Thornton Academy 82, South Portland 61

With Will Davies pushing the pace from the start of the game, Thornton Academy’s boys’ basketball team rolled to an impressive 82-61 home Class AA South win Tuesday against defending state champion South Portland.

Thornton, which won at South Portland 69-60 earlier in the season, improved to 10-1. South Portland is 9-3.

Davies scored 26 points and dished out 11 assists. Five of his assists came in the first quarter. He scored 10 points with three assists in the third quarter and sophomore Trey Eldred hit three 3-point baskets and finished with 11 points.

Thornton outscored the Red Riots 25-9 in the third quarter to take a 68-45 lead.

Jaelen Jackson led South Portland with 17 points, 12 in the second quarter, to help his team keep pace.

For Thornton, Wyatt Benoit scored 12 and Aleesio Marcus had 10 points.

1234OT2OT3OT4OT5OTF
South Portland 132391661
Thornton Academy 2122251482
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
SOUTH PORTLAND (9-3)
SCORINGADDITIONAL STATS
Player2-FG3-FGFTPtsRebsAstsStlsBlks
Nyembo, Micah2004
Kim, Jayden2026
Jackson, Jaelen42317
Galarraga, Gabe3017
Smith, Ben41011
Folley, Drew0103
Padgett, Nafees1035
Hidalgo, Manny2026
Heffernan, Andrew0022
Kazakos, Pierce0000
Banks, Colin0000
Hanlon, Joey0000
Sparacio, Josh0000
Totals1841361
THORNTON ACADEMY (10-1)
SCORINGADDITIONAL STATS
Player2-FG3-FGFTPtsRebsAstsStlsBlks
Camire, Braden1105
Huskic, Damir2107
Davies, Will91526
Benoit, Wyatt32012
Lowe, Mac1002
Macomber, Eddie1002
Marcus, Aleesio50010
Vallee, Josh2107
Eldred, Trey13011
Carty, Rayon0000
Manning, Nick0000
Ney, Josh0000
Lui, Harry0000
Totals259582