ORONO — Ja’Shonte Wright-McLeish scored a career-high 15 points, Vukasin Masic added 11 points and 10 assists, and the University of Maine cruised to an 86-50 men’s basketball win Saturday against the University of New England.
The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for the Black Bears (3-6), whose three wins have come against in-state opponents – UMaine-Farmington, UMaine-Fort Kent and UNE.
UNE (1-9) was led by Alex Kravchuk with 17 points and Drake Gavin with 12.
SOUTHERN MAINE CC 101, VERMONT TECH 54: Jack Pyzynski made five 3-pointers and scored 21 points as the SeaWolves (9-3, 6-1 YSCC) beat the Knights (2-12, 2-5) in South Portland.
Ian Regan put in 15 points and DeSean Cromwell had 13.
(2) DUKE 87, ELON 56: After having two different opponents bow out because of COVID-19 issues, the Blue Devils (10-1) beat last-minute replacement Elon (3-9) in Durham, North Carolina.
Duke’s Trevor Keels had a game-high 19 points.
(3) PURDUE 77, BUTLER 48: Jaden Ivey scored 22 points and Zach Edey finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds to help the Boilermakers (10-1) beat the Bulldogs (7-4) in the Crossroads Classic at Indianapolis.
(5) GONZAGA 69, (25) TEXAS TECH 55: Andrew Nembhard scored 16 points, Rahir Bolton added 15 and the Bulldogs (9-2) beat the Red Raiders (8-2) in Phoenix.
Texas Tech collapsed in on Gonzaga big man Drew Timme, holding the preseason All-American to seven points on 2-of-4 shooting, but the Bulldogs hit 13 3-pointers – five by Bolton.
(7) KANSAS 80, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 72: Remy Martin hit a 3-pointer with one minute to go to extend a three-point lead and help the Jayhawks (9-1) hold off the Lumberjacks (8-4) in Lawrence, Kansas.
(8) ARIZONA 84, CAL BAPTIST 60: Azuolas Tubelis scored 19 points and the Wildcats (11-0) shook off a slow start against the Lancers (8-3) in Tucson, Arizona.
(10) USC 67, GEORGIA TECH 53: Boogie Ellis scored 16 points, Drew Peterson added 14 and the Trojans (11-0) overcame a shaky start to beat the Yellow Jackets (5-5) in the Colangelo Classic at Phoenix.
(14) HOUSTON 72, OKLAHOMA 61: Jamal Shead scored 18 points, Fabian White had 15 points and 10 rebounds, and the Cougars (10-2) beat the Cowboys (7-4) in the Hoop Hype XL College Basketball Showcase at Fort Worth, Texas.
(19) LSU 66, LOUISIANA TECH 57: Tari Eason scored 21 points, Darius Days added 13 with a career-high 18 rebounds and the Tigers (11-0) rallied from a 13-point deficit to beat Louisiana Tech (8-3) in Bossier City, Louisiana.
PROVIDENCE 57, (20) UCONN 53: A.J. Reeves scored 16 points and the Friars (11-1, 1-0 Big East) held off the Huskies (9-3, 0-1) in Hartford, Connecticut.
(21) KENTUCKY 98, NORTH CAROLINA 69: Sahvir Wheeler scored 26 points and the Wildcats (8-2) beat the Tar Heels (8-3) in the CBS Sports Classic at Las Vegas.
(22) XAVIER 80, MARQUETTE 71: Dwon Odom scored a career-high 19 points and Nate Johnson added 17 to lift the Mustangs (11-1, 1-0 Big East) over the Golden Eagles (8-4, 0-1 Big East) in Cincinnati.
HOFSTRA 89, (24) ARKANSAS 81: Led by former Arkansas big man Abayomi Iyiola, who finished with 18 points and 14 rebounds, Hofstra (7-5) upset the Razorbacks (9-2) in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
SOUTHERN MAINE CC 80, VERMONT TECH 11: Shea Pickering recorded 35 points and 20 rebounds, and the SeaWolves (8-2, 4-1 YSCC) routed the Knights (1-8, 1-4) in South Portland.
SMCC led 30-0 after one quarter and 43-1 at halftime.
Maddy York scored 22 points, making 6 of 14 3-pointers.
(3) STANFORD 74, (7) TENNESSEE 63: Haley Jones had 18 points and 19 rebounds, Ashton Prechtel connected on three fourth-quarter 3-pointers and the Cardinal (8-2) withstood a second-half comeback by the Vols (9-1) in Knoxville, Tennessee.
(14) IOWA 69, UCF 61: Caitlin Clark scored 21 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and had six assists, and the Hawkeyes (6-2) remained unbeaten at home, turning away late rally by the Knights (8-2) in Iowa City, Iowa.
(20) BYU 71, WASHINGTON STATE 53: Paisley Harding scored 20 points, Tegan Graham added 15 and BYU (9-1) pulled away from Washington State (8-2) in Provo, Utah.
(22) LSU 77, BRADLEY 51: Alexis Morris scored 17 points, Faustine Aifuwa had a double-double and the Tigers (9-1) rolled to their eighth-straight win, beating the Braves (3-5) at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
FOOTBALL
BOCA RATON BOWL: Bailey Zappe capped his record-setting season by passing for 422 yards and six touchdowns, and Western Kentucky (9-5) handed Appalachian State (10-4) its first-ever bowl loss, 59-38.
Zappe finished the season with 5,977 yards and 62 touchdowns. He topped the previous NCAA Division I records of 5,833 yards set by Texas Tech’s B.J. Symons in 2003 and 60 touchdowns set by LSU’s Joe Burrow in the Tigers’ run to the national championship in the 2019 season.
NEW MEXICO BOWL: Jordan Mims ran for 165 yards and two touchdown and caught five passes for 71 yards and another score to help Fresno State (10-3) beat UTEP (7-6), 31-24.
INDEPENDENCE BOWL: Dylan Hopkins broke the Independence Bowl record for completion percentage, connecting on 19 of 23 passes for 189 yards and three touchdowns in wind and driving rain to lead UAB (9-4) to a 31-28 victory over No. 12 BYU (10-3) in Shreveport, Louisiana.
LENDINGTREE BOWL: Malik Willis passed for 231 yards and accounted for five touchdowns and Liberty (8-5) rolled to a 56-20 win over Eastern Michigan (7-6) in Mobile, Alabama.
FCS PLAYOFFS: Montana State freshman quarterback Tommy Mellott accounted for four touchdowns to send the Bobcats (12-2) to their first title game in 38 years with a 31-17 win over No. 1 seed South Dakota State (11-4) in a Football Championship Series semifinal at Bozeman, Montana.
Montana State will face North Dakota State in Frisco, Texas, on Jan. 8. North Dakota State beat James Madison 20-14 on Friday night.
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