WATERVILLE — Carter McGloon hit a 3-pointer with one second left as the Colby College women’s basketball team beat the University of Southern Maine 41-39 on Tuesday evening.
Southern Maine (1-6) took a 39-38 lead when Victoria Harris hit a jumper with 2:08 left. Neither team was able to score until McGloon hit the winner for Colby (6-0).
Caroline Smith had 20 points and eight rebounds for Colby. Harris finished with 13 points and 14 rebounds for the Huskies.
(5) BAYLOR 73, MOREHEAD STATE 28: Sarah Andrews scored 20 points, Queen Egbo and NaLyssa Smith each had a double-double and the Bears (7-1) beat the Eagles (1-5) in Waco, Texas
The Bears held the Eagles to 20% shooting (11 off 55) in their 64th consecutive nonconference home victory.
Egbo had a career-high 16 rebounds while scoring 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting and was one of five Baylor players with a game-high four assists. Smith had 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Andrews was 6 of 8 from 3-point range as Baylor finished 13 of 29 (45%) from deep. Ja’Mee Asberry scored 12 points while going 4 of 12 beyond the arc.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
SOUTHERN MAINE 74, COLBY 71: Cody Hawes made a layup with 44 seconds left to give the Huskies (5-4) the lead and Trevor Ward made two foul shots with 13 seconds left to lift Southern Maine to a win over the Mules (4-2) in Waterville.
Chance Dixon had 20 poits and six rebounds for Southern Maine, while Ward added 18 points and six rebounds. Marcus Christopher had 10 points and 12 rebounds, while Hawes had 11 points.
Will King scored 22 points and Jack Lawson had 19 for Colby.
(2) PURDUE 93, FLORIDA STATE 65: Jaden Ivey scored 18 points and matched his career high with four 3-pointers, Brandon Newman added 13 points, and the Boilermakers (7-0) pulled away from the Seminoles (5-2) in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge in West Lafayette, Indiana.
The Boilermakers have won seven straight home games in the annual clash between the conferences. They’re also 7-0 for the first time since 2015-16 and the seventh time since 1940.
Florida State was led by Caleb Mills with 22 points and John Butler with 10 as its four-game winning streak ended. The Seminoles had won four of their previous five in the Challenge.
(13) TENNESSEE 86, PRESBYTERIAN 44: Kennedy Chandler and Justin Powell scored 15 points apiece to lead the Volunteers (5-1) to a victory over the Blue Hose (5-3) in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Chandler, a freshman guard, had seven assists and seven steals. Powell, a transfer from Auburn, came off the bench to hit all five of his 3-point attempts.
(15) HOUSTON 99, NORTHWESTERN STATE 58: Marcus Sasser made seven 3-pointers in the first half and finished with 26 points, and the Cougars (6-1) beat the Demons (1-7) in Houston.
Sasser had 23 points by halftime on 7-of-12 shooting from beyond the arc as the Cougars built a 60-25 lead at the break. He finished 9 of 17 from the field for the game.
(17) UCONN 72, MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE 63: R.J. Cole scored 25 points and the Huskies (7-1) survived a challenge from the Hawks (2-5) to win in Hartford, Connecticut.
Tyler Polley added 14 points for the Huskies, who jumped five spots in the AP Top 25 after a third-place showing over the holiday weekend in the Battle 4 Atlantis.
GEORGIA STATE: The school has canceled its game Wednesday against Tennessee State because of COVID-19 protocols and injuries.
The Panthers (4-2) lost 94-59 last Saturday at Rhode Island with a squad that included only seven scholarship players and nine players overall.
One player was out after testing positive for COVID-19, others were unable to travel because of contract tracing and the roster was further depleted by injuries.
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