MV Boys Roll Past Lincoln

by Bob McPhee
     PORTLAND - The ability to make the proper adjustments proved to be productive for the Mountain Valley boys' basketball team in a Class B quarterfinal playoff game at the Portland Expo on Saturday.
     Cam Kaubris scored 32 points and Jacob Arsenault had 19 in a 64-33 triumph against No. 6 Lincoln Academy.
     Mountain Valley will play No. 2 Falmouth in a semifinal game on Thursday at 9 p.m. at the Cumberland County Civic Center.
     MV continued to wear the wrist bands for cancer and kept the seat next to White open in Danny Garneau's absence.
     The student-athlete has returned to the hospital and is in the teams thoughts and prayers.
     “We did start fairly slow,” said MV coach Rick White. “We underestimated the quickness of (Tom) Wajer. Our first two possessions he took the ball from Jacob and we made a quick adjustment moving Cameron to the point and this seemed to settle the whole team down.”
     MV trailed early and took off in the second quarter. Kaubris scored 13 as the Falcons were 6 of 14 from the floor and Lincoln made 2 of 13. The pace of the game really started getting to the Eagles as MV led 32-21 at halftime.
     "Rebounding for the game was very key for us,” said White, as the Falcons enjoyed a 45-23 advantage. “At first we didn't box out very well and the Eagles got to the glass early. However, we regrouped and started to crash the glass and get a lot of second chance points.”
     The Falcons were led by Brady Fergola (11), Jon Benjamin (9), Arsenault (7), Cole Clark (5). The same production had worked against Dirigo.
     The Falcons shot 39 percent (69 shots taken), committed 10 turnovers (zero in third quarter) and was 7 of 15 from the free throw line.
     MV blew the game open by scoring the first 14 points of the third quarter. A goal was to shut Wajer down, who scored nine of his 11 points in the first half. Arsenault and Izaak Mills played great defense on him, never gave him an open look.
     “We played great man-to-man defense and didn't give them an easy look that whole second half,” said White. “We limited them to six points in each of the last three quarters. Everyone on the team knew there role and executed it very well.”