BANGOR — Wes Myers converted a three-point play with 4 seconds left and matched a career best with 31 points Wednesday night to help Maine edge UMass-Lowell 73-71 in an America East men’s basketball game.

Logan Primerano’s jump shot gave the River Hawks a 71-70 lead with 13 seconds to play. Myers was then fouled scoring a layup and added the free throw.

Myers was 12 of 22 from the floor, including a key 3-pointer and layup to cap a 5-0 spurt for a 68-67 lead with about two minutes left. He finished with only one turnover.

Austin Howard added 18 points for the Black Bears (5-13, 1-2), who snapped a seven-game skid. Ryan Bernstein had 15 points and six assists.

Tyler Livingston scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for UMass-Lowell (7-10, 2-1), which had its three-game win streak snapped.

GORDON 74, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 62: Jake Haar scored 13 of his 16 points in the first half as the Scots (8-6, 5-2 Commonwealth Coast) downed the Nor’easters (4-10, 2-5) at Biddeford.

Gordon used a 13-2 run midway through the first half to take a 38-26 halftime lead, then finished the game on a 30-17 run after the Nor’easters recovered to take a 45-44 lead.

RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE 86, SOUTHERN MAINE 83: Rhode Island College (7-7, 1-3 Little East) used a late 12-4 run to beat the Huskies (5-9, 0-4) at Gorham.

SOUTHERN MAINE CC 83, PAUL SMITH’S 73: Timothy Dixon scored 19 of his 27 points in the second half as the Seawolves (13-4, 7-2 Yankee Small College) pulled away from the Adirondacks (3-11, 2-8) at South Portland.

Dixon shot 10 of 15 from the field, hitting four 3-pointers, and Dylan Silvestri had 16 points and 15 rebounds for the Seawolves, who finished on a 26-16 run.

(11) NORTH CAROLINA 93, WAKE FOREST 87: Justin Jackson hit a huge 3-pointer with 1:03 left and North Carolina (15-3, 3-1 Atlantic Coast) did just enough to hold off Wake Forest (10-7, 1-4) at Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

(14) LOUISVILLE 85, PITTSBURGH 80: Quentin Snider scored 22 points, including two free throws with 25.3 seconds remaining, and Deng Adel added a free throw eight seconds later as Louisville (14-3, 2-2 Atlantic Coast) survived Jamel Artis’ career-high 43 points to outlast visiting Pittsburgh (12-5, 1-3).

MICHIGAN STATE 65, (24) MINNESOTA 47: Miles Bridges scored all 16 of his points in the first half, helping Michigan State (12-6, 4-1 Big Ten) build a huge lead it used to cruise over Minnesota (11-7, 3-2) at East Lansing, Michigan.

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RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE 60, SOUTHERN MAINE 57: Alex Moore had a game-high 22 points with seven rebounds and five steals as the Anchormen (5-9, 2-2 Little East) held off the Huskies (2-12, 1-3) at Gorham.

Alexa Srolovitz scored 14 points and Hannah Clement added 13 for the Huskies. Emily Nicholson had nine and missed a 3-pointer with one second left that would have tied it.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 84, GORDON 48: Lindsey Howland scored five points during a 17-4 run in the second quarter as the Nor’easters (8-5, 5-2 Commonwealth Coast) pulled away from Gordon (5-9, 3-4) at Biddeford.

UNE has won 19 straight against the Fighting Scots.

SOUTHERN MAINE CC 53, PAUL SMITH’S 12: Alicia Ruth scored nine points and Jordan Farquharson seven, as the SeaWolves (15-1, 8-1 Yankee Small College) opened a 29-4 halftime lead over Paul Smith (2-9, 1-7) at South Portland.

Ruth and Emily Keene finished with 11 points for SMCC. Emily Hogan added 12 rebounds.

MAINE 65, UMASS-LOWELL 44: Reserve Laia Sole scored a game-high 20 points and the Black Bears (9-9, 2-1 America East) closed the second quarter on a 16-0 run to cruise past the River Hawks (3-13, 0-3) at Lowell, Massachusetts.

Maine led 12-7 after the first and 23-13 with 5:29 left in the half. The River Hawks didn’t score again in the half as the Black Bears opened a 39-13 lead.

Sole shot 9 of 12 from the field and grabbed five rebounds, and Julie Brosseau and Fanny Wadling each chipped in with 12 points for the Black Bears.

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BRYANT AWARD: Dabo Swinney won his second straight Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year award, two days after leading Clemson to its first national championship in 35 years,

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