Despite an exciting start, the Thursday, Dec. 18 match-up between the Wiscasset High School boys varsity basketball team and Lisbon quickly became a war of attrition.

Wiscasset was unable to overcome a rash of fouls, and an attacking Greyhound team was able to capitalize en route to a 66-44 victory. The loss drops Wiscasset to 2-4 and boosts Lisbon to 2-4 on the season.

The two teams didn't waste time showcasing their clashing styles: Wiscasset was able to sink an early three and showed off its long-range prowess in the first quarter, while Lisbon allowed its guards to go into attack mode from the start.

The two teams swapped leads back and forth for most of the first quarter, but Lisbon held the slimmest of 13-11 leads after the first frame. The Greyhounds were able to harass Wiscasset's ball-handlers for most of the second quarter, as the team stretched its lead into double digits. Wiscasset, behind Russell Marr's four points, scored a flurry of points before the half to trim Lisbon's lead to 26-21.

The Wolverines would soon run into foul trouble, however. Three players, including two starters, fouled-out in the fourth quarter. Lisbon was able to take advantage, too: the team began relentlessly attacking the hoop in hopes of making it to the charity stripe. Wiscasset was able to stem some of the offense by switching to a trap defense, but Lisbon was able to move the ball up the court.

Lisbon's Johnny Yim was able to take advantage of a hand-cuffed Wiscasset defense and scored 16 of his game-high 29 points in the second half, mostly via layups and foul shots.

Josh Huston and R.J. Sargent both scored eight points for Lisbon.

For Wiscasset, it was Cody Roberts with nine points, and Brandon Sprague with eight points to lead the way.