WATERVILLE – Diana Manduca made a 10-foot jumper with three seconds left in the third overtime to give Colby a 90-88 victory over Bates in a NESCAC women’s basketball game at Wadsworth Gymnasium.

Rachael Mack had 20 points and 11 rebounds for the Mules (11-3, 1-1 NESCAC). Manduca finished with 16 points and six steals, and Aarika Ritchie chipped in 15 points and eight assists.

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Alex Gallant of Bates battles for the rebound with Colby’s Mike Russell during Friday night’s game at Waterville. Colby tied the game with three seconds left in regulation, then won 75-69 in overtime. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Christine McCall paced Bates (13-5, 1-2) with 19 points and nine rebounds.

TUFTS 62, BOWDOIN 49: Colleen Hart had 18 points as the Jumbos (12-2, 2-1 NESCAC) beat Bowdoin (14-2, 1-1) at Brunswick to end the Polar Bears’ 14-game winning streak.

Bowdoin started the second half with an 11-4 run to take a 32-31 lead with 13:30 to play, but Tufts answered with a 14-4 run and led by six or more the rest of the way.

Jill Henrikson had 17 points for the Polar Bears. Nicole Coombes added 13 points and 10 rebounds.

(3) DUKE 69, GEORGIA TECH 32: Krystal Thomas scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help Duke (18-0, 4-0 ACC) rout Georgia Tech (16-5, 4-1) at Durham, N.C., and give Coach Joanne P. McCallie her 100th victory as coach of the Blue Devils.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

TUFTS 64, BOWDOIN 55: Scott Anderson had 23 points and eight rebounds to help the Jumbos (7-8, 1-2 NESCAC) down the Polar Bears (11-3, 1-1) at Brunswick.

Will Hanley had 18 points and 17 rebounds for the Polar Bears.

COLBY 75, BATES 69: Christian Van Loenen hit a jumper in the lane with three seconds left in regulation to tie the game, then scored six points in overtime as Colby (9-7, 1-1 NESCAC) beat Bates (9-9, 0-3) at Waterville.

Bates led 66-64 in overtime before Van Loenen hit a pair of free throws to tie it with 2:15 to play. The Mules went ahead for good when Gordon Fischer hit a 3-pointer with 57 seconds remaining.

Van Loenen finished with 29 points. Alex Gallant led Bates with 19 points.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

UCONN 3, MAINE 0: Alexandra Garcia made 31 saves for the Huskies (11-13-1, 7-4-1 Hockey East), who had just 15 shots in a win over the Black Bears (9-12-4, 3-8-2) at Orono.

COLBY 1, TRINITY 0: Liz Osgood scored a power-play goal at 9:20 of the third period and Brianne Wheeler had 27 saves to help Colby (6-10, 2-7 NESCAC) beat Trinity (10-2-3, 3-2-2) at Waterville.

BOWDOIN 6, WESLEYAN 1: Kayte Holtz had two goals and an assist, and Jill Campbell also scored twice as the Polar Bears (9-5-1, 6-3) rolled past the Cardinals (2-10-1, 0-7) at Brunswick.

USM 5, NICHOLS 1: The Huskies (4-10-1) got goals from Erin Banfield in the first, Bridget Mini, Kailey Bubier and Katie Paradis in the second, and Alex Smith in the third to wipe out a 1-0 deficit and beat the Bison (2-13, 1-8) at Harrisville, R.I.

MEN’S HOCKEY

BABSON 5, UNE 4: Jason Schneider scored a power-play goal 53 seconds into overtime to lift the Beavers (8-7, 6-4 ECAC East) over the visiting Nor’easters (2-12, 0-10).

Russ Franey and Tyler Fleurent each scored twice for UNE, which rallied from a 4-2 deficit after two periods to tie it with 3:52 remaining.

UMASS-BOSTON 5, USM 4: Chris Wyman scored at 2:17 of overtime to lift the Beacons (12-4, 7-3 ECAC East) over USM (4-9-2, 2-8) at Boston.

Southern Maine trailed 4-3 entering the third, but Jon Rutt tied it at 3:16.

BOWDOIN 5, TUFTS 2: Jeff Fanning had two goals and an assist to help the Polar Bears (11-2, 8-2 NESCAC) defeat the Jumbos (4-9-1, 3-7) at Medford, Mass.

COLBY 5, CONN. COLLEGE 3: The Mules (5-8-1, 4-5-1 NESCAC) scored three times in the final nine minutes, including the go-ahead goal by Karl Burns, to beat the Camels (5-7-3, 4-5-1) at New London, Conn.

FOOTBALL

NEWTON’S AGENTS: Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton, who is skipping his senior season at Auburn, signed with co-representatives, agent Bus Cook and Perennial Sports and Entertainment as he prepares for the NFL draft.

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