Cavalieri sparks Bears to victory at Troy State > UM freshman guard scores career-high 17 points

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TROY, Ala. – Tory Cavalieri scored 17 points and Colin Haynes pulled down 14 rebounds to help the University of Maine earn a 72-59 men’s basketball victory over Troy State Saturday night.

Maine (2-1) had four players in double figures, including Carvell Ammons with 16 points, Huggy Dye with 15 and Julian Dunkley with 11.

Matt Holman led Troy State (0-2) scoring with 20 points, followed by Lemayn Wilson with 17. Jacova Jenkins grabbed eight rebounds.

The Trojans led 32-28 at the half but were outscored 44-27 in the second.

“We just really couldn’t seem to hit our shots when we needed to in the second half,” said Troy State coach Don Maestri.

The Trojans shot only 32 percent to Maine’s 43 percent.

The Black Bears dropped behind by sixpoints when Jenkins nailed a 3-pointer with 18:30 to go in the game, but they slowly took command of the game.

Freshman guard Cavalieri was a key cog, scoring 13 of his career-high 17 points in the second half.

Included in his output was the hoop that put the Bears ahead for good – a 3-pointer that gave UMaine a 48-46 advantage with 9:43 to play.

Dunkley followed that with a jumper 30 seconds later, then Dye pushed the bulge to 52-46 when he converted a Haynes steal into a layup with 8:10 to go.

Haynes finished with four blocked shots and three steals to go with his 14 rebounds in a 30-minute stint off the bench. Haynes collected 12 of his boards off the defensive glass.

Derrick Jackson handed out five assists.

The Black Bears shot 16 for 32 from the floor in the second half and enjoyed a 47-37 rebounding advantage in the contest.

Ammons pitched in with eight rebounds while Dye had seven.

Black Bears 72, Trojans 59

Maine (2-1) Troy State (0-2)

Name G AG F AF TP Name G AG F AF TP

Dunkley 4 10 3 4 11 Wilson 7 16 1 2 17

Greene 1 2 1 2 3 Pemberton 0 3 2 2 2

Ammons 6 12 4 8 16 Jenkins 3 11 1 5 8

Jackson 2 5 0 0 5 Rushing 3 11 0 1 8

Dye 5 12 2 2 15 Holman 7 15 2 2 20

Cavalieri 6 12 2 2 17 Evans 1 4 2 2 4

Haynes 2 7 1 2 5 Smith 0 0 0 0 0

White 0 0 0 0 0 Lewin 0 3 0 0 0

O’Mara 0 2 0 0 0

Totals 26 60 13 20 72 Totals 21 65 8 14 59

Maine 28 72

Troy State 32 59

3-pt. goals: Maine (7-22): Dunkley 0-3, Jackson 1-3, Dye 3-8, Cavalieri 3-5, Haynes 0-3; Troy State (9-28): Wilson 2-6, Pemberton 0-2, Jenkins 1-3, Rushing 2-7, Holman 4-9, Evans 0-1;

Attendance: 1,110