GARDINER — The mismatch on paper materialized on the court Tuesday night.

Fourth-seeded Gardiner led from the start to post a 68-37 victory against 13th-ranked Foxcroft Academy in an Eastern Class B girls’ basketball prelim.

The Tigers (16-3) will face No. 5 Mt. Desert Island at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Bangor.

This was a daunting task for the Ponies (5-14), who moved up to Class B this season. The Tigers had too much size, experience and depth. Nine players scored for Gardiner, led by Kelly Macomber, Paige Pilsbury and Ally Day with 12 points each.

“All year I think one of the things that’s helped us out has been our depth,” Gardiner Coach Mike Gray said. “We keep throwing kids out there.”

The Tigers took a 19-6 first- quarter lead as Pilsbury scored five points and Day, a reserve, added five – the last points of the quarter.

Day finished with seven rebounds and played strong defense. Macomber scored 10 points in the second quarter as the Tigers found her in the paint for layups or short jump shots.

Kylee Granholm, who finished with five assists, found Macomber for a pair of easy layups.

“Kylee keeps us running,” Jenna Moore of Gardiner said. “We’re all in pretty good game shape, so we like to run and Kylee keeps it that way.”

Hilary Kendall scored 18 points for Foxcroft.