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Winthrop s Gavin Perkins elevates for a layup against the defense of Carrabec s Conner Peabody and Elijah Canales during Thursday’s game in Winthrop. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
WINTHROP Basketball is a four-quarter game, but one quarter in particular played a starring role when Winthrop and Carrabec squared off in the quarterfinals of the Central Maine Class C/D tournament Thursday.
Following and even first quarter, Winthrop dominated the second and then held on in the second half to notch a 62-52 victory.
“I think in that second quarter we exerted our energy and effort a lot more than we did in the others, and we stayed true to our defensive philosophy and we had few breakdowns. And when we do that we’re a tough team to beat,” Winthrop coach Todd MacArthur said. “The problem is we got to learn to do it for 32 minutes, rather than a little clip of eight minutes.”
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WINTHROP The Winthrop Ramblers’ stellar, first-half performance afforded them a third-quarter lull against ravenous Monmouth Academy on Monday.
Winthrop bounced back into its groove by the middle of the final stanza to glide away with a 65-47 victory in a boys basketball game.
Winthrop s Ian Steele is fouled by Monmouth Academy s Hayden Fletcher as Steele drives to the basket during the first half of Monday s game in Winthrop. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
“Offensively, we started to move the ball and shot the ball much better,” Winthrop coach Todd MacArthur said. “We are a brand of basketball where we want to play inside-out basketball, get the ball inside, kick it out to our shooters.