Staff Report

WATERVILLE — Levi Barnes of Skowhegan scored 22 of his team-high 24 points in the second half, helping the Thomas College men’s basketball team take an 86-83 win over New England College in North Atlantic Conference play on Saturday afternoon.

The teams traded the lead 13 times in the second half. Thomas (8-11, 8-4) took the lead for good with 4:48 to play with a pair of free throws by Eric Westbrooks. Stanley Greene, Jr. scored 18 points for the Terriers, while Garen Manzo and Adam Carlsen each scored 13.

Dezron Wilson led NEC (6-13, 3-9) with 29 points.

COLBY 70, TRINITY 67, OT: A day after knocking off defending national champion Amherst, Colby earned another big New England Small College Athletic Conference win in Waterville.

Colby (11-8, 3-4) led by nine points at the half, but Trinity (11-9, 3-4) rallied to get close. Colby appeared to have the game in hand after Patrick Stewart nailed a 3-point shot with 3.8 seconds left to give the Mules a 56-55 lead. Trinity was then called for a technical foul after calling a timeout with none remaining, though the Bantams disputed they had called time. Stewart nailed both technical free throws for a 58-55 margin.

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Trinity tried a long pass to mid-court that went out of bounds with 1.6 seconds to play. Colby, though, threw the ball away on the inbounds play to Trinity’s Hart Gliedman, who nailed an off-balance, falling over 3-point shot from about 35 feet out at the buzzer.

In overtime, Chris Hudnut scored four of his game-high 21 points for Colby,

Stewart and Ryan Jann each scored 12 points for the Mules. Gliedman led the Bantams with 15 points.

COLBY-SAWYER 73, UMF 67: Zach Bean scored 17 points to lead the Chargers to the NAC win in Farmington.

Colby-Sawyer (10-8, 9-3) led 40-27 at the half, but the Beavers (8-10, 6-6) cut the deficit to three points, 66-63, when Maranacook grad Ben Johnson made a layup with 38 seconds to play. From there, Colby-Sawyer made seven free throws to ice the win.

Andrew Dickey led UMF with 25 points and eight rebounds, while Johnson scored 14 points and grabbed eight boards.

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MAINE 83, UMBC 80: Xavier Pollard and Zarko Valjarevic scored 18 points each as Maine held on for the America East victory.

Maine (5-16, 3-6) held a commanding 56-36 lead at the half, UMBC (7-15, 3-6), led by Chase Plumber with 23 points, started the second period with a 30-9 run to take the lead 66-65 with 8:12 remaining. The Black Bears regained the lead, but UMBC made five free throws to close the gap to 81-80 with 55 seconds remaining. Troy Reid-Knight sealed the victory with two free throws in the final 11 seconds. The Retrievers missed two 3-point attempts in the final five seconds.

Rodney Elliot added 21 points for UMBC.

Women’s basketball

MAINE 61, UMBC 48: The Black Bears matched a school-record with 14 3-pointers to take the America East win in Baltimore.

Liz Wood led Maine (11-11, 5-4) with 15 points, eight rebounds and five steals. The Black Bears shot 14 for 41 from 3-point range, matching a record for makes set against Vermont in 1999. The 41 attempts is a new team record.

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Sara Tarbert led UMBC (2-19, 1-8) with 22 points.

NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE 72, THOMAS 39: Taylor Burgess scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Pilgrims to the NAC win in Waterville.

Kayla Lawlor added 15 points for NEC (10-9, 6-6), which pulled away with a 13-0 run in the first half.

Gardiner graduate Katie McAllister led Thomas (3-15, 3-9) with 18 points and eight rebounds.

TRINITY 67, COLBY 58: Hannah Brickley dominated inside with a game-high 28 points and eight rebounds to lead the Bantams to the NESCAC win in Waterville.

Brickley was 12-for-18 from the field and had five offensive rebounds for Trinity (11-8, 4-3). Moriah Sweeney added seven points and eight rebounds for the Bantams.

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Desi Smith led Colby (6-14, 0-7) with 17 points and four assists. Cony grad Mia Diplock added 14 points while Hall-Dale’s Carylanne Wolfington finished with 11 points and four assists.

COLBY-SAWYER 65, UMF 56: The Chargers shot 10 for 28 from 3-point range to take the NAC win in Farmington.

Jessica Shenkel led Colby-Sawyer (10-9, 9-3) with 15 points and five rebounds to pace the Chargers offensively, while Kelsey Cahill charted 13 points with a team-high seven boards and seven steals,

Lindsay Ranquist led UMF (7-12, 6-6) 13 points and nine rebounds. Freshman Kennadi Grover came off the bench to score 12 points for the Beavers.

Women’s ice hockey

TRINITY 5, COLBY 1: The Bantams scored three goals in the first period to take the NESCAC win in Hartford, Conn.

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Shannon Farrell scored a pair of goals for Trinity (9-5-3). Alexa Pujol made 27 saves for the win.

Jackie Tavella scored for Colby (5-9-2). Brianne Wheeler made 26 saves for the Mules.

NORDIC

MEN: John Dixon became the third Colby male skier under head coach Tracey Cote to take second place in an event after earning runner-up honors in classic sprint racing at the University of Vermont Carnival at Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vt.

Dixon had a time of 3 minutes, 7.5 seconds over 1.2 kilometers to finish just behind University of Vermont’s Jorgen Grav (3:06.3). Dixon joins Nick Kline and Wyatt Fereday as second-place finishers in a carnival.

Dixon’s finish helped the Mules finish in a tie for third place in the team standings with Williams College and Laval University. Jefferson Tucker was 19th for the Colby men in 3:17.6.

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WOMEN: The Mules finished sixth in the team standings behind a 14th-place finish from first-year Olivia Amber (3:58.8). Sarah Brockett was 22nd in 4:03.0 and Amy Bianco took 24th in 4:03.4. The Mules had five skiers in the top 28, with Lizzie Anderson taking 27th and Emma Donohoe 28th.

Also on Saturday: Skowhegan’s Amanda Johnson scored 15 points, with four rebounds and two assists, to help the Husson women’s basketball team take a 96-27 win over Green Mountain College… Mt. Blue grad Gabby Foy scored 15 points for Central Maine Community College in a win over Vermont Tech… Maranacook graduate Kyle Boucher had 14 points and 12 rebounds but Maine Maritime lost 104-68 to Castleton in men’s basketball action.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

MESSALONSKEE 49, BREWER 34: Kelsey Mayo scored 25 points to lead the Eagles to a win over the Witches.

Sophie Holmes added six points for Messalonskee (11-6).

Meg Davis and Courtney Pearson each scored eight points for Brewer (2-14).

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HALL-DALE 73, MT. ABRAM 14: Thea Sweet scored 17 points to lead the Bulldogs to the MVC win in Farmingdale.

Nicole Pelletier added 13 points for Hall-Dale (10-7) while Allison Crockett and Molly French each scored nine.

Mt. Abram is now 2-15.

KENTS HILL 37, NORTH HAVEN 28: Ashley Doyle scored 24 points to lead the Class C Huskies to the win over Class D North Haven. Faith Forsythe added six points for Kents Hill (8-4) while Jasmine Brown paced North Haven (2-14) with 15 points.

BOYS BASKETBALL

MESSALONSKEE 71, BREWER 58: Jordon Holmes scored 30 points to go with four assists and four steals as the Eagles took the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A win in Orono.

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Nick Mayo had 14 points and 11 rebounds for Messalonskee (12-5). Ryan Erskine had five steals and five assists.

Brendan Newcomb led Brewer (3-13) with 17 points.

BOYS ICE HOCKEY

LAWRENCE/SKOWHEGAN 5, HOULTON/HODGDON 1: Cody Martin scored four goals to lead Lawrence/Skowhegan to a win over Houlton/Hodgdon at Sukee Arena in Winslow.

Adam Littlefield also had a goal for Lawrence/Skowhegan (8-5). Chase Nelson had five assists, while Anthony Paul had two assists.

Lawrence/Skowhegan goalie Kyle McLain had 21 saves.

Lucas Grant had the lone goal for Houlton/Hodgdon (1-13).


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