PORTLAND — A potentially-memorable Saturday afternoon for the Wells boys basketball team and senior guard Jake Moody was anything but, thanks to host Waynflete. The Flyers dominated on both ends of the court and denied Moody from scoring his 1,000th career point in a 64-36 win at Waynflete School Gymnasium.

Moody needed just 14 points to reach the career milestone, but undefeated Waynflete (6-0) was determined to stop him, and his teammates. The Flyers jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back.

“We came out ready to go. People were looking for me to score. But that’s not the big issue in this game,” said Moody. “We just needed to get the W, and we didn’t do that.”

Chris Carney ended the opening run with a pair of free throws, and Moody hit two of his own later in the period, but the Warriors (2-5) failed to make a basket and trailed 23-4.

“They run the same type of trap that we do in practice every day; a 1-2-2,” said Wells head coach Troy Brown. “Our basketball IQ today was in the toilet, to be honest with you.

“I think the kids were looking for their shot. I don’t think they were deliberately trying to find Jake and force the issue. Maybe at the end, the last two or three minutes (of the game).”

Carney converted a layup one minute into second quarter for Wells’ first field goal of the game, and scored six points in the quarter as he tried to will his team to wake up.

“I was just trying to get it going,” said Carney. “Get it going, get the drive going.”

Moody hit a long 3-pointer with two minutes to go before halftime to pull within eight points of 1,000.

The Flyers, however, went into intermission with a commanding 37-16 lead in hand, as they prevented any Wells’ momentum on offense while doing as they wished on their own offensive end ”“ especially 6-foot-3 senior forward Serge Nyirikamba, who scored 15 points in the half.

Two consecutive snow days on Thursday and Friday didn’t help the Warriors’ cause, as they hadn’t played since Dec. 21 and hadn’t practiced in four days.

“We didn’t really get to scout against this team,” said Carney. “It hurt us. It definitely did.”

“That’s OK offensively, but defensively that’s not an excuse,” Brown said of the long lay-off. “You can at least play defense. You should be full of energy and ready to go.”

A chance to regroup in the locker room didn’t help Wells, as Waynflete opened the half on a 19-0 run ”“ including nine points from sophomore Milo Belleau ”“ before Kyle Goodale hit a short jumper with 1:20 left. The Warriors had trouble making baskets close to the basket, as most attempts were swatted away by Waynflete’s 6-foot-5 center Pace Hutchinson.

The Flyer lead ballooned to 56-21 entering the fourth quarter, but the Warriors still had eight minutes to get Moody his milestone.

Waynflete, however, had other plans. Moody, who scored 41 points in his last game, struggled to find open shots. He hit two free throws early in the fourth, then later hit a long-range, high-arching 3-pointer to get within three of the mark. A layup with 1:30 to go got him to 999 career points, but the Flyers only increased their defensive pressure. Moody missed another long 3-pointer and an off-balance layup in the final minute to delay any celebration from the many Wells fans that made the trek north.

“I think my kids tried their darndest at the end of the game to try and get him that bucket. Obviously Waynflete knows that he’s closing in on that mark, and they don’t want to give it up here. They’ve got pride. So I understand what they were doing,” said Brown. “Myself included, I thought it would come fairly easy today, to be honest with you, the way that he scores. The kid is a scoring machine.”

“It’s just embarrassing to come in here, like, we got a big crowd coming up here ”“ almost like a home game for us ”“ and we just get run out of the building. It’s just not the way we planned on coming in,” said Moody. “I think we overlooked them a little bit. And they’re a great club. We can’t do that.”

Moody finished with 13 points to tie Carney for the team lead. Goodale chipped in with eight ”“ including six in the fourth quarter.

Nyirikamba led four Flyers in double-figures with 17, and Belleau scored 13.

Moody will get another shot at 1,000 on Tuesday, when the Warriors travel to Cape Elizabeth. Wells will also try to get back on the winning track, and get revenge for a season-opening loss at the hands of the Capers.

“Nobody hurts more than he does when we lose,” Brown said of Moody. “I think he’s hurting more about the loss than he ever is about the 14 points. I’m sure we’ll get it at Cape Elizabeth on Tuesday.”

— Staff Writer Wil Kramlich can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 323 or sports@journaltribune.com. Follow him on Twitter@WilTalkSports.