BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin’s Grant White made a pair of free throws with 2 seconds left, right after Colby missed a tying 3-pointer, to ensure a 64-59 victory Saturday in a New England Small College Athletic Conference men’s basketball game.

Andrew Madlinger and White sparked a 10-2 spurt with consecutive 3-pointers for a 54-46 lead with 5:50 to go. Colby pulled to within 60-57 on Chris Hudnut’s 3-pointer with 1:22 left.

Keegan Pieri hit a turnaround jumper to push the lead to 62-57 with 55 seconds to go, but Colby’s Luke Westman drove for a layup with 23 seconds left to trim the lead back to 62-59.

Bowdoin’s ensuing inbounds pass sailed out of bounds, giving the ball back to the Mules (8-8, 1-4 NESCAC) with a chance to tie the game with 17 seconds left. But Ryan Jann’s 3-point attempt rimmed out and White sank his free throws.

The frontcourt duo of John Swords and Pieri led the way for Bowdoin (15-1, 4-1); Swords finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds, while Pieri had 15 points and 12 rebounds.

White added 11 points.

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Shane Rogers (15 points) and Sam Wilson (12 points) gave the Mules 27 points off the bench.

WESTERN NEW ENGLAND 86, UNE 58: Dennis Rinaldi and Musa Elsir scored 15 points apiece to pace the Golden Bears (5-11, 3-7 Commonwealth Coast) over the Nor’easters (1-16, 1-9) at Springfield, Mass.

Justin Pollard scored 15 points to lead the Nor’easters, who shot just 28 percent from the field.

ST. JOSEPH’S 69, NORWICH 46: Matt Medeiros went 7 for 10 from behind the 3-point line and finished with 23 points to lead the Monks (9-8, 8-0 GNAC) over the Cadets (4-13, 2-1) at Standish.

Leading by five points at halftime, the Monks took control with a 13-2 run.

Steve Simonds added 10 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, and Nich Jobin scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds.

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UM-MACHIAS 78, SOUTHERN MAINE CC 63: Elias Gutierrez scored 26 points to lead the Clippers (11-6, 8-3 YSCC) over the Seawolves (16-6, 10-2) at Machias.

AC Ford added 11 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds for the Clippers. SMCC was led by Tong Akot’s 19 points.

TUFTS 59, BATES 55: Tommy Folliard’s jumper gave the Jumbos (9-8, 1-3 NESCAC) a 54-53 lead with 1:59 left and they held on for a win over the Bobcats (9-7, 1-3) at Medford, Mass.

Graham Safford paced the Bobcats with 17 points.

WESTERN CONN. STATE 83, SOUTHERN MAINE 75: Tony Seldon scored 16 points for the Colonials (11-5, 4-3 Little East) in a victory over Southern Maine (5-12, 1-6).

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BOWDOIN 73, COLBY 53: Shannon Brady scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Polar Bears (16-2, 4-1 NESCAC) as they used an 18-0 second-half run to pull away from the Mules (6-12, 0-5) at Brunswick.

The Mules were paced by Carylanne Wolfington with 12 points.

SOUTHERN MAINE CC 80, UM-MACHIAS 44: Danielle McCusker scored 20 points to lead five players in double figures for the Seawolves (14-5, 10-1 YSCC) in a win over the host Clippers (5-13, 5-5).

ST. JOSEPH’S 73, NORWICH 61: Abby Young scored a career-high 26 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for the Monks (12-3, 4-0 GNAC) as they rallied for a win over the Cadets (7-8, 1-2) at Standish.

UNE 57, WESTERN NEW ENGLAND 35: Kate Sawyer scored 11 points for the Nor’easters (14-2, 9-1 Commonwealth Coast) as they downed the Golden Bears (7-9, 4-6) in Springfield, Mass.

TUFTS 62, BATES 46: Liz Moynihan scored 11 points to lead a balanced attack for the Jumbos (16-0, 4-0 NESCAC) against the Bobcats (7-10, 0-4) in Medford, Mass.

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Bates was paced by Meredith Kelly with 16 points.

SOUTHERN MAINE 57, WESTERN CONN. STATE 55: Taylor Flood grabbed an offensive rebound, drew the foul and sank two free throws with less than a second left in regulation to hand the Huskies (11-6, 4-3 Little East) a victory against the Colonials (9-8, 3-4) in Danbury, Conn. Megan Pelletier scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for USM.

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UNE 5, ST. MICHAEL’S 3: Trevor Fleurent scored twice in the second period to help the Nor’easters (8-11-1, 5-8 ECAC East) get by the Purple Knights (2-14-1, 1-10-1) at South Burlington, Vt.

After Kevin Altidor gave St. Michael’s a 2-1 lead at 2:29 of the second, UNE took control with three straight goals. Fleurent tied it at 4:07, Blaise Healy put the Nor’easters ahead at 13:19, and Fleurent added his second tally 29 seconds later.

UNE’s Colby Drost made 37 saves.

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MIDDLEBURY 5, COLBY 2: Ben Wiggins scored twice, and the Panthers (7-7-2, 5-4-1 NESCAC) used three unanswered goals in the second period to pull away from the Mules (9-6-3, 6-5-1) at Waterville.

Ray Zeek and EJ Rauseo scored for Colby.

WILLIAMS 2, BOWDOIN 1: Tyler Young scored with 2:34 left to lift the Ephs (11-3-2, 7-1-2 NESCAC) over the Polar Bears (10-5-2, 6-5-1) at Brunswick.

Matt Rubinoff tied it for the Polar Bears at 8:07 of the third. Bowdoin goalie Steve Messina finished with 42 saves.

NORWICH 3, USM 0: Dmitry Ermakov put the Cadets (14-3-2, 10-1-1 ECAC East) ahead in the first period and Trevor Stewart added two goals in the third to finish off the Huskies (4-10-5, 3-8-2) at Northfield, Vt.

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NORTHEASTERN 8, MAINE 2: Kelly Wallace and Brittany Esposito each had two goals as the host Huskies (11-12-2, 7-6-2 Hockey East) swept their weekend series against the Black Bears (3-16-5, 1-10-3).

Abbey Cook and Kelsey MacSorley scored for Maine.

SUNY CANTON 3, UNE 0: Jessica Kistabish scored a pair of goals to lead the Kangaroos (7-12-3) over the Nor’easters (5-10-4) at Biddeford.

HOLY CROSS 3, SOUTHERN MAINE 0: Mackenzie Boardman scored twice for the Crusaders (12-5-1, 7-2-1 ECAC East) as they downed the Huskies (9-9-1, 6-4) at Gorham.

BOWDOIN 1, MIDDLEBURY 1: Ariana Bourque scored a first-period goal and Lan Crofton made 30 saves as Bowdoin (8-6-2, 3-3-2 NESCAC) played to a tie against the Panthers (11-1-3, 7-0-3) at Middlebury, Vt.

WILLIAMS 4, COLBY 0: Brianne Wheeler finished with 37 saves for Colby (5-8-2, 3-6-1 NESCAC) in a loss to the Ephs (9-6-1, 6-1-1) at Williamstown, Mass.


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