Wolverines Basketball

Dirigo and Oak Hill come out on top

Sat, 01/05/2013 - 9:15am

KATHY ONORATO, Staff Reporter

Wiscasset's Heidi Pinkham battles for possession with Dirigo’s Rachel Knight. KATHY ONORATO/Wiscasset Newspaper

Wiscasset's Heidi Pinkham battles for possession with Dirigo’s Rachel Knight. Below: Alecia Faulkingham drives past Dirigo’s Emma Leuders and Colleen Hendricks tries to get the ball past a Dirigo defender in junior varsity action. KATHY ONORATO/Wiscasset Newspaper

Alecia Faulkingham drives past Dirigo’s Emma Leuders. KATHY ONORATO/Wiscasset Newspaper

Colleen Hendricks tries to get the ball past a Dirigo defender in junior varsity action. KATHY ONORATO/Wiscasset Newspaper

Alecia Faulkingham drives past Dirigo’s Emma Leuders. KATHY ONORATO/Wiscasset Newspaper

Colleen Hendricks tries to get the ball past a Dirigo defender in junior varsity action. KATHY ONORATO/Wiscasset Newspaper

The Lady Wolverines (2-5) faced two tough teams on the road this week and picked up their fourth and fifth loss of the season.

On January 2 Wiscasset traveled to Dirigo (5-2) and was dominated by the Cougars 62-24. “Dirigo controlled the game from start to finish with tenacious defense and efficient shooting,” said Wiscasset Coach Patrick Quinn.

Jessica Conant led the Cougars with 16 points. Alecia Faulkingham had a career-high 14 points for Wiscasset. Miranda McIntire pulled down seven rebounds.

Wiscasset didn’t fare any better in Wales on January 4. The Oak Hill Raiders (4-4) handed Wiscasset its fourth straight loss, 62-18. The game was tightly called and four players fouled out of the game including Wiscasset starters Brianna Goud and Alecia Faulkingham.

“Oak Hill shot effectively from the perimeter and put us away early,” said Quinn. Both teams shot poorly from the free throw line; Oak Hill was 9/27 and Wiscasset was 8/21.

Freshman Grace Sabine led the Raiders with 12 points and Sadie Goulet added 11.

Wiscasset will face another tough opponent on Monday, Jan. 7 when they host 6-2 Boothbay.