulation, but Seamus Raftice sealed the contest for Greely with a pair of free throws in the final seconds.
Faftice finished with 20 points for the Rangers, and Tyler Pettengill added 16.
Pound led Freeport with 16 points, and Connor Smith had 15.
