BOYS' BASKETBALL
South Portland at Sanford
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
South Portland 71, Sanford 69
Darius Johnson scored 32 points and the Red Riots (8-2) knocked off the Spartans (10-1), the No. 1 team in the Varsity Maine poll, in Sanford.
Gabe Jackson added 17 points for South Portland, ranked fifth in the poll.
Luke Gendron paced Sanford with 17 points. Bryce Adams had 13, Carter Gioux 12 and Ryan Alexander 11.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | 5OT | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Portland | 19 | 12 | 21 | 19 | — | 71 | |||||
| Sanford | 12 | 16 | 23 | 18 | — | 69 |
| INDIVIDUAL SCORING | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH PORTLAND (8-2) | ||||||||
| SCORING | ADDITIONAL STATS | |||||||
| Player | 2-FG | 3-FG | FT | Pts | Rebs | Asts | Stls | Blks |
| Jackson, Gabe | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Despacho, Leonel | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Healy, Shea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| O'Donnell, Tadhg | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Correia, Felix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Johnson, Darius | 13 | 0 | 6 | 32 | ||||
| Turner, Kai | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Muzela, Isreal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Totals | 26 | 3 | 10 | 71 | ||||
| SANFORD (10-1) | ||||||||
| SCORING | ADDITIONAL STATS | |||||||
| Player | 2-FG | 3-FG | FT | Pts | Rebs | Asts | Stls | Blks |
| Gendron, Luke | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Gendron, Dylan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Alexander, Ryan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Gendron, Cayden | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Hebler, Gabin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Adams, Bryce | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Giroux, Carter | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Totals | 23 | 5 | 8 | 69 | ||||