PRESQUE ISLE – Matt McGlinn scored 16 of his 31 points to stake Presque Isle to a 12-point halftime lead and power the Wildcats to a 76-50 boys basketball victory over Fort Kent on Thursday night.

Chris Carlin added 12 points for the winners.

Tom Bard paced Fort Kent with 15 points and Tom Desjardins netted nine.

Fort Kent (14-4) 50

T. Bard 6-1-15, Caron 2-0-4, Desjardins 2-5-9, Perreault 0-2-2, Thibodeau 0-2-2, s. Bard 1-0-3, Plourde 2-0-4, Ouellette 2-1-5, Rivera 3-0-6

Presque Isle (14-4) 76

Carlin 4-4-12, McGlinn 10-9-31, Cray 2-3-7, Cheney 1-0-2, McLean 2-3-7, Coffin 3-0-6, Whitaker 3-2-9, Fowler 1-0-2, York, Belanger, Lavway

3-pt. goals: T. Bard 2, S. Bard; McGlinn 2, Whitaker

Fort Kent 7 19 29 50

Presque Isle 15 31 52 76

Houlton 50, Caribou 45

At Caribou, Brett Miles scored seven of his game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to help the Shiretowners edge the Vikings.

Justin Stewart tallied 11 points and Jordan Hill scored 10 for Houlton.

Caleb Rosser paced Caribou with 12 points and Brad Campbell contributed 10.

Houlton (10-8) 50

Myers 1-2-5, Stewart 4-2-11, Miles 8-2-20, Anderson, Hill 4-2-10, Cummings 1-0-2, Campbell, Lloyd 0-2-2

Caribou (6-12) 45

Wakana 3-0-6, Spring 0-1-1, Rosser 5-2-12, Fitzherbert 1-0-2, Campbell 4-0-10, Wambold 2-0-4, Corrigan 2-0-5, Haines 1-0-3, Saucier, Rossignol 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Myers, Stewart, Miles 2; Campbell 2, Corrigan, Haines

Houlton 11 25 31 50

Caribou 12 20 32 45

JV: Caribou 41-39

Washburn 81, Fort Fairfield 63

At Washburn, Jason Thompson poured in 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Beavers to victory.

Steve Pesut chipped in with 17 points for the winners and Zach Bird had 13 points and five assists. Adam Thompson grabbed 10 rebounds and had five steals.

Keith Edgecomb paced the Tigers with 36 points and Aaron Wasson added 13.

Fort Fairfield (6-11) 63

K. Edgecomb 12-7-36, Wasson 6-1-13, O. Edgecomb 3-0-7, Closson 1-1-4, Foster 1-1-3, Noyes, Cloney

Washburn (15-3) 81

J. Thompson 10-9-30, Pesut 8-2-17, Bird 4-4-13, Goupille 4-0-8, A. Thompson 2-3-7, Connolly 1-0-3, Parker 1-0-2, Harris 0-1-1, Nelson

3-pt. goals: K. Edgecomb 5, O. Edgecomb, Closson; J. Thompson, Bird, Connolly

Fort Fairfield 17 30 43 63

Washburn 21 42 55 81

Madawaska 69, Limestone 43

At Limestone, Alan Campbell connected for seven 3-pointers in the first half on his way to 27 points as the Owls rolled.

Matt Beaulieu tossed in 14 points for Madwaska.

Alex Demers led Limestone/Maine School of Science and Mathematics with 12 points and Dustin Morgan added nine.

Madawaska (13-3) 69

Campbell 10-0-27, Beaulieu 6-1-14, M. Sirois 3-0-6, P. Roy 2-0-5, Morneault 2-0-4, K. Sirois 1-2-4, Morin 1-1-3, Pelletier 1-0-2, A. Roy 1-1-3, Guerrette 0-1-1, Cyr

Limestone/MSSM (2-16) 43

Demers 6-0-12, Morgan 3-0-9, Enman 3-0-8, Freedman 2-0-4, Summers 2-0-4, Peers 1-1-3, Poisson 1-0-3, Patterson, Entwisle, Foster, Beaulieu, Rossignol, Barker

3-pt. goals: Campbell 7, Beaulieu, P. Roy; Morgan 3, Enman 2, Poisson

Madawaska 23 42 59 69

Limestone/MSSM 10 20 29 43

JV: Limestone 52-49

Girls basketball

Van Buren 45, Madawaska 41

At Van Buren, Andrea McLaughlin and Katherine Beckwith scored 14 points each to help lead the host Crusaders.

Beckwith’s 3-pointer with 1:15 all but iced it for Van Buren. Lisa Levasseur chipped in 13 points.

Amanda Plourde led the Owls with 11 points.

Madawaska (1-16) 41

Plourde 5-0-11, Chasse 3-1-8, Gerard 3-1-7, Daigle 0-5-5, Clavette 1-2-4, Phelan 3-0-6, Nadeau, Deschaine

Van Buren (5-13) 45

Levasseur 6-1-13, McLaughlin 5-4-14, Beckwith 6-1-14, Laplante, Bouchard, Vaillancourt, Parent 1-0-2, Deschaine 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Plourde, Chasse; Beckwith

Madawaska 9 20 30 41

Van Buren 13 25 37 45