BANGOR — Sigi Koizar and Lauren Bodine each hit 3-pointers during Maine’s 8-2 run to open the overtime period and the Black Bears held on for a 69-64 win over Boston College in the championship game of the Thanksgiving Tournament on Sunday afternoon at the Cross Insurance Center.

Maine trailed 58-56 when Liz Wood put back a rebound off a missed 3-pointer by Bodine with 24 seconds left.

Koizar finished with a game-high 22 points for the Black Bears (3-3) and also pulled down eight rebounds.

The only other player to finish in double figures for Maine was Wood, who had 16 points, nine rebounds and six assists.

SOUTHERN MAINE CC 79, EASTERN MAINE CC 48: Alicia Hoyt scored 14 points to lead a balanced attack for the Seawolves (6-4, 4-1) as they went on a 31-9 run over the final 12 minutes of the first half to pull away from the Golden Eagles (4-4, 3-2) in a Yankee Small College Conference game in Bangor.

Amira Jones and Katherine Cyr added 10 points apiece for the Seawolves while Jones also pulled down 12 rebounds.

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Jordan Maxwell had 20 points, 11 rebounds and six assists to lead EMCC.

USM 65, ST. JOSEPH’S 57: Stephanie Gallagher and Rebecca Knight each scored five points in overtime and the Huskies (3-2) did not allow a point until the final 44 seconds of the extra session to pull away from the Monks (5-1) in Gorham.

Ella Ramonas finished with 18 points, eight rebounds and four assist to lead the Huskies.Megan Pelletier added 14 points and 13 rebounds.

Morgan Cahill scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Monks.

COLBY 79, BATES 54: Mia Diplock hit two 3-pointers during a 13-0 first half run that broke the game open and finished with a game-high 21 points to lead the Mules (6-0) past the Bobcats (5-3) in Waterville.

Carylanne Wolfington added 20 points off the bench for Colby.

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The Mules also got 17 points and 10 rebounds from Caitlyn Nolan.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

NORTHERN ILLINOIS 61, MAINE 56: Northern Illinois went on a 28-2 second-half run in a comeback in DeKalb, Illinois.

Marko Pirovic hit a 3 to give Maine a 54-33 lead with 10:43 to play. The Black Bears (0-5) then made just 1 of 12 from the field and committed 11 turnovers in the final 10:20.

Jordan Threloff grabbed 12 rebounds and chipped in seven points for the Huskies.

Pirovic and Shaun Lawton had 10 points each to lead Maine.

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BATES 101, UNE 85: Billy Selmon and Malcolm Delpeche scored 21 points apiece to pace the Bobcats (5-0) in Biddeford.

Graham Safford added 19 points, 14 assists, eight rebounds and three steals for the Bobcats.

Devin Thompson made six 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 36 points to lead UNE (1-4).

SOUTHERN MAINE CC 96, EASTERN MAINE CC 46: Jack Tolan scored 16 points off the bench for the Seawolves (9-1, 5-0) as they cruised to a Yankee Small College Conference win over the Golden Eagles (3-4, 3-3) in Bangor.

Atencio Martin and Grayson Waterman added 15 points apiece for SMCC. Martin also had nine rebounds and four assists.

Keyshawn Hampton had 16 points to lead the Golden Eagles.

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MEN’S HOCKEY

BOWDOIN 8, SALVE REGINA 0: Matthew Lison scored a pair of goals and also had an assist for the Polar Bears (6-0-1) as they scored five first-period goals and cruised at the Bowdoin/Colby Face-Off Classic in Waterville.

COLBY 7, WENTWORTH 0: Devin Albert scored three goals, all in the third period, and also had one assist to lead the Mules (2-3-1) as they downed the Leopards (4-4-1) in the Bowdoin/Colby Face-Off Classic in Waterville.

Colby goalie Jordan Nathan had 26 saves to record his first shutout of the season.

FITCHBURG STATE 7, UNE 4: Cameron Snyder scored a pair of goals and had one assist as the Falcons (2-5-2) pulled away from the Nor’easters (3-6-0) in the consolation game of the PAL/Stovepipe Tournament in Hooksett, New Hampshire.

Patrick Borer had two goals and one assist for the Nor’easters while Sam Vikich and Blaise Healy added one goal apiece.

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

MAINE 2, VERMONT 1: Audra Richards scored on assists from Brooke Stacey and Emilie Brigham with 2:12 left in the third period to break a 1-1 tie and lift the Black Bears (7-8-2, 6-2-1) to a Hockey East win over the Catamounts (8-8-1, 1-6-0) in Burlington, Vermont.

UNE 4, SUNY CANTON 0: Courtney Kendall made 22 saves to record the shutout for the Nor’easters (3-5-1) as they downed the Kangaroos (1-7-1) at Canton, New York.

Emily Corrales and Shannon Reynolds each scored in the first period for UNE.

Haley Gorman and Abby Kinens had a goal apiece in the third period.


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