Cressler helps USM women notch victory

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Meg Cressler scored 12 points to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 75-41 women’s basketball victory over Rhode Island College Tuesday night.

Southern Maine (8-5) 75

Dominiczak 3-1-7, Shaw 4-0-9, Kimball 3-1-7, Libby 4-2-10, Crockett 3-2-8, Cressler 5-1-12, Bourgoin 2-1-5, Sobey, Libby 2-0-4, Anders 4-1-10, Rombalski 0-1-1, Watkins 1-0-2

Rhode Island College (4-7) 41

Iacoi 3-2-8, Ferri, Waltonen, Shields 3-2-8, Rattray 1-2-4, Hansen 1-0-2, Sarette 2-1-5, Vickers 1-2-4, Callaghan 1-0-2, Brown 2-0-5, Wolf, Mekuto, Kelly, Silvestrini 1-0-3, Hersperger

3-pt. goals: Shaw, Cressler, Anders; Brown, Silvestrini

Halftime: Southern Maine 32-15

St. Joseph’s 91, UNE 82

At Biddeford, Stacey Gelinas scored 27 points and Sue Picard added 15 as the Monks of Standish outscored the Nor’easters.

St. Joseph’s (9-2) 91

Brown 2-2-7, Gill, Burrell 1-0-3, Marsh 6-0-12, Gagnon 2-0-4, Picard 7-0-15, Rice 2-2-6, Brown 5-1-11, Gelinas 11-1-27, Turcotte 3-0-6

U-New England (5-5) 82

Roller 9-0-22, Kempton 0-5-5, Calkins, Brown 3-1-8, VanDeusen 1-0-2, Bartolome 2-0-4, Plant 5-2-16, Rodgerson 3-2-8, Urrutia, Stults 7-3-17

3-pt. goals: Brown, Burrell, Picard, Gelinas 4; Roller 4, Brown, Plant 4

Halftime: St. Joseph’s 44-40

Men’s basketball

Rhode Island College 80, USM 67

At Providence, R.I., Kenny Jernigan scored 23 points to lead the Anchormen past Southern Maine. Jason St. Pierre scored 19 for the Huskies while Jason Thibodeau and Wade Millett added 11 apiece.

Southern Maine (4-8) 67

Zimmerman, St. Pierre 7-3-19, White 3-1-7, Thibodeau 4-0-11, Thomas 2-0-4, Millett 4-0-11, Grigsby 3-0-8, Hamlin, Coutts 1-0-2, Tarbox, Soucie 2-0-5, Stults

Rhode Island College (4-7)

Jernigan 10-3-23, Mollo 3-1-7, Payette 7-2-19, Gorter, Barrette 1-0-2, Costigan 5-0-10, Zolotas 3-0-6, Monahan 1-0-3, Heady 4-0-10, Main

3-pt. goals: St. Pierre 2, Thibodeau 3, Millett 3, Grigsby 2, Soucie; Payette 3, Monahan, Heady 2

Halftime: Southern Maine 38-34