WELLS — Owen Berry hit the game-winning shot as the clock expired to lift the Wells High School boys basketball team to a 63-62 Western Maine Conference win over Freeport in a battle of winless squads.
The Warriors improved to 1-5, while the Falcons fell to 0-6 and hosts Kennebunk on Jan. 3.
Freeport jumped out to a 22-14 first-quarter lead, but Wells outscored the visitors 20-10 in the second for a 34-32 halftime lead. Wells held a 52-50 edge heading to the fourth.
Nate Booth drained four 3- pointers for a game-high 24 points for the Warriors, while Cole Greaves chipped in 10.
Four Freeport players scored in double figures, with Brendan Qualls leading with 17 points. Jack Davenport had 13, Elijah Fox nailed from behind the arc for 12 points and Connor Dostie picked up 11.
MORSE 82
CAMDEN HILLS 70
The Shipbuilders improved their record to 5-1 against the Camden Hills Windjammers in Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B play.
The Shipbuilders jumped out to a 63-44 lead at the end of three quarters and just as they thought the game was over, the Windjammers made a push with 6:09 remaining in the fourth quarter, hitting five 3-pointers to cut the deficit to just nine points.
“We had to regroup and finish it off at the free-throw line with some easy buckets,” Morse head coach Sam Hayes said after the game.
Shipbuilder Ethan Winglass led all scorers with 30 points, followed by Keegan McDonough who had 29 points and Dakota Freeman who totaled 10 points.
Gage Carson was the leader of the pack for the Windjammers, collecting 22 points of his own, while Josiah Krul and Andrew Hall finished with 14 and 11 points, respectively.
Morse went 15-for-22 at the line, while Camden Hills finished 13-for-18.
The Shipbuilders return to action on Saturday as they host Leavitt at 1 p.m.
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