HENNIKER, N.H. — The University of Maine at Farmington outscored New England College by 14 points over the final 3 minutes, 54 seconds to take a 92-77 win in men’s college basketball action Friday night.
Maranacook Community High School graduate Ben Johnson had his third straight double-double with 23 points and 16 rebounds for UMF (3-4, 3-0 NAC). Pet Sumner added 23 points, while Joe McClosky chipped in with 14 and Dan Kane had 11.
Abdirahman Mohamed led NEC (2-6, 2-1 NAC) with 19 points.
Bowdoin 85, Colby 68: Will Hanley had career-highs in points (29), rebounds (13) and assists (7) as the Polar Bears won a New England Small College Athletic Conference game in Waterville.
Bryan Hurley added 16 points and four steals, while Ryan O’Connell had 15 points and five assists for Bowdoin (6-2).
Ben Foreman had 17 points for Colby (3-4). Shane Rodgers added 13 points, while Kyle Donovan had 11 points and four assists.
Colby-Sawyer 97, Thomas 66: Maranacook grad Will Bardaglio scored 20 points, going 5 for 5 from 3-point range, to lead the Chargers over the Terriers in North Atlantic Conference play in New London, N.H.
Colby-Sawyer (5-4, 3-0 NAC) led 51-37 at the half. Four Chargers scored in double figures. Franklin Salvador led Thomas (4-4, 1-2 NAC) with 19 points.
Women’s basketball
Colby-Sawyer 87, Thomas 55: Taylor DeSanty led four Chargers in double figures with 21 points as Colby-Sawyer defeated the Terriers in New London, N.H.
Cailin Bullett added 19 points, six rebounds and seven assists for Colby-Sawyer (7-2 overall, 3-0 North Atlantic Conference). Karin Bird had a game-high 25 points for Thomas and was 17 of 19 from the foul line. The Terriers are now 1-7, 1-2 in the NAC.
New England College 58, UMaine-Farmington 40: Rachel Williams had 17 points and 11 rebounds as NEC picked up the victory over the Beavers in Henniker, N.H.
Danika Johnson scored 12 points, and Taylor Burgess and Kate Levy each had 10 rebounds for NEC (9-0, 3-0 NAC). Mt. Abram graduate Kenni Norton led UMF (2-6, 1-2) with 12 points.
Women’s hockey
New England College 2, Colby 1: Kristen Connors made 44 saves and Sam Hippern had a goal and an assist for the Pilgrims in Waterville.
NEC (3-5-1) scored two goals 28 seconds apart in the first period. Kaleigh Costello and Hippern scored the goals.
Jackie Tavella scored on the power play for Colby (2-4-1) in the second period. Grace Dickinson had 27 saves.
Men’s hockey
Connecticut College 5, Colby 2: The Camels scored four times in the first period to beat the Mules.
Nick Lanza scored in the first for Colby, while Ben Chwick scored in the third. Matt Delane had 19 saves for the Mules.
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