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Old Orchard Beach loses point guard, still beats Richmond

By GARY HAWKINS, Kennebec Journal Tuesday, February 5, 2013

RICHMOND — Win or lose, the Richmond girls´ basketball team needed a test Tuesday night.

The two-time defending Western Class D champs got one from Old Orchard Beach, one of the top teams in Western Class C.

The Seagulls pulled away in the fourth quarter following back-to-back 3-pointers from Daphne Allen and Christina Colman for a 52-46 victory.

The win solidifies third place in Western Class C for the Seagulls (13-4); Richmond (13-3) will likely remain in second in Western Class D.

Sophomore Abby Dubois led Old Orchard with 18 points.

Senior Jamie Plummer scored 18 for the Bobcats.

The Seagulls led 43-39 with just over three minutes left when Allen hit a 3 from the left side and Colman (11 points) followed with another one from the left corner to make it 49-39. The Bobcats got no closer than six points.

"(We´ve shown) great improvement," Colman said. "We´re all moving the ball and our sophomores have stepped up."

Free-throw shooting and turnovers hurt Richmond´s chances. The Bobcats shot 9 for 21 from the line and committed 25 turnovers, not all from OOB´s pressure.

"We forced the ball into situations where we shouldn´t have," said Richmond Coach Molly Bishop.

The Seagulls were 22 for 41 from the foul line, but had many more chances, getting into the 1-and-1 bonus early in both halves. They lost point guard Haley Plante in the first minute of play when she turned an ankle.

"We were down our point guard from a torn ACL in the beginning of the year, then Haley went down," OOB Coach Dean Plante said. "That´s two good point guards. What we got was kids to step up with the ball in their hands. Abby Dubois, Christina and Anna Foss in particular did a nice job."

The Seagulls led 20-12 following three straight baskets from Dubois in the second quarter, but the Bobcats narrowed the gap to 20-19 by the half as Alyssa Pearson scored seven of her 10 points in a three-minute span.

The Bobcats gained their final lead of the game, 28-27, when Plummer converted a rebound midway through the third.

Plummer finished with 16 rebounds but Colman guarded her most of the night and held her to seven points below her average despite giving away 4 inches to the 6-foot center.

"You´ve just got to front her in the post and get some help behind you," Colman said.

Kennebec Journal Staff Writer Gary Hawkins can be contacted at 621-5638 or at:

ghawkins@centralmaine.com