Pilsbury effort paces Husson past Thomas

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WATERVILLE – Robert Pilsbury poured in a game-high 23 points and Quinson Lancaster backed him with 21 more Tuesday night as Husson College of Bangor posted a 98-83 Maine Athletic Conference men’s basketball victory over Thomas College.

Randy Fletcher contributed 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Matt Breen added 15 points and 10 rebounds for Husson College of Bangor.

The Braves, 3-0 in Maine Athletic Conference play, outrebounded the Terriers 47-29.

Five Terriers scored in double figures, led by Scott Raymond with 18 points. Mitch Orser posted 16 points, Matt Pitcher 15, Jimmy Cardaci 12, and Josh Grant 11.

Husson (5-2) 98

Armenakis 1-1-3, Fletcher 8-1-18, Rivera 1-0-3, Lancaster 7-4-21, Russo 1-2-5, Brown, Atkinson, Pillsbury 10-0-23, Robb 1-0-3, Cunningham, Breen 5-5-15, Griffin 1-5-7

Thomas (2-6) 83

Dunphe 1-2-4, Grant 4-2-11, Pitcher 5-4-15, Raymond 7-2-18, Cardaci 5-1-12, Orser 5-2-16, Magnusson 2-0-4, Rouse 0-1-1, Ray 0-2-2, Caron, Look

3-pt. goals: Fletcher, Rivera, Lancaster 3, Russo, Pillsbury 3, Robb; Grant, Pitcher, Raymond 2, Cardaci, Orser 4

MCI Postgrads 93, SMTC 65

At South Portland, Kevin Smith’s 15 points and Jonathan Land’s 14 led Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield. Ari Zander-Zeman added 13 points, Chris Howell and Pieter Nieuwenhuyzen had 12 apiece, and Patrick Pruitt tossed in 11.

Ryan Maguire and Derek Johnson had 15 points each for Southern Maine Technical College and Roy Morgridge had 11.

MCI Postgrads (11-1) 93

Delcoure, Robinson 2-0-4, Nieuwenhuyzen 5-2-12, Land 5-0-14, Howell 4-3-12, Brault 1-0-3, Trent 1-0-2, Zandman-Zeman 6-1-13, Whyte, Parish, Smith 6-1-15, Pruitt 4-3-11, Lottin 1-4-7

SMTC (5-5) 65

Brown 1-0-2, Staples, Monzel 2-0-4, Biddings 4-0-9, Morgridge 3-4-11, Wells 2-3-7, Day 1-0-2, Maguire 6-1-15, Johnson 4-6-15

3-pt. goals: Land 4, Smith 2, Brault, Howell; Maguire 2, Johnson, Morgridge, Biddings

Halftime: MCI 36-25

UNE 84, UM-Farmington 76

At Farmington Monday night, Aaron Beaulieu poured in 27 points and Kasey Keenan added 19 to lead the University of New England of Biddeford past the University of Maine-Farmington.

Mike Fullerton paced UMF with 19 points and 11 rebounds and Dan Orcutt added 16 points.

U-New England (2-7) 84

Gaye 2-0-4, Keenan 5-4-19, Stewart, Sirois 6-0-14, Beaulieu 7-11-27, Chapman, Berthiaume, Bradley 7-1-16, Clark, Nutting 2-0-4

UM-Farmington (2-9) 76

Orcutt 6-0-16, Nadeau 4-2-13, Haynie 2-0-6, Benge, Wilcox 5-0-11, Kennie 2-1-5, Malley, Deeds 3-0-6, Fullerton 8-1-19

3-pt. goals: Keenan 5, Sirois 2, Beaulieu 2, Bradley; Orcutt 4, Nadeau 3, Haynie 2, Wilcox, Fullerton

Halftime: UNE 41-33

Women’s basketball

Thomas 73, Husson 72

At Waterville, Heather Farrell and Katie Morrell each hit both ends of one-and-one’s in the final minute to secure the victory for the Terriers.

Liza Doughty sparked Husson in the final minute by nailing two 3-pointers.

Erin Lovely paced Thomas with 25 points while Farrell and Morrell added 15 each.

Leslie Trott and Doughty each scored 13 points for Husson of Bangor. Kelly Dow and Liz Boone added 12 points apiece and Leslie Weed netted 10.

Husson (6-3) 72

Allen 1-0-2, Trott 5-2-13, Weed 5-0-10, Comeau, Hughes, Nye 2-4-8, Doughty 5-0-13, Dow 5-1-12, Cole 1-0-2, Boone 3-6-12

Thomas (5-5) 73

Pratt 1-0-2, Nason 0-1-1, Farrell 2-9-15, Lovely 7-6-25, Morrell 2-9-15, Corbett 2-1-5

3-pt. goals: Trott, Doughty 3, Dow; Farrell 2, Lovely 5, Morrell 2

Halftime: Thomas 32-29