BANGOR — Nathan Johnson scored 17 points as Maryland-Baltimore County beat Maine 88-46 in a men’s basketball game on Saturday.
Keondre Kennedy had 15 points and seven rebounds for UMBC (7-10, 2-4 America East). Yaw Obeng-Mensah added 12 points and seven rebounds. Szymon Wojcik had seven rebounds.
The Retrievers forced a season-high 21 turnovers. The Black Bears scored just 20 points in the first half.
Adefolalrin Adetogun had 10 points for the Black Bears (3-13, 0-5), whose losing streak reached seven games. Kristians Feierbergs grabbed nine rebounds.
ST. JOSEPH’S 82, DEAN 73: Nicholas Curtis scored 29 points, including six 3-pointers, as the Monks (4-13, 3-6 GNAC) defeated the Bulldogs (5-8, 0-6) in Franklin, Massachusetts.
Curtis, who was 6 of 10 from long range, gave the Monks the lead for good on a 3-pointer 1:47 into the second half that made it 45-42.
Griffin Foley had 17 points and Julian Llopiz 11 for the Monks.
COLBY 78, BOWDOIN 65: The Mules (9-8, 1-3 NESCAC) closed on a 7-0 run to pull away from the Polar Bears (10-8, 1-4) in Waterville.
Noah Tyson made seven 3-pointers to score 21 points for Colby. Matt Hanna added 14 points, Cooper Wirkala 11 and Alec McGovern 10.
James McGowan had 18 points and Afamdi Achufusi 17 for Bowdoin.
NICHOLS 102, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 75: Jakigh Dottin had 29 points to lead the Bison (13-2, 6-2 Commonwealth Coast) to a win over the Nor’easters (3-14, 2-8) at Biddeford.
Alex Kravchuk scored 25 points for UNE.
KEENE STATE 75, SOUTHERN MAINE 59: Octavius Brito scored 15 of his 23 points in the second half as the Owls (12-2, 7-0 Little East) opened on a 9-2 run and beat the Huskies (6-8, 1-4) in Gorham.
Juneau Anicette led Southern Maine with 12 points, Cody Hawes chipped in with 11 and Jason Lombard added 10.
TUFTS 71, BATES 70: Dylan Thoerner put in a layup with 7.2 seconds left to cap an 8-0 closing run for the Jumbos (7-8, 2-1 NESCAC) as they rallied past the Bobcats (6-7, 0-4) in Lewiston.
Luke Rogers led Tufts with 32 points. Thoerner finished with 23.
Jacob Iwowo scored 15 points for Bates.
BRYANT & STRATTON 63, SOUTHERN MAINE CC 62: Khallyn LaFond drained a free throw with 50 seconds to play as the Bobcats (11-3) edged the SeaWolves (10-4) in South Portland.
Ian Regan scored 19 points for SMCC.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
SOUTHERN MAINE 63, KEENE STATE 57: Victoria Harris scored 19 points as the Huskies (4-8, 3-2 Little East) downed the Owls (4-9, 1-5) in Gorham.
Harris had seven points during a 13-4 run in the fourth quarter that helped the Huskies to a 55-45 lead with 4:02 left. The Owls cut the lead to 55-52 with 1:05 remaining before Harris, Ashlee Aceto and Amy Fleming each made a pair of free throws.
BOWDOIN 67, COLBY 55: Megan Tan had 16 points to lead the Polar Bears (14-3, 4-1 NESCAC) past the Mules (9-5, 1-4) at Waterville.
Annie Boasberg added 13 points and Callie Godfrey had 10 for Bowdoin.
Keagan Dunbar scored 15 points for Colby.
TUFTS 63, BATES 52: Maggie Russell had 23 points and 16 rebounds for the Jumbos (13-2, 3-1 NESCAC) in their win over the Bobcats (11-2, 3-1) in Medford, Massachusetts.
Megan Kennedy had 13 points, Meghan Graff 12 and Brianna Gadaleta 10 for the Bobcats.
SOUTHERN MAINE CC 62, BRYANT & STRATTON 51: Kyla Greenleaf, Allexius Theberge and Aija Andrews each had 13 points and the SeaWolves (14-2) outscored the Bobcats (7-11) 16-8 over the final eight minutes in South Portland.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
MAINE 3, MERRIMACK 1: Alyssa Wruble scored from Ali Beltz and Taylor Leech 2:14 into the second period and Beltz followed with a power-play goal 4:42 later as the Black Bears (10-13-1, 8-8-1 America East) took a 2-0 advantage and downed the Warriors (5-18-1, 4-14-1) in Orono.
Jennier Costa added an unassisted goal early in the third for Maine, before Merrimack got on the board with a power-play goal from Madison Oelkers.
Loryn Porter stopped 29 shots for the Black Bears.
MIDDLEBURY 2, COLBY 1: Jenna Letterie scored with 12 seconds left in the second period to lift the Panthers (13-0, 8-0 NESCAC) to a win over the Polar Bears (8-3, 4-3) in Waterville.
Katie Hargrave gave Middlebury a 1-0 lead in the first period, before Abby Wick tied it for Colby in the second.
Sophia Merageas recorded 32 saves for the Panthers, while Nina Prunster stopped 22 shots for the Mules.
WILLIAMS 5, BOWDOIN 1: The Ephs (9-5, 5-5 NESCAC) scored five straight goals and beat the Polar Bears (9-6, 5-5) in Brunswick.
Brianna Hill scored twice for Williams.
Angelina Joyce scored for Bowdoin.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 5, CURRY 0: Piper Desorcie had a hat trick and Delanie Corcoran stopped 15 shots as the Nor’ easters (5-9-1, 6-5-1 Commonwealth Coast) blanked the Colonels (3-13, 1-9) in Canton, Massachusetts.
Carolyn Curley and Keely Kasputis also scored for UNE.
UMASS BOSTON 5, SOUTHERN MAINE 2: Cailey Kozich recorded a hat trick and Victoria Kennedy made 34 saves as the Beacons (8-9, 7-4 NEHC) beat the Huskies (10-8, 7-5) in Boston.
Amelie St-Amant and Georgie Snow scored, and Haley McKim stopped 33 shots for the Huskies.
MEN’S HOCKEY
SOUTHERN MAINE 2, UMASS-BOSTON 1: Tyler Gardiner scored 2:24 into overtime to lift the Huskies (5-6-1, 3-4-1 NEHC) past the Beacons (11-7-1, 7-4) in Gorham.
Azam Jiwa gave USM the lead in the first period, Chris Peters scored for UMass Boston 37 seconds later.
Mason Palmer stopped 36 shots for the Huskies.
COLBY 3, MIDDLEBURY 1: Alex Bourhas and Griffin Grise scored second-period goals as the Mules (9-3, 7-2 NESCAC) topped Panthers (1-8-2, 5-2-1) in Middlebury, Vermont.
Quinn Doyle also scored for Colby, and Andy Beran recorded 27 saves.
BOWDOIN 3, WILLIAMS 2: Andy Stoneman scored twice in the third period as the Polar Bears (5-5-4, 5-3-3 NESCAC) beat the Ephs (7-7, 7-4) in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Albert Washco also scored for Bowdoin.
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