STANDISH -The Husson College Braves started their season on a positive note as co-captains Randy Fletcher and Ryan Rivera scored 17 and 13 points, respectively, for a 67-50 men’s basketball win over Colby College in the Maine Event Tournament Friday night.

Andrius Zeikus chipped in with nine points and eight rebounds for the Braves of Bangor.

Patrick McGowan scored 15 to lead the White Mules of Waterville while Jared Cushman had 12.

Colby (0-1) 50

Cushman 5-2-12, Loukes 2-4-8, McGowan 6-3-15, Westbrooks 2-0-5, Crosman 2-0-4, Oflesh 1-0-2, Kampmann, Forlizzi, Dick, Jenkins 1-0-3, Miller, Bastain, Rutherford, Shers, Snyder-Fair

Husson (1-0) 67

Armenakis, Fletcher 8-1-17, Rivera 5-1-13, Pilsbury 3-0-7, Alley 3-1-8, Zeikus 4-0-8, Galley 1-2-4, White 2-0-4, Harvey 2-0-5

3-pt. goals: Westbrooks, Jenkins; Rivera 2, Pilsbury, Alley, Zeikus, Harvey

Halftime: Husson 26-21

St. Joseph’s 88, So. Maine 86

At Standish, C.J. Vose led the Monks in scoring with 23 points and also had five assists in the Maine Event Tourney.

Brandon Stewart and Samuel Olivero each added 18 points.

St. Joseph’s College (1-0) 88

Underwood 2-5-9, Vose 9-5-23, Dawan-Abdullah 3-2-9, Stewart 7-4-18, Olivero 6-6-18, Mitchell, McCabe 1-0-2, Pulkkinen, Pratt 1-0-3, Drayer 2-0-4, Nelson, Monteiro 1-0-2

University of Southern Maine (0-1) 86

Bigelow 3-2-11, Francoeur 8-2-23, Levecque 4-2-14, Tarbox 1-0-2, Garland 1-1-4, Lovely 3-1-10, Almy 1-0-2, Fulcher 1-0-3, Soucie, Casterella 2-2-6, Casavant 4-0-11, Russell

3-pt. goals: Bigelow 3, Francoeur 5, Levecque 4, Garland 1, Fulcher 1, Casavant 3; Dawan-Abdullah 1, Pratt 1

Halftime: Southern Maine 50-48

UMF 81, Colby-Sawyer 72

At Farmington, freshman Travis Magnusson put in 22 points as the Beavers earned a win in the second game of the Hight Chevy Tip-Off Tournament.

UMaine-Farmington will play in the championship game Saturday against Plymouth State, which defeated Fisher 89-76 in the first game.

Women’s basketball

Bates 109, Thomas 48

At Lewiston, Carla Flaherty led the Bobcats with 24 points, and Olivia Zurek came off the bench to notch a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.

Thomas (0-1) 48

Lovely 5-4-16, Corbett 3-1-7, Cray 6-1-13, Leclerc 1-3-5, Day 1-0-2, Hathaway 0-1-1, Riley 0-1-1, Lessard 1-0-3, Arute, Gurney, Parris

Bates (1-0) 109

Flaherty 8-7-24, DuBois 4-0-8, Golobski 3-1-7, Price 4-0-9, Taylor 4-2-10, Decato 1-0-2, Santy, Nafe 4-0-11, Grossman 1-1-3, deFranco 1-3-5, Zurek 6-3-15, Hochadel 1-0-2, Whiting 2-0-4, Blakely 1-1-3, Vincent 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Lovely 2, Lessard; Nafe 3, Flaherty, Price

Halftime: Bates 50-20

Southern Maine 93, Husson 35

At Gorham, the Huskies erupted for a 26-1 scoring run over a nine-minute first-half span to roll past the Braves of Bangor in the University of Southern Maine Tip-Off Tourney.

The Ithaca College Bombers beat UMaine-Farmington in the first game 65-57 to set up a Saturday final.

Jess Cyr paced USM with 12 points, Jess Libby added 11 and Kristen Tong netted 10. Sunshine Anders added eight points and eight rebounds.

Holly Gracie led Husson with 14 points and three assists and Megan Hughes grabbed nine rebounds.

Stephanie Cleary scored a game-high 21 points to lead Ithaca by UMF.

Hannah Socoby paced UMF with 17 points and seven rebounds while Kate LaHaye added 11 points and eight rebounds.

(First Game)

UMF (0-1) 57

Socoby 7-1-17, Sawyer 4-2-8, Rideout 1-0-3, Cyr 1-0-2, Coverdale 2-1-5, Kempton, Stanley 1-3-5, LaHaye 3-4-11, Hunt 2-0-4, Ochs

Ithaca (1-0) 65

Gawronski 3-4-10, Farenti, Brown 7-2-16, Swatling 1-0-2, Micho 2-0-4, Poole 1-2-4, Moore, Cleary 8-3-21, Cox, Brennan, Savignano 2-1-5, Post 1-0-3

3-pt. goals: Socoby 2, Rideout, LaHaye; Cleary 2

Halftime: Ithaca 35-27

(Second Game)

Husson (0-1) 35

Mullenix 2-1-5, Goehringer 1-0-2, Berard, Comeau 2-0-4, S. Fry, Hughes 2-0-4, Davis 1-0-2, Gracie 5-1-14, Turner 1-0-2, O’Brien, C. Fry 0-2-2

Southern Maine (1-0) 93

Cyr 4-1-12, Allen 2-0-5, Cowing, Morris 2-0-5, Cressler, Frost 2-0-6, Anders 3-2-8, Tong 4-0-10, Judkins 2-0-5, Jones 3-2-11, Stetler 3-1-7, Carver 2-2-6, Libby 4-0-11, Thibadeau 2-1-5, Crockett 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Gracie 3; Cyr 3, Allen, Morris, Frost 2, Tong 2, Judkins, Jones 3, Libby 3

Halftime: USM 42-17

Colby 81, Roger Williams 39

At the Colby Tournament in Waterville, Sarah Walsh scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Colby College White Mules to a season-opening win.

Roger Williams (0-1) 39

Fazio, Chartier 4-1-10, Gaynor 3-1-8, Whitson 0-4-4, Vose 3-5-11, Rosenau 2-0-4, Argotsinger, Decof, Burger 1-0-2, Parris

Colby (1-0) 81e

Belcher 2-0-4, DeAngelo 5-0-10, Bonner 3-2-8, O’Donnell 3-4-10, Walsh 9-0-18, Kelly 1-0-2, Burrows 1-0-2, Balboni 1-1-3, Emery 5-1-12, Green, Bourque 6-0-12

3-pt. goals: Chartier, Gaynor; Emery

Halftime: Colby 44-19

Plymouth State 73, St. Joseph’s 66

At Waterville, Whitney Morin’s 22-point effort led the Panthers past Saint Joseph’s in the first round of the Colby Tournament.

Courtney Albert had 14 points while Heather Adey added 12 for the Panthers.

Abbie Rice led the Monks with 18 points while Bangor’s Laura Pelkey scored 15 and Morgan Brownlee added 11.

Plymouth State (1-0) 73

Oswalt 1-0-2, Pelletier 4-2-10, Adey 6-0-12, Albert 5-4-14, Morin 8-3-22, Allen 5-0-10, Perry, Balles, Susat 1-0-2, Devereaux

Saint Joseph’s (0-1) 66

Pelkey 6-1-15, Gagnon 3-3-9, Tetrault 1-2-4, Rice 8-1-18, Brownlee 5-1-11, Gagnon 2-3-8, Regula, Blauvelt, Rauscher, Regan

3-pt. goals: Pelkey 2, Gagnon

Halftime: Plymouth State 37-25