Rivers paces UM-Farmington

CASTINE – Jared Rivers tossed in 28 points Monday night to lead the University of Maine-Farmington to a 71-68 men’s basketball victory over Maine Maritime Academy.

Daren Meader tallied 12 points in the second half for the Beavers, sealing the victory.

Matt Ketchen scored 19 points while freshman center Jed Johnson tallied 14 points for the Mariners.

UM-Farmington 71

Benge, Dufort 2-0-5, Nadeau 3-0-8, Rivers 11-6-28, Clavette, Wilcox 2-0-6, Meader 5-2-12, Lasante 4-0-8, Fullerton, Deeds 2-0-4 Maine Maritime 68

Pinkham, Streams 2-2-6, Pitula 2-2-8, Newland 4-0-10, Ketchen 7-4-19, Johnson 4-6-14, NcNealy, Buttery 3-5-11, Garland, Otienti

3-pt. goals: Nadeau 2, Wilcox 2, Dufort; Pitula 2, Newland 2, Ketchen

Halftime: MMA, 31-30

UM-Fort Kent 88, Rivier 59

At North Andover, Mass., Drazen Jozic earned tourney MVP honors with 14 points and 10 assists while helping the UMaine-Fort Kent Bengals capture the Badger Classic title Sunday.

Tomas Tolvaisa paced the winners with 19 points. Shaun Tomblin added 14 points and 10 rebounds while Denis Traup tossed in 11 and grabbed seven rebounds.

Eric-Austin Johnson paced the Raiders with 18 points.

UM-Fort Kent (8-2) 88

Jozic 4-5-14, Farrar 3-2-8, Tolvaisa 7-2-19, Bente 3-2-10, Miller 1-2-4, Traup 5-1-11, Tomblin 4-6-14, Bray 3-3-9 Rivier (3-2) 59

Andrews 1-0-2, Lopez 0-2-6, Gustafson 1-0-2, McCarthy 2-2-7, Lacasse 3-2-8, Johnson 6-3-18, Gauguier 1-3-5, Merrifield 1-0-2, Caruso 1-0-2, Williams 3-1-7

3-pt. goals: none

Halftime: UM-Fort Kent, 43-37

Eastern Maine Tech 88, Unity 81

Eastern Maine Tech (9-1) 88

Cyr 12-3-29, Wiberg 12-0-24, Galley 8-0-16, Osborne 4-0-8, St. Clair 2-1-6, Stevens 1-0-3, Genthner 0-2-2, Jarrell Unity (3-10) 81

Floyd 8-0-21, Belganger 11-0-22, Clark 7-2-16, Liberty 5-0-13, Mooers 4-0-8, Drake 1-0-2, Simino, Pope

3-pt. goals: Cyr 2, St. Clair, Stevens; Floyd 4, Liberty 3

Halftime: Eastern Maine Tech, 44-38