Quincy, Mass. — Sam MacDonald scored 12 of her game-high 19 points in the first half Tuesday night as the University of New England topped Eastern Nazerene 64-53 in women’s basketball.
The Nor’easters (10-5, 6-3 Commonwealth Coast Conference) used a 14-4 run to take a 33-23 halftime lead to top the Lions (11-4, 5-4).
UNE led 19-17 after one quarter and Kayla Torio put in a layup with 7:30 remaining in the second quarter for Eastern Nazarene to tie the game before MacDonald opened the run with a jumper as the Nor’easters took control.
Alicia Brown added 17 points for UNE.
Shelby Holmes led the Lions with 11 points.
HUSSON 76, COLBY 73: The Eagles (12-1) started the third quarter with a 12-5 run to open a 10-point lead and held off a late charge to defeat the Mules (7-7) in a nonconference matchup at Waterville.
Husson held a 61-50 advantage at the end of the third quarter and opened the final 10 minutes of play with a Kenzie Worcester 3-point jumper, but Colby closed with a 14-8 run to come up just short.
Worcester led all scorers with 28 points for the Eagles.
Haley Driscoll led the Mules with 18 points.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
EASTERN NAZARENE 65, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 62: Christian Lynch had 22 points and six rebounds to lead the Lions (9-7, 6-3 CCC) over the Nor’easters (5-11, 3-6) at Quincy, Massachusetts.
Eastern Nazarene had a 36-35 lead at halftime, Drew Patno hit the opening shot of the second half to give UNE a 37-36 lead.
The Lions answered with an 8-0 run to take the lead for good.
Reserve David Muniz lead the way for the Nor’easters with 13 points.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
ENDICOTT 5, BOWDOIN 1: Lexi Klein had a pair of third-period goals for the Gulls (13-2-1), who scored three unanswered goals and pulled away from the Polar Bears (8-5-2) in a nonconference game at Brunswick.
Courtney Walpole scored for Endicott with assists from Caroline Hughes and Jade Meier 14 seconds into the second period for the only goal heading to the final period.
Maggie Layo made the lead 2-0 from Klein and Nicole Demers 45 seconds into the third before Marissa Fichter scored for Bowdoin at 4:53 from Maegan Sheehan and Brigit Bergin.
Layo added a power-play goal for the Gulls.
MEN’S HOCKEY
COLBY 3, SOUTHERN MAINE 3: Brett Norman had a pair of goals and an assist to help the Huskies (6-10-1) salvage a tie in a nonconference game against the Mules (6-4-3) at Gorham.
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