Celtics shoot lights out in dominant road win
Evans Boston /November 14, 2026
WILMINGTON, DE – The Maine Celtics took control early and never trailed, demolishing the Delaware Blue Coats to secure their first road win of the season, 142-116.
Maine (3-0) remains undefeated and showed off a powerful offense – the Celtis made 21 three-pointers and dished out 39 assists in the win. Maine was paced by Devin Carter, who finished with 24 points and 6 assists. Tucker DeVries added 22 points on 5-8 shooting from deep. Dillon Mitchell led the bench with 18 points, while Chris Cenac Jr. added a second double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds while on assignment from the Boston Celtics. Milos Uzan flirted with a triple-double, finishing with 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Amari Williams also scored 15 in the win.
Delaware (1-1) was led by Caleb Love with 22 points. Two-Way player Labaron Philon Jr. added 20 points and 9 rebounds in the loss.
The Celtics started the game at a blistering pace. Carter knocked in a three, followed by DeVries back-to-back triples. In the blink of an eye, Maine was up double digits. The Celtics made 7 of their first 12 three-pointers, capped by Hank Morgan’s back-to-back treys. Carter paced the offense early, scoring both from the outside and in. Cenac’s and-one late in the quarter. The Celtics took a 39-26 lead after the 1st.
In the 2nd, Williams, Carter and Cenac scored the first 9 points for Maine as the lead swelled to 19. Uzan buried another three, while Gabe McGlothan scored back-to-back buckets inside to get the lead over 20. Maine shot an astounding 60% (27-45) from the floor in the first half, as the Celtics took a 73-51 halftime lead. Maine went 11-25 (42.3%) from downtown in the half, while dishing out 21 assists in the first two periods.
After Saint Thomas scored to open the second half, DeVries made a pair of triples to increase the lead to 24. Maine would get it to as high as 29 points, but Delaware started to chip away. Rayan Rupert made some late buckets as the Blue Coats got the lead to 15. Still, Maine held a 104-87 advantage going into the last quarter.
Carter opened the 4th with a three-pointer. DeVries followed that up with a four-point play, making his 5th three. Carter followed that up with another three, and the 10-0 run in the first minute of the quarter forced a Delaware timeout. Thomas, Love, and Jones went on an 8-0 run to force a Celtics timeout. Williams silenced the run with a big dunk to put Maine back up 20. Out of timeouts, Delaware could not stop Cenac and the Celtics’ barrage of fast-break dunks, as Maine cruised to victory.
The Celtics shot 55.8% (53-95) from the floor, 43.8% (21-48) from three-point range, and 10-12 from the free throw line. Delaware shot 47.1% (41-87) from the field, 28.9% (11-38) from beyond the arc, and 13-18 from the charity stripe.
Maine and Delaware square off again tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Chase Fieldhouse.