BANGOR – The Brewer and Bangor basketball girls teams put on a 3-point shooting show in the first quarter of Wednesday evening’s matchup at the Bangor Auditorium.

It was exciting to watch the two teams combine for six long-distance baskets, but for Brewer the key 3-point shots were yet to come.

Carolyn McAvoy racked up 22 points, including two 3-pointers in the first quarter, and Katie Harris went 4-for-9 from 3-point range with a big long-range shot late in the fourth as Brewer rallied and held off Bangor 54-51.

The 8-9 Witches swept the three-game regular-season series. The Rams fall to 5-11.

“It feels great to sweep Bangor,” McAvoy said.

The two cross-river rivals combined to make 14 3-point baskets.

Harris, who is known to be a dangerous shooter, finished with 14 points. She found herself open at several points, and burned the Rams.

The Witches were down 47-46 when Harris hit her final 3-pointer with 1:47 left in the game.

Bangor’s Caroline Weymouth tied it up 15 seconds later, but Ashley Adams’ basket with 1:04 left gave Brewer the lead for good. Brewer’s Amy Freeman iced it with two free throws.

The Witches had a 16-14 lead at the end of the first quarter but the Rams outscored their opponents 14-3 in the second period. Bangor had a 31-19 lead about 1:30 into the third.

“They were slowing it down and we’re used to playing an up-tempo game,” McAvoy said. “We knew coming in they were going to make it more of a settled game, slow us down, and we knew we just had to play our game.”

Brewer went from a 2-3 zone to man-to-man defense and promptly went on a 17-5 run for a one-point lead going into the fourth quarter.

“They had a little bit of a run where their press was a factor,” Bangor coach Tom Tennett said. “I thought that was a key point in the game.”

Harris made two 3-pointers during the run.

“We were moving the ball around better, which got me open and other people open, and that created more opportunities for us,” Harris said.

Weymouth (19 points, nine rebounds) opened the final period with a free throw that tied the game at 37-37, but Katie Quimby knocked down a 3-pointer from the right corner to give the Witches a 40-37 edge.

The Rams regained the lead thanks to an Alyssa Ogden put-back, two Ogden free throws and a free throw from Ilyse Angst, but Harris drained her fourth-quarter shot 15 seconds later.

Ogden scored eight of her 10 points in the second half.

Bangor’s Amanda Webb, a junior varsity player who has moved up to varsity, took a last-second shot for the Rams. The play nearly worked but her 3-point attempt glanced off the rim as the clock ran out.

“You have to give her all the credit in the world,” Tennett said. “Alyssa put a nice screen down on the baseline and the kids got it to her. She just missed.”

WITCHES 54, RAMS 51

Bangor (5-11) Brewer (8-9)

Player G AG F AF TP Player G AG AF TP

Ogden 4 7 2 2 10 Adams 1 4 2

Angst 2 8 2 4 8 Quimby 3 6 8

Porter 0 1 0 0 0 Bean 0 5 0

Clarke 0 2 0 1 0 Freeman 2 7 8

McCrum 2 6 4 5 8 Hamm 0 0 0

Curtis 0 2 0 0 0 McLaughlin 0 0

Weymouth 7 15 4 12 19 Wing 0 0 0

Webb 2 9 0 0 6 McAvoy 9 16 2 22

Harris 5 12 0 14

Totals 17 50 12 24 51 Totals 20 50 54

Bangor 14 28 36 51

Brewer 16 19 37 54

3-pt. goals ? Bangor (5-13): Angst 2-3, Webb 2-5, Weymouth 1-4, McCrum 0-1; Brewer (9-21): Harris 4-9, McAvoy 2-4, Freeman 2-4, Quimby 1-2, Bean 0-2

Attendance: 200 (est.)