BANGOR – Maine Central Institute’s Amanda Leavitt had a simple strategy before launching a shot from three-quarter court with one second left in the first quarter of Saturday’s Class B quarterfinal against Camden Hills.

“I knew there was just one second left. I just had to get the ball and heave it,” Leavitt said.

The heave snipped through the bottom of the next approximately 65 feet from where Leavitt launched it, the top of the 3-point arc. That’s Camden Hills’ 3-point arc.

“I just got the ball and threw it. It looked good and I was just like, I didn’t think it was going to go in, but it went in,” said Leavitt, who has nailed “a couple” half-court shots in her high school career.

Top-ranked Camden Hills went on to beat No. 9 MCI of Pittsfield 58-50, but MCI coach Frank McGrady was pleased with his team’s effort, especially his senior point guard, Leavitt.

“I just love to see those [long shots]. Especially when we get them,” he said.

McGrady said Leavitt did just what she had to do for the shot to have a chance. “You just have to baseball it,” he said.

Which is what Leavitt did – kind of. For her, it may have been more of a case of just having to “softball it,” because Leavitt is also the strong-armed shortstop for MCI’s softball team.