A game after breaking the most 3-pointers in Class A tournament history, Brewer’s Brady Saunders drilled a triple to get things started for the Witches on Friday night and never looked back.
Brewer was able to cruise to a 70-33 victory in dominating fashion over Skowhegan in the Class A North regional final.
It’s Brewer’s first regional title since 1988.
The No. 1 Witches (20-1) will take on No. 1 Falmouth (17-4) on Friday, March 3, at 7:45 p.m. in the Class A state final.
Saunders scored 10 points in the first quarter and Brock Flagg poured in seven as the Witches took a 20-6 lead after the first period.
Brewer had all the momentum through the first half, with every big play from a player in white being capitalized with a shout or flex.
Brewer only gave up seven more Skowhegan points in the second quarter, while Brewer big man Cam Hughes muscled his way to six points in the second frame. Hughes’ lift helped the Witches to a 32-13 halftime lead.
After a big game from Adam Savage of No. 3 Skowhegan (14-7) in the River Hawks’ 49-48 victory over Brewer on Feb. 3, the senior was held to just two first-half points.
In the third, Savage scored two free throws and in the fourth scored a layup and got the rebound and threw the ball off the head of Brewer’s Cayen Philbrick. Savage was called for a technical and sat for the rest of the game.
At the end of the third quarter, Saunders drilled a pull-up 3-pointer from the left wing to punctuate a huge third quarter in which the Witches amassed a 50-23 lead.
Both teams emptied the benches with more than four minutes to play in the game.
Saunders ended with a game-high 28 points. Colin LePage led Skowhegan with eight points.
