Wiberg paces EM Tech win Center scores 18 points, snatches 18 rebounds in playoff game

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BANGOR – Nick Wiberg scored 18 points and grabbed 16 rebounds Tuesday night to pace Eastern Maine Technical College to a 75-56 victory over Unity in a Yankee Conference playoff game at Johnston Gym.

James Osborne netted 17 points and recorded 11 assists for the Golden Eagles. Mike Dow chipped in with 12 points.

For Unity, Aubrey Belanger scored 17 points, pulled down 11 rebounds and had 10 assists while John Lynch added 15 points and Jason Simino had 11.

Unity (8-18) 56

Pope 4-0-8, Belanger 8-0-17, Simino 4-3-11, Reitsma 1-1-3, Liberty 1-0-2, Lynch 7-1-15, Drake

Eastern Maine Tech. (10-12) 79

Wiberg 8-2-18, Dow 5-0-12, Osborne 7-2-17, Galley 4-0-8, Wotton 2-0-4, Albert 2-0-4, Doore 1-0-2, Reynolds 3-0-9, Kilton 2-1-5, Leighton

3-pt. goals: Belanger; Reynolds 3, Dow 2, OSborne

Halftime: EMTC 42-15

Bowdoin 89, UM-Farmington 52

At Brunswick, the Polar Bears shot 54 percent from the field en route to victory over the Beavers.

Greg Orlicz paced Bowdoin with 23 points, while Danny Ginn and Erich Buschmann scored 10 each.

Tom Nadeau’s 13 points led UMaine-Farmington. Mike Fullerton chipped in with 11.

UMaine-Farmington (7-14) 52

Orcutt, Facey 0-1-1, Dufort, Nadeau 3-5-13, Robinson 2-1-5, Thomson, Haynie 1-0-2, Wilcox 2-0-4, Kennie 2-1-5, Cavanaugh, Malley 1-0-2, Deeds 2-5-9, Fullerton 4-2-11

Bowdoin (15-7) 89

Gilbride 2-2-8, Lovely 2-1-5, Jamieson 0-1-1, Orlicz 9-3-23, McLeod 2-1-5, Harding, Ginn 3-2-10, McCabe, Buschmann 2-6-10, Clement 2-1-5, Ranslow 3-0-6, Baranowcki 4-1-9, Farmer 1-0-2, Fleck 2-1-5

3-pt. goals: Nadeau 2, Robinson, Fullerton; Gilbride 2, Orlicz 2, Ginn 2

Halftime: Bowdoin 48-23

U-New England 75, Gordon 70

Gordon College (7-16) 70

Grinder 3-0-7, Sylvester 3-0-6, Beebe 6-0-16, Soto, Hartley 3-1-8, D. Stewart 3-4-11, Ferriera, Earle 4-1-10, Witherspoon 5-0-10, McBride 1-0-2

University of New England (4-18) 75

Gaye 4-2-11, Crowley, Keenan 6-4-22, B. Stewart 1-0-2, Mills 3-0-9, Chapman, Berthiaume 4-2-10, Bradley 2-2-6, Clark 2-2-6, Nutting 4-1-9

3-pt. goals: Beebe 4, Grinder, Hartley, D. Stewart, Earle; Keenan 6, Mills 3, Gaye, Nutting

Halftime: Gordon 36-35

Connecticut 82, Boston College 71

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Freshman guard Taliek Brown had a career-high 21 points, including a huge 3-pointer with 51/2 minutes to play, as Connecticut snapped Boston College’s six-game winning streak.

Xavier Singletary and freshman Ryan Sidney each had 18 points for the Eagles (18-3, 9-2).

Women’s basketball

Bowdoin 69, UM-Farmington 46

At Farmington, freshman and George Stevens Academy graduate Lora Trenkle had 17 points and seven rebounds to help lead the visiting Bowdoin College Polar Bears past the University of Maine-Farmington.

Kristie Royer led the Bears’ offense with 18 points.

Becky Roak led the UMF Beavers with 19 points and Jocelyn Sawyer scored 13.

Bowdoin (25-6) 69

Bramwell 2-0-4, Trotta, Reuben, Myers 2-0-4, Damon 1-0-2, Mayol 4-0-8, Fava 2-1-5, Trenkle 8-0-17, Farmer 1-0-2, Royer 9-0-18, Fugate 1-0-3, Pellegrini, Bennett 2-2-6

UM-Farmington (9-12) 46

Robertson 1-0-3, Bard 2-0-4, Rytky, Hartman 1-0-2, Woodcock 1-0-3, Sawyer 4-5-13, Roak 7-5-19, Normand 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Trenkle, Fugate; Robertson, Woodcock

Plymouth State 79, USM 75

At Plymouth, N.H., Plymouth State placed five players in double-figure scoring to end Southern Maine’s winning streak at 10.

Erin Shaw paced USM with 23 points and Kara Crockett added 17. Megan Cressler and Jess Libby each put in 10.

Southern Maine (17-6) 75

Dominiczak 4-1-9, Shaw 9-0-23, Kimball 3-0-6, Libby 4-2-10, Crockett 7-3-17, Cressler 3-2-10, Bourgoin

Plymouth State (16-6) 79

Zagorski 7-4-18, Fillion 4-0-12, Fournier 2-0-5, Pelletier 5-0-13, Albert 5-0-11, Perry, Adey 1-0-2, Randall 8-2-18, Peabody, Waters

3-pt. goals: Shaw 5, Cressler 2; Zagorski 4, Randall 2

Halftime: Plymouth State 39-33

Gordon 66, U-New England 57

At Biddeford, Gordon College of Wenham, Mass., outscored the hosts 17-5 from the foul line to take the victory.

Sarah Phillips led Gordon with 20 points. Lisa Merrimen scored 14 and Barbara Goodwin netted 13.

Amanda Rodgerson sparked the Nor’easters with 16 points, while Melissa Roller and Missy Stults scored 11 each.

Gordon (14-9) 66

Phillips 4-9-20, Pellegrino 2-0-4, Curtis 2-0-6, White 2-5-9, Baker, Goodwin 6-1-13, Merrimen 6-2-14, Reardon

U-New England (13-9) 57

Roller 5-0-11, Kempton 1-0-2, Calkins 2-0-4, Plant 3-0-9, Brown, Bartolome 1-0-3, Rodgerson 7-2-16, Urrutia 1-0-2, Stults 4-3-11

3-pt. goals: Phillips 3, Curtis 2; Roller, Plant 3

Halftime: Gordon 34-25