The No. 4 Mattanawcook Academy Girl Lynx overwhelmed No. 5 Machias with their velocity and dimension in Tuesday night time’s Class C North regional quarterfinal matchup, outscoring the Bulldogs by 21 within the second half on the best way to a 70-40 victory on the Cross Heart in Bangor.
Mattanawcook Academy will play the winner of No. 1 Dexter and No. 8 Mount View on Thursday, Feb. 22, whereas Machias completed its season with a formidable 18-2 document.
Within the first half, the Lynx and Bulldogs began out fairly evenly matched, however Mattanawcook progressively wore out Machias with its deep bench and run-and-gun offense, commanded by lanky sophomore guard Megan Home (9 factors, seven assists) within the backcourt and dominant sophomore ahead Addison Cyr (28 factors, 5 offensive rebounds) within the frontcourt.
The Lynx had been equally as constant in transition and of their half court docket offense, repeatedly feeding Cyr and senior ahead Kaitlyn Thornton (12 factors, three offensive rebounds, three assists) for quick-hitting baskets, and cleansing up the offensive boards when essential.
Junior ahead Lily Wotton and sophomore guard Juliana Cloukey mixed for 13 further Mattanawcook factors.
Machias countered with tenacious senior ahead Skyler Tinker (10 factors, two offensive rebounds, one block), clever junior level guard Maleah Rhodes (six factors) and versatile junior ahead Laylah Wright (six factors, three offensive rebounds, one help, one steal).
Machias senior guard Kristin Grant would tack on 4 factors, one help, and one steal, and junior ahead Cassandra Dahl tallied six factors.
