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Article: Fast start, strong finish carry Orono by Fort Kent for 6th win
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- January 15, 2007
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ORONO - The Orono boys basketball team parlayed a fast start and a
strong finish into a 51-43 Class C victory over Fort Kent on Saturday
afternoon.
The Red Riots (6-4) jumped out to a 10-0 lead over a Fort Kent
team playing its first game in a week, then held on before scoring
the final seven points of the contest to pull away.
"It just shows we're getting more mature," said Orono coach Ben
Goodwin of his team's late surge. "We've got a young group, and with
the more games we play and as we learn from our mistakes, the kids
seem to do a lot better staying under control."
This game matched two teams hoping to use the win to help position
themselves for home-court advantage in the preliminary ...