ORONO – Gerald McLemore scored 16 points as Maine ended its five-game losing streak with a 71-58 victory over New Hampshire on Wednesday night.

McLemore got 13 of his points in the second half, when the Black Bears (12-15, 6-9 America East Conference) pulled away after leading 29-25 at halftime. He hit two 3-pointers and Raheem Singleton made one during a span of 1:22 to gave Maine a 63-48 advantage with 4:42 remaining.

UNH (12-15, 6-9) had its four-game winning streak snapped. Maine has won four straight against the Wildcats, including an 80-69 decision on Jan. 25.

Alasdair Fraser had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Maine, which also got 13 points from Justin Edwards and 12 from Singleton.

(2) SYRACUSE 56, SOUTH FLORIDA 48: Scoop Jardine scored 15 points as Syracuse (28-1, 15-1 Big East) beat visiting South Florida (17-11, 10-5).

(4) KANSAS 66, TEXAS A&M 58: Elijah Johnson scored 21 points as Kansas (23-5, 13-2 Big 12) beat Texas A&M (13-14, 4-11) at College Station, Texas.

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(6) MICHIGAN STATE 66, MINNESOTA 61: Keith Appling and Brandon Wood both scored 13 points as Michigan State (23-5, 12-3 Big Ten) beat Minnesota (17-11, 5-10) at Minneapolis.

(10) MARQUETTE 82, RUTGERS 65: Jae Crowder scored 27 points and Darius Johnson-Odom added 21 to lead Marquette (23-5, 12-3) over Rutgers (12-16, 4-11) at Milwaukee.

(19) WICHITA STATE 68, ILLINOIS STATE 55: Joe Ragland scored 14 points as Wichita State (25-4, 15-2) beat Illinois State (17-12, 8-9) at Normal, Ill., to clinch the Missouri Valley Conference championship.

(20) NOTRE DAME 71, WEST VIRGINIA 44: Jerian Grant scored 20 points as Notre Dame (20-8, 12-3 Big East) beat West Virginia (17-11, 7-8) and extended its winning streak to nine.

(22) TEMPLE 80, LA SALLE 79: Ramone Moore scored five of his 18 points in overtime as Temple (22-5, 11-2 Atlantic 10) beat La Salle (18-10, 7-6).

(23) INDIANA 75, N.C. CENTRAL 56: Cody Zeller had 17 points and seven rebounds and Victor Oladipo scored 16 points as Indiana (21-7) beat North Carolina Central (14-13) at Bloomington, Ind.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

NEW HAMPSHIRE 65, MAINE 53: Denise Beliveau had 16 points and seven rebounds and Morgan Frame added 13 points and six rebounds as the Wildcats (14-12) beat the Black Bears (6-21) at Durham, N.H.

Brittany Williams and Ashleigh Roberts each scored 13 points for Maine.

(19) ST. BONAVENTURE 52, FORDHAM 45: Jessica Jenkins scored 17 points as St. Bonaventure (26-2, 13-0 Atlantic 10) beat Fordham (11-17, 2-11) at Olean, N.Y.

BASEBALL

BATES 13, BERRY 12: The Bobcats (2-1) scored eight runs in the ninth, then added one in the top of the 10th to edge the Vikings (5-5) at Rome, Ga.


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