Down Goes Cheverus

So...last night was a lot. Let's get started.

I went to the Leavitt and Medomak boys game. The Leavitt boys have been no stranger to close games this year. They went triple overtime against Poland and went to just one overtime period in their other Poland game and also against GNG and Lincoln Academy. Why mention that? Oh no reason.

In a back-and-forth defensive struggle, Medomak seemed to be in control in the final minute, but they struggled from the free throw line and Leavitt capitalized. They traded buckets in the overtime period. But let's go to final seconds of overtime with the score tied at 43.

There's a couple of things here. First, I don't love the foul call. There's definitely contact on the play, but I think you swallow the whistle and let the game go to double overtime because why play only one overtime when you can play two? But there's also a strange sequence with a second left where Leavitt is trying to pull off a buzzer-beater. Colin Schlobohm catches the pass from Trent Holst juuuuust out-of-bounds.

The refs huddle and give Medomak the ball on the sideline with no time coming off the clock, which was confusing, because everyone I spoke to assumed the ball would either return to the baseline or 0.3 would have to come off the clock. But apparently not. I talked to a couple of different refs who went to the rule book for clarification.

If the ball had just gone into the stands, it would have been a throw-in violation and the ball would have returned to the baseline. But since the ball touched a player who was out-of-bounds, the throw-in ended and it became an out-of-bounds violation and the ball went to the sideline. And since the ball wasn't touched in-bounds, the clock never should have started.

They got it right. At least that part.

Medomak survived 44-43. Kollin Donlin led all scorers with 20. Colin Schlobohm had 18 for Leavitt and they all seemed to be clutch.

At halftime, I checked in with Buzz Media to get a score from the girls game and...oh boy.

When I checked in later, they had a different clock.

And then the score didn't get reported because they lost power entirely and didn't finish the game. The scoreboard went out in the second quarter and the power went out twice before failing for good and forcing them to call it.

From what I've heard they will resume it this afternoon. You're not going to believe this, but there's a difference of opinion as to where they should resume play.

Back to the rule book!

In the Game of the Day, the Biddeford girls took down unbeaten Cheverus in a huge statement win for the Tigers. Biddeford got 20 points from Natalia Silva and 17 & 9 from Jordyn Crump as their cold shooting night woke up in an explosive third quarter to take control.

Drew Bonifant was there.

Biddeford girls basketball takes down undefeated Cheverus

The Tigers rally in the third quarter and close it out in the fourth to topple Class A South’s top team in their second-to-last game of the regular season.

The Portland Press HeraldDrew BonifantStaff Writer

Biddeford's win sets up an epic final day of the season. Cheverus will face South Portland for the 1 seed and Biddeford will take on Sanford for the 3 seed.

The consensus this year has been that Miss Basketball is Maddie Provost's award to lose and while Kylie Lamson has been making a strong case for consideration, I think Provost is still the leader. Especially after last night. Against Belfast she drilled 11 3's and erupted for a career-high 49 points.

Up North, Quinn Pelletier and Aden Jeffers faced off in a battle between two of the best players north of Bangor (or anywhere in the state). Fort Kent won the matchup at their place in early January by 3 and last night, Madawaska got their revenge in front of a packed house.

Quinn Pelletier scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half and the Owls won 57-53. They'll be the 2 seed in D North. Fort Kent will be the 3 in C North.

WHOU has the highlights.

Elsewhere

Tyrie James went for 28 and Colin Janvrin added 27 as Windham blew out Deering...Sierra Gibbons went off for 34 in Hall-Dale's upset of Dirigo...Brendan Shaw had 18 in Brunswick's win over Oxford Hills...Nolan Ames had 17 & 8 as Camden blew out Messo...Jack Coutts went off for 30 and fueled a 28-13 quarter as Erskine came from behind to beat Lincoln Academy. The Eagles got 21 from Deklan DiMauro...Cheverus used a 34-3 run and 6 Joe Iaccarino threes to blow out Biddeford...Trenton Haskell's 15 helped Buckfield beat Richmond...Noble's Evan Ballard went off for 33 against Massabesic...Fisher Tewksbury went for 29 and Harry Louis added 25 in Valley's win over a short-handed Pine Tree...Julianna Allen's 13 led a balanced attack as Mt. Ararat doubled up Edward Little...Mollie Puffer had 16 in Sanford's win over Kennebunk...Lyla Dunphe scored 16 as Westbrook beat Falmouth...Wisdom held Washburn scoreless until 6 minutes left in the game. They held on for the W...Winthrop got 17 from Evelyn Mortimer as they cruised by Boothbay...SoPo's Darius Johnson dropped 27 on Scarborough...John Cubahiro's 16 led Westbrook over Falmouth...Portland's Lucas LeGage dropped 20 on Bonny Eagle...Gorham's Preston Brown dropped 25 on Marshwood...Grayson Bernard had 19 in Lewiston's win over Mount Blue...Kylie Cole's 22 led Bonny Eagle over Portland...Brunswick's Grace Roak went for 20 against Oxford Hills...Jaelyn Rich scored 17 in Madison's win over Mountain Valley...Marshwood's Isabelle Tice dropped 23 on Gorham...Reid Robishaw and Connor Kingsbury each scored 23 in Oceanside's win over Winslow...Olivia Childs had 20 in Erskine's win over Lincoln Academy...The Morse girls beat MCI in double overtime to keep their season alive...Thea Laukka had 22 & 7 in Camden's win over Messo.

The Celtics made their move and traded Anfernee Simons for Nikola Vucevic.

Cooper had 36/9/6 in his first game against the Celtics. He's really been on a tear the last couple of games. You could even say a historic tear.

This is the first Game of the Day where both teams are locked into their seeding. Should that disqualify it from consideration? Maybe! Counterpoint: it's a really good matchup that's also a quarterfinal preview.

MDI will be the 4 seed and Ellsworth will be the 5, which brings up my favorite thought experiment: if you're playing a team in a game that doesn't really count and you know you're playing them in the playoffs, how do you approach the game? The opportunity for gamesmanship is high.

The Model's picks for the rest of today's games are after the jump.