November 18, 2024
COLLEGE ROUNDUP

Felician eliminates UM-Farmington men

FARMINGTON – Second-seeded Felician College jumped out to a 3-0 halftime lead to defeat unranked UMaine-Farmington 3-2 in the NAIA Region 10 men’s soccer tourney Friday.

Gary Hanley scored two goals for Felician of Lodi, N.J., and Mauro DiCiocco added the third off an assist from Erik Katynski.

UMF scored both of its goals in the second half as its comeback attempt fell short. David Sithole scored both goals for the Beavers off assists from Chris Vigazzi and Brian Mawhinney.

Hector Motei made three saves on 11 shots for 11-10 Felician. Mike Hauser and Ryan Hersey combined to make four saves on 11 shots for 14-4 Farmington.

Felician will face No. 1 Green Mountain next. Green Mountain defeated No. 4 Notre Dame of New Hampshire 1-0 earlier in the day.

Men’s basketball

Maryland 82, Temple 74

NEW YORK – Juan Dixon scored 15 of his 25 points on 3-pointers and No. 2 Maryland improved dramatically on its long-range shooting from its opening-game loss to beat No. 16 Temple 82-74 Friday night in the third-place game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.

In Thursday night’s stunning 71-67 loss to Arizona, the Terrapins (1-1) were just 7-for-27 from behind the arc. With Dixon leading the way against Temple’s matchup zone, Maryland improved to 63.2 (12-for-19).

Dixon, who was 5-for-10 on 3s in both games, hit three straight 3s in Maryland’s 14-2 run to close the first half that gave it a 39-32 lead. He hit another one 39 seconds into the second half to give the Terrapins their first double-digit lead of the game.

Temple (0-2), which lost 72-64 to No. 6 Florida on Thursday, was within 61-58 on a rebound basket by Kevin Lyde with 4:20 left, but Byron Mouton and Steve Blake started and ended an 8-0 run with 3s to give the Terrapins a 69-58 lead with 2:11.

Lynn Greer, who led Temple with 27 points, kept the Owls close in the final minute with three 3-pointers, but Maryland closed the game by going 10-for-10 from the free throw line over the final 1:03.

Against Arizona, the Terrapins were just 4-for-12 from the foul line and until the closing streak it wasn’t much better against Temple as they finished 18-for-28.

Blake added 20 points for Maryland, while Mouton had 13.

Greer finished 3-for-6 from 3-point range and the Owls were 9-for-26 (34.6 percent). Lyde added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Temple, while freshman Brian Polk had 11 points.


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