STANDISH — Zach O’Brien scored 17 points to lead St. Joseph’s College to a 70-51 victory over Emmanuel in a Great North Atlantic Conference college men’s basketball game Monday night.

Senior guard Tyler Kelley scored 10 points and surpassed the 1,000-point mark.

Clark Noonan added 11 points and eight boards for the Monks (13-5, 10-1), who took a 39-19 halftime lead.

 

(13) GEORGETOWN 62, (15) LOUISVILLE 59: Chris Wright scored a season-high 24 points, and the Hoyas (17-5, 6-4) blew an 11-point second-half lead before pulling out a win over the Cardinals (17-5, 6-3) in Washington.

 

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UMAINE: Despite a seven-game win streak and an 8-1 record in America East, the Black Bears were not among the 22 teams chosen for a televised game as part of ESPN’s BracketBusters series.

Maine (14-7) was matched up against Siena (9-12) in a non-televised game Feb. 19 at 7 p.m., at the Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y.

The only America East team to get a televised game was Vermont (16-5, 7-2), which will play at Charleston (15-7, 8-2 Southern Conference) on Feb. 19 at 5 p.m. on ESPNU.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

EMMANUEL 83, ST. JOSEPH’S 76: Meghan Kirwan had 25 points, 11 rebounds and four steals to lead the Saints (10-7, 6-0 GNAC) past the Monks (12-7, 4-2) at Standish.

Fiona O’Dwyer added 15 points and Kristin LeBel had 10 points and nine assists for Emmanuel, which led 39-30 at halftime.

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Ashley Geel scored 15 points for St. Joseph’s and Abby Young had 14 points and 10 boards.

 

(2) UCONN 87, (3) DUKE 51: Maya Moore scored 29 points as the Huskies (21-1) beat the Blue Devils (20-1) in Storrs, Conn.

NOTE

UNE: Athletics Director Kimberly Allen will take on a new role in the university’s Institutional Advancement office, with Assistant Athletics Director and Sports Information Director Curt Smyth taking over as interim athletics director.

Allen will focus on fundraising for the new Harold Alfond Athletics Complex, among other projects.

 


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