AUGUSTA

If adding up the combined distance of the 13 buckets Greenville’s Devin Boone made in Monday’s boys high school quarterfinal Class D South basketball game at the Augusta Civic Center, he might be just a bit short of his own foul line.

Boone scored 31 points, all of his field goals coming from close proximity of the basket, as the Lakers downed ninth-seeded Pine Tree Academy, 63-37.

“Boone killed us all game, and the (Nick) Foley kid is probably their best player, but I’m not too sure now,” said PTA coach Trevor Schlisner after his Breakers ended the season with an 8- 12 record. “He is a force inside. When we switched Jared Tamaleaa on him, he is a good inside defender and that helped out a lot.”

Boone carried Greenville (18-1) early, scoring his team’s first eight points for an 8-3 first-quarter lead. Foley took over from there, picking up the final eight Laker points of the frame for a 16-8 advantage.

Boone again took over to open the second, scoring six straight points for a 24-8 advantage. PTA allowed several offensive boards in the first half, allowing the Lakers, and Boone, to score easy baskets. Boone had 16 points at the half.

“We rebounded well in spurts, but we gave up a lot of offensive rebounds and putbacks,” said Schlisner after his team was outrebounded

37-27 in the game. “We weren’t moving the ball well today. Ball movement and good team play got us into the tournament.”

PTA stayed within shouting distance thanks to Tamaleaa, who had seven first-half points, while Najee Jean-Louis scored two buckets in the second quarter as the Breakers trailed 27-14 at the break.

Beginning woes

PTA continued to struggle out of the gates to open quarters, with Greenville using a second-half opening 8-0 spurt in building a 35-14 advantage.

But, the Breakers refused to go away, riding four quick points from senior Justin Pelletier and five points from Jean-Louis to close to 37-24.

“This is probably one of our best teams in the last 10- to 12-years easily, and they are scrappy,” said Schlisner. “Last year we made the tournament with a more talented team, but this team worked well together. They played hard, but shots just weren’t dropping.”

The Breakers kept coming, getting to within 11 points, 43-32, before a 9-0 Greenville run put any hopes of comeback to rest.

Foley lit it up down the stretch, hitting four 3-pointers to finish with 25 points, teaming with Boone for 56 combined points. Boone added nine rebounds, one off teammate Matt Mendes’ team-high 10 boards. Connor DiAngelo added eight caroms.

Greenville shot well throughout, hitting on 47- percent of its shots (24-of-51) and making 9-of-13 at the free-throw line.

Tamaleaa paced PTA with 11 points and four assists, with Jean-Louis adding eight points and Alex Schlisner seven. Jean-Louis had three steals, while Billy Alcime had a game-high 11 boards.

The Breakers shot 26-percent (14-of-52) from the field and 7-of-18 at the charity stripe. PTA forced 20 Greenville turnovers.

Greenville faces No. 5 Seacoast Christian, a 70-55 winner over No. 4 Forest Hills, on Wednesday in Augusta at 11:30 a.m.

No. 1 Greenville 63,
No. 9 PTA 37

Class D South Quarterfinal
At the Augusta Civic Center
PTA –— 8 6 10 13 — 37
Greenville — 16 11 13 23 — 63
PTA — Justin Pelletier 2-0-5, Jared
Tamaleaa 4-2-11, Evan Owen 0-0-0,
Alex Schlisner 3-2-8, Najee Jean-
Louis 3-3-9, Billy Alcime 2-0-4, Josiah Yeaton 0-0-0, Robert Oliviera 0-0-
0. Totals — 14-7-37.
Greenville — Evan Bjork 1-1-3,
Devin Boone 13-5-31, Connor DiAngelo 0-0-0, Noah Pratt 1-2-4, Nick
Foley 9-1-25, Matt Mendes 0-0-0,
Nick Caiazzo 0-0-0, Noah Bilodeau 0-
0-0, Doug Kane 0-0-0, Chris Caiazzo
0-0-0. Totals — 24-9-63.
3-point field goals — (PTA) Pelletier,
Tamaleaa; (G) Foley 6.
Records — Greenville 18-1; PTA 8-
12.
Note — PTA’s season is completed.