LOWELL, Mass. — Caroline Bornemann scored seven points during a 20-4 third quarter as the University of Maine won its third straight, beating UMass Lowell 58-36 Wednesday in women’s basketball.
Maine (9-10, 6-3 America East) trailed 23-20 early in the third before back-to-back layups by Bornemann put the Black Bears ahead for good.
Olivia Rockwood led Maine with a career-high 13 points. Anne Simon had 12 points and seven steals, Maeve Carroll scored 10 points and Bornemann finished with nine.
The Black Bears forced 24 turnovers and made 13 steals while holding a second straight opponent below 40 points.
Kharis Idom paced the River Hawks (6-9, 3-3) with 11 points.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 93, CURRY 51: The Nor’easters (11-8, 9-3 Commonwealth Coast) opened with a 23-10 first quarter, paced by nine points from Jordyn Franzen, as they handled the Colonels (3-15, 0-11) at Biddeford.
Franzen had 16 points to lead six players in double figures for UNE. Abby Cavallaro had 14, Kaylee Beyor added 13 and Juliana Tracey contributed 12 with Madalyn Sanborn and Allie Goodman chipping in with 10 apiece.
Emerson Cherry had 15 points for Curry.
MIT 85, SOUTHERN MAINE 42: Leading 20-18 early in the second quarter, the Engineers (9-7) used a 13-2 run to take control and pull away from the Huskies (4-10) at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Christina Antonakakis led MIT with 23 points, 19 coming in the first half.
.Jackie Luckhardt had 10 points for Southern Maine.
SOUTHERN MAINE CC 97, NHTI 57: Aija Andrews had 20 points, shooting 10 for 14 from the field, to lead the Seawolves (16-2, 10-1 YSCC) past the Lynx (7-7, 5-5) at Concord, New Hampshire.
Paige St. Pierre and Hannah Richards each added 17 points for SMCC, with Maddy York coming off the bench to chip in with 13 and Bailey Whitney tossed in 12.
Reserve Jessica Allen had 18 points to pace NHTI.
(10) UCONN 76, CREIGHTON 56: Olivia Nelson-Ododa and Christyn Williams scored 17 points apiece, and visiting UConn (14-4, 9-0 Big East) shook off a slow start to beat Creighton (15-6, 10-3) with an ill coach, Geno Auriemma, in the locker room the entire game.
Auriemma’s illness was not related to COVID-19, according to the SNY network. He missed the first two rounds of NCAA Tournament last year after testing positive for COVID.
(11) IOWA STATE 70, (25) KANSAS STATE 55: Emily Ryan and Lexi Donarski scored 15 points apiece, Ashley Joens had a double-double and host Iowa State (19-3, 8-2 Big 12 Conference) used a dominant third quarter to defeat Kansas State (16-6, 6-4).
The Cyclones scored the last five points of the second quarter to lead 31-25 at the half and outscored the Wildcats 24-8 in the third to go up 55-33.
AMERICA EAST: Stony Brook’s basketball teams will need to receive at-large bids to the NCAAs if the Seawolves want to make it to the tournament this year.
The America East announced that the school is ineligible for conference postseason tournaments because it’s leaving for the Colonial Athletic Association next year. Stony Brook said last week it was leaving the America East.
In the America East bylaws, a member institution’s intention to withdraw from the conference makes that school’s sports teams ineligible to compete in the league’s postseason play, “on a date to be determined by the remaining members of the Board of Presidents.”
That rule has been in the conference’s bylaws since 2005 and was previously enacted in 2012-13 when Boston University left for the Patriot League. The conference’s presidents met last week and unanimously agreed to uphold the bylaws.
“This decision was not made lightly, and the Board of Presidents recognizes that some may disagree with it,” the America East Conference said in a statement. “The Conference has an obligation to prioritize the remaining members who are committed to the league’s advancement and the student-athletes who compete at those institutions, now and in the future.”
The Stony Brook women’s basketball team is currently sitting in first place in the conference and has nonconference wins over St. John’s and Rutgers. The men’s program is in second behind Vermont. Both teams, as well as other Stony Brook sports, would still be allowed to earn at-large bids to any NCAA tournament.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 91, CURRY 64: Trailing 11-10 early in the game, the Nor’easters (4-16, 3-10 CCC) used a 19-0 run, paced by 10 straight points from Ray Evans, to pull away and beat the Colonels (2-17, 1-11) at Biddeford.
Alex Kravchuk had 28 points for UNE and Evans finished with 22. Anthony Senesombath chipped in with 10.
Nick Johnson had 15 points for Curry.
SOUTHERN MAINE CC 82, NHTI 67: Ian Regan had 24 points to lead four starters in double figures for the Seawolves (13-4, 10-1 YSCC) as they answered a 11-0 run by the Lynx (14-3, 9-1) with a 15-2 surge to win at Concord, New Hampshire.
Cameren Cousins had 20 points for SMCC, and DeSean Cromwell added 13 and Jack Pyzynski tossed in 12.
Saeer Miller had 20 points for NHTI.
UMASS LOWELL 62, UMAINE 50: Allin Blunt scored 18 points as the River Hawks (11-9, 3-5 America East) won at Orono.
Maks Klanjscek lead the Black Bears (4-17, 1-9) with 16 points.
(4) PURDUE 88, MINNESOTA 73: Jaden Ivey scored 21 points and Zach Edey added a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds, leading visiting Purdue (19-3, 8-3 Big Ten) over Minnesota (11-8, 2-8).
Senior guard Eric Hunter Jr. added a career-high 20 points and the Boilermakers got double-figure scoring from four players. Hunter entered the contest averaging 4.3 points.
Purdue has won four straight and 7 of 8.
Payton Willis scored 24 points and Jamsion Battle added 21 for Minnesota, which lost its third straight.
(5) KENTUCKY 77, VANDERBILT 70: Davion Mintz scored 21 points off the bench, hitting a 3-pointer during a pivotal 11-2 run, and host Kentucky (18-4, 7-2 Southeastern Conference) overcame nearly blowing a double-digit lead to survive Vanderbilt (11-10, 3-6) for its third consecutive victory.
(6) HOUSTON 73, TULANE 62: Fabian White Jr. scored 16 of his career high-tying 21 points in the first half and host Houston (19-2, 8-0 American) beat Tulane (9-10, 6-4) for its 11th straight victory.
White, a fifth-year graduate senior, also surpassed 1,000 points in his career at Houston and finished with eight rebounds.
(21) XAVIER 68, BUTLER 66: Zach Freemantle scored 23 points and host Xavier (16-5, 6-4 Big East) overcame a miserable 3-point shooting night to beat Butler (11-11, 4-7).
Xavier matched its season low in 3-pointers, going just 3 for 17.
FOOTBALL
ALABAMA: Coach Nick Saban has hired three new assistants.
The school announced that Coleman Hutzler will coordinate special teams and coach outside linebackers, Travaris Robinson will work with the cornerbacks and Eric Wolford will be the offensive line coach.
Hutzler spent last season as the special teams coordinator at Mississippi.
Robinson spent five seasons as South Carolina’s defensive coordinator from 2016-19 and was defensive backs coach at Miami last season. He was retained on the staff of new coach Mario Cristobal but opted to leave for Tuscaloosa.
NORTH CAROLINA: North Carolina has agreed to a one-year contract extension with Coach Mack Brown through the 2026 season.
The 70-year-old coach has led the Tar Heels to bowl games in each of his first three seasons in his second stint with the program he led to top-10 status in the 1990s. The Hall of Famer ranks second among active coaches with 265 career victories.
CLEMSON: Former Clemson offensive lineman Thomas Austin has joined the Tigers as an assistant coach.
Austin will coach the offensive line, replacing Robbie Caldwell, who has moved to an off-the-field position.
ARIZONA STATE: Associate head coach and defensive coordinator Antonio Pierce has resigned to pursue NFL opportunities, becoming the fifth assistant to depart the program in the wake of an NCAA investigation into possible recruiting violations.
Arizona State confirmed Pierce’s resignation less than a week after offensive coordinator Zak Hill stepped down. The Sun Devils hired veteran NFL and college assistant coach Glenn Thomas to replace Hill on Monday.
Wide receivers coach Prentice Gill and secondary coach Chris Hawkins were fired for cause and tight ends coach Adam Breneman resigned last week.
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