BOYS' BASKETBALL
Gorham at Deering
Friday, January 19, 2024
Deering 62, Gorham 61
Evan Legassey and Justin Jamal combined for 39 points, and Deering held off a furious comeback bid to upset Gorham, 62-61, in a Class AA boys’ basketball game Friday night in Portland.
Deering (5-8) stunned Gorham (10-2) with an opening 23-5 blitz and was still ahead by 11 going into the fourth quarter, but the No. 1 team in the Varsity Maine poll chipped away at the deficit and cut it to 60-59 on a 3-pointer by Griffin Gammon with less than a minute remaining.
After Deering’s Tayshaun Cleveland made two free throws, Ashton Leclerc answered with a pair of free throws. Gorham than got the ball back when Deering couldn’t handle an inbounds pass, but the visitors missed a last-chance shot.
Legassey finished with 21 points, Jamal added 18 and Cleveland scored 15.
Gorham was paced by Caden Smith with 21, Gabe Michaud with 19 and Gammon with 14.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | 5OT | F | ||
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Gorham | 5 | 17 | 17 | 22 | — | 61 | |||||
Deering | 15 | 21 | 14 | 12 | — | 62 |
INDIVIDUAL SCORING | ||||||||
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GORHAM (10-2) | ||||||||
SCORING | ADDITIONAL STATS | |||||||
Player | 2-FG | 3-FG | FT | Pts | Rebs | Asts | Stls | Blks |
Whitten, Atticus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Michaud, Gabe | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | ||||
Smith, Caden | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | ||||
Farr, Taylor | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Leclerc, Ashton | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||
Brown, Preston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Karlonas, Jack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gammon, Griffin | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | ||||
Totals | 13 | 7 | 14 | 61 | ||||
DEERING (5-8) | ||||||||
SCORING | ADDITIONAL STATS | |||||||
Player | 2-FG | 3-FG | FT | Pts | Rebs | Asts | Stls | Blks |
Jamal, Justin | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | ||||
Legassey, Evan | 1 | 4 | 7 | 21 | ||||
Butera, Michel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Lauture, Tavian | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
King, Josiah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Yanga, Mogga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Anderson, Sam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Cleveland, Tayshaun | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | ||||
Otti, David | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Totals | 14 | 6 | 16 | 62 |