PRESQUE ISLE – Becky Tower scored 18 points as the University of Maine-Machias Clippers held off the UM-Presque Isle Owls in the second half for a 59-50 women’s basketball win Friday night.

UMPI trailed 35-21 at the half and cut the lead to six points, but couldn’t get any closer.

Ann-Marie Cochrane added 13 points for UMM.

Stori Shaw scored 14 points and Kelli Dagle added 12 for UMPI.

Machias (1-0) 59

Tower 7-4-18, Cochrane 5-1-13, Copp 3-2-8, Alexander 2-3-8, Wright 3-0-8, Morrow 1-0-2, Cook 1-0-2 Presque Isle (2-1) 50

Shaw 5-2-14, Dagle 4-4-12, McManemon 2-3-8, Chatman 3-1-7, Huff 2-1-5, Smith 1-0-2, Stevens 0-2-2, Burr, Young, Sanborn

3-pt goals – Wright 2, Cochrane 2, Shaw 2, McManemon 1

Halftime: UMM 35, UMPI 21

Men’s basketball

UMPI 80, UM-Machias 52

At Presque Isle, 12 players scored for UMaine-Presque Isle as the Owls dominated UM-Machias.

Glenn Sharp lead the Owls with 15 points, Pierre Michaud chipped in 14, and both Willie Rivera and Jeffrey Joseph added 12.

Barry Shrambam lead all scorers with 19 points, Dennis Traup added 12 and Zeljko Boljaic put in 11.

UMM (4-3) 52

Shrambam 5-9-19, Boljaic 5-1-11, Traup 4-4-12, Wood 3-0-7, Sherman 1-0-2, Hebert 0-1-1, Hawkes, Fields, Lash, Knight UMPI (3-2) 80

Sharp 5-4-15, Michaud 7-0-14, Joseph 5-2-12, Rivera 5-0-12, Kay 3-1-7, Miller 3-0-6, Casavant 1-0-3, Townsend 1-0-3, Johnston 1-0-2, Marshall 1-0-2, Mitchell 1-0-2, Okunniwa 0-2-2, Drake

3-pt. goals: Rivera 2, Townsend, Casavant, Sharp, Wood

Halftime: UMPI 41, UMM 18

Middlebury 84, UM-Farmington 64

Middlebury (1-0) 84

Hussey 2-1-5, Lasek 1-2-4, Boffey 7-0-14, Faucher 7-4-25, Poulos 5-5-19, Maletis 3-2-8, Blanchi 1-4-6, Breen 1-1-3 UMF (1-0) 64

D. Meader 8-3-15, L. Meader 1-1-3, Toland 8-1-17, Berthiaume 1-0-2, Beaudoin, MacDonald, Redstone, Richards 6-2-14, Elder, White 4-4-13

3-pt. goals: Hussey, Faucher 7, Poulos 4, Breen; White

Halftime: UMF 38, Middlebury 37