BANGOR — Iba Camara scored a career-high 21 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, and New Hampshire defeated Maine 74-63 on Thursday night.
The Wildcats (12-7, 3-2 America East) shot 55 percent in winning for the third time in four games and matching their best record through 19 games since the 1994-95 season.
Wes Myers scored 25 points, Vincent Eze 13 and Jaquan McKennon 10 for the Black Bears (5-16, 1-5), who have lost three straight and 10 of 11.
UNH scored first and led the rest of the way, leading by six at halftime. A basket by Camara gave the Wildcats a 10-point lead with 17:40 left in the game and UNH remained ahead by double figures, going up by 20 on another Camara basket with just under eight minutes left.
(25) MARYLAND 84, IOWA 76: Melo Trimble scored 20 points and Maryland (17-2, 5-1 Big Ten) rallied after blowing a 15-point lead to outlast Iowa (11-9, 3-4) at Iowa City, Iowa, for its fourth straight victory.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
ST. JOSEPH’S 74, ST. JOSEPH (CONN.) 47: The Monks (14-2, 8-0 Great Northeast Athletic) opened the second quarter with a 9-0 run, built a 40-25 halftime lead and continued to pull away from the Blue Jays (7-8, 2-5) at Standish.
Emily Benway had game highs with 15 points and nine rebounds for St. Joseph’s, reserve Brianne Maloney tossed in 13 points, and Kelsi McNamara added 12 points and five assists.
Kayla Guest led the Blue Jays with 10 points. Carlee Putnam and Diamond Wallen each chipped in with nine.
(6) NOTRE DAME 80, BOSTON COLLEGE 69: Marina Mabrey scored 21 points, Brianna Turner had 19 and visiting Notre Dame (17-3, 5-1 Atlantic Coast) bounced back from a loss to Tennessee earlier this week with a victory over Boston College (8-11, 1-5).
(7) FLORIDA STATE 77, SYRACUSE 58: Shakayla Thomas scored 10 of her 17 points in the first quarter, and Florida State (18-2, 6-1 Atlantic Coast) cruised over Syracuse (13-7, 4-3) at Tallahassee, Florida.
(15) DUKE 85, (17) VIRGINIA TECH 59: Lexie Brown was 10 of 16 from the field and scored 29 points to help Duke (16-3, 4-2 Atlantic Coast) beat Virginia Tech (16-2, 3-2) at Durham, North Carolina.
MEN’S HOCKEY
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 3, WENTWORTH 3: Brady Fleurent scored three goals for the Nor’easters (7-6-2, 4-4-2 Commonwealth Coast) but Ben Mello scored the tying goal 8:54 into the third period for the Leopards at Everett, Massachusetts.
Tate Sproxton made 33 saves for the Nor’easters against the Leopards.
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