DURHAM, N.H. — Anne Simon scored 16 points and had a career-high eight steals as the University of Maine topped the University of New Hampshire 53-45 Wednesday night in an America East women’s basketball game.
Caroline Bornemann had 14 points, shooting 4 for 7 on 3-pointers for the Black Bears (7-10, 4-3 AE). Maeve Carroll had seven points and 12 rebounds.
Sophia Widmeyer led UNH (4-14, 1-6) with 11 points and eight rebounds. Helena Delaruelle added 10 points and six rebounds. Amanda Torres had 10 points.
The Black Bears forced 23 turnovers and had a season-high 17 steals in their third straight win over the Wildcats.
HUSSON 55, SOUTHERN MAINE 42: Bailey Donovan had 20 points and 17 rebounds as the Eagles (9-4) beat the Huskies (4-9) in Gorham.
Megan Peach also had a double-double for Husson with 10 points and 13 rebounds. Vanessa Duarte had 12 points and seven rebounds.
Victoria Harris led USM with 10 points and eight rebounds.
(8) ARIZONA 74, UCLA 63: Shaina Pellington scored 12 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter and Sam Thomas added 19 points to lead visiting Arizona (15-2, 5-2 Pac-12) over UCLA (9-5, 4-2).
Arizona has won four of its last five games and ended the Bruins’ four-game win streak.
(10) UCONN 80, DEPAUL 78: Caroline Ducharme drove inside for a tie-breaking layup with 1.5 seconds left, and visiting UConn (12-4, 7-0) topped Aneesah Morrow and DePaul (16-5, 8-2) in a wild matchup between the top teams in the Big East.
Ducharme finished with 19 points as UConn earned its 20th straight win against DePaul in the series. Christyn Williams added 17 points after missing the previous three games because of COVID-19 protocols.
The teams were originally scheduled to play on Dec. 31, but the matchup was postponed because of COVID-19 issues with the Huskies.
Finally on the court together, they put on quite a show.
Morrow had 30 points and 14 rebounds for DePaul, shaking off a right leg injury in the third quarter. Sonya Morris scored 19 points, and Lexi Held and Darrione Rogers had 12 apiece.
After Morrow made two foul shots with 8.6 seconds left, Ducharme converted a layup to put the Huskies in front for good. Morrow got one more look, but shot wide on a 3-pointer from half-court.
(13) IOWA STATE 77, KANSAS 62: Ashley Joens scored 21 points and younger sister Aubrey broke out of a slump with 16 points to lead host Iowa State (17-3, 6-2 Big 12 Conference) over Kansas (12-5, 4-5) to snap a two-game losing streak.
Ashley Joens, who moved within 85 points of breaking the school scoring record (2,149), had 11 rebounds for her 10th double-double of the season and 41st of her career. Aubrey Joens, who had not scored in the last four games and had four total points in the last six, had four 3-pointers to become the third Cyclone this season with 50 3s.
(18) OKLAHOMA 84, OKLAHOMA STATE 58: Liz Scott scored a career-high 22 points and Oklahoma (17-3, 6-2 Big 12 Conference) used a strong start and a fast finish to roll over Oklahoma State (6-11, 1-7) at Norman, Oklahoma.
(19) OREGON 70, UTAH 66: Nyara Sabally scored 13 of her 15 points in the second half, Endyia Rogers added 14 points and host Oregon (12-5, 4-1 Pac-12) made six free throws in the final minute to hold off Utah (10-6, 1-3)f or its 12th straight victory in the series.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
NEW HAMPSHIRE 73, MAINE 61: Blondeau Tchoukuiegno had 23 points, four rebounds and three steals as the Wildcats (8-7, 3-3 AE) topped the Black Bears (4-14, 1-6) at Durham, New Hampshire.
Jayden Martinez added 15 points and five rebounds for UNH. Marco Foster had 14 points and four rebounds. Nick Guadarrama chipped in 10 points and eight rebounds.
Maine was led by Sam Ihekwoaba’s 13 points, four rebounds and four assists. Vukasin Masic finished with 12 points. Kristians Feierbergs posted 10 points and four rebounds.
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE 83, SOUTHERN MAINE 73: The Huskies (7-9, 2-5 LEC) started slowly and fell to the Anchormen (12-5, 5-4) in Providence, Rhode Island.
Shion Darby scored 24 points and Keyshaun Jacobs added 20 points and five assists for RIC. Jordan Riley had 16 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
USM’s Marcus Christopher had a double-double with 24 points and 12 rebounds. Chance Dixon had 12 points. Cody Hawes finished with 11 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. Clay Kuhn had 11 points and five rebounds.
ST. JOSEPH’S 94, COLBY-SAWYER 90: Griffin Foley had 24 points, six rebounds and four assists to lead the Monks (5-13, 3-6 GNAC) to an overtime win over the Chargers (6-10, 2-6) in New London, New Hampshire.
Nicholas Curtis had 20 points and seven assists for St. Joseph’s. Drew Shea had 18 points and 17 rebounds for the double-double. Julian Llopiz had 14 points.
Colby-Sawyer’s Kevin Cummings put up 22 points and six rebounds. Omar Boone had 19 points and six rebounds. Scott Lampron finished with 15 points, five rebounds and five assists.
(17) PROVIDENCE 65, (21) XAVIER 62: Jared Bynum’s 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds remaining lifted visiting Providence (17-2, 7-1 Big East) over Xavier (14-5, 4-4).
Al Durham led the Friars with 22 points, helping them improve to 17-2 for the first time since the 1976-77 season.
Paul Scruggs, who led Xavier with 16 points, hit a 3-pointer to give the Musketeers a 62-60 lead with 56 seconds left. But he missed a go-ahead floater to help set up Bynum’s winner.
(18) TENNESSEE 78, FLORIDA 71: Santiago Vescovi scored 23 points and host Tennessee (14-5, 5-3 Southeastern Conference) rallied from a 12-point deficit to beat Florida (12-8, 3-5).
Vescovi connected on 5 of 8 3-pointers. Kennedy Chandler added 17 points, Zakai Zeigler had 11 and Josiah-Jordan James scored all nine of his points in the second half for the Volunteers.
Florida, playing its third game in five days, was led by Anthony Duruji and Tyree Appleby with 16 points each.
LOUISVILLE: Chris Mack is out as coach after he and the school agreed to part ways. Assistant Mike Pegues has been named interim coach for the remainder of the season.
The agreement was announced following a special joint meeting of the school’s Board of Trustees and the University of Louisville Athletic Association board.
Interim athletic directory Josh Heird said that Mack will be paid $4.8 million between this fiscal year and the next three fiscal years.
Mack leaves after going 6-8 since returning Dec. 1 from a six-game suspension by the school for failing to follow university guidelines in his handling of an extortion attempt by fired Cardinals assistant coach Dino Gaudio last spring. Pegues guided the Cardinals to a 5-1 start while Mack sidelined and now will try to lift the team out of a slump that includes five losses in its last six games.
NOTES
PROVIDENCE: Providence named Steven Napolillo its next athletic director, the school’s president, the Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard, announced.
Napolillo succeeds Bob Driscoll, who announced last week that he would retire after serving as the Friars’ AD for 21 years.
A 1998 graduate of Providence, Napolillo began his career there in 2004 as its assistant director of athletic relations. He has served as its senior associate athletic director assistant/vice president for external relations since 2014. He will begin his new position on July 1.
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