Unity women top SMTC Blakesley’s 22-point outing puts a charge into Rams

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UNITY – Christine Blakesley scored 22 points to help lead Unity College past Southern Maine Tech 53-43 in women’s basketball action Tuesday night.

Lyndsey Smith contributed with 11 points for the Rams.

Bethany Messer led Southern Maine Technical College of South Portland with 13 points while Jess Langella had 12 and Chandra Cardelli added 10.

Southern Maine Tech. (5-3) 43

Langella 3-5-12, Cardelli 3-4-10, Messer 5-3-13, Snell 1-0-2, Miles 1-1-3, Speed 1-1-3, Moshinskie, Horak, Oberg

Unity (5-4) 53

Smith 3-5-11, Charters 1-02, Ebert 0-1-1, Blakesley 10-2-22, Hewitt 4-0-8, Lowell 4-1-9, Bowerman, Rhodes, Holbrook

3-pt. goals: Langella

Halftime: Unity 25-20

Plymouth State 77, USM 66

At Plymouth, N.H., Courtney Albert scored 20 points and pulled down 16 rebounds to help power Plymouth State past USM.

Heather Adey, Jenn Pelletier and Whitney Morin each contributed with 12 points for Plymouth State.

Tiffany Jones netted 26 points for Southern Maine while Megan Cressler had 13 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. Jessica Libby helped out with 10 points for the Huskies.

Southern Maine (13-3) 66

Crockett 3-0-6, Cressler 5-0-13, Jones 10-3-26, Libby 4-0-10, Allen 1-1-3, Cowing 1-0-3, Tong 1-0-3, Stetler 1-0-2, Frost

Plymouth State (9-5) 77

Oswalt 2-0-4, Adey 5-2-12, Albert 7-4-20, Pelletier 3-2-12, Morin 3-6-12, Adams 2-2-7, Allen 2-2-6, Susat 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Cressler 3, Jones 3, Libby 2, Cowing, Tong; Pelletier, Alberty, Adams

Halftime: Southern Maine 36-29

UM-Farmington 71, Husson 60

At Newman Gym in Bangor, Houlton’s Hannah Socoby scored 17 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out four assists as UM-Farmington pulled away from Husson in the second half after holding a three-point halftime lead.

Jocelyn Sawyer and Megan Woodcock had 10 points apiece and Sawyer went over the 1,000-point mark for her career. Sawyer also hauled down a game-high nine rebounds.

Holly Gracie scored a game-high 22 points for Husson and handed out four assists. Brooke Turner scored 10 points and Liz Boone grabbed a team-high five rebounds.

UM-Farmington (11-2) 71

Socoby 3-10-17, Sawyer 2-6-10, Coverdale 2-0-4, Kempton 2-0-5, LaHaye 4-0-8, Rideout 2-0-5, Woodcock 3-2-10, Cyr, Stanley, Haines 3-1-8, Hunt 2-0-4,

Husson (4-8) 60

Turner 3-4-10, Boone 1-1-3, Comeau 1-1-3, Hughes 2-2-6, Gracie 7-6-22, Mullenix 3-0-8, S. Fry, Davis 3-0-8, Poirier, C. Fry

3-pt. goals: Woodcock 2, Socoby, Kempton, Rideout, Haines; Mullenix 2, Gracie 2, Davis 2

Halftime: UMF 32-29

Bowdoin 66, Bates 48

At Lewiston, Lora Trenkle poured in a game-high 25 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to propel seventh-ranked Bowdoin of Brunswick to victory.

Kristi Royer netted 13 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Polar Bears.

Olivia Zurek and Heather Taylor led Bates with seven points each.

Bowdoin(13-1) 66

Royer 5-3-13, Nickerson 2-0-4, Trotta 1-0-3, Trenkle 10-2-25, Smith 4-0-8, Withey 1-5-7, Bramwell 1-4-6, Pouravelis, Damon, Russell, Pellegrini

Bates (9-4) 48

Flaherty 3-0-6, Zurek 3-1-7, Hochadel, Price 1-0-3, Taylor 2-3-7, Decato 2-2-6, Santy, Nafe, Grossman, deFranco, Dubois 2-2-6, Whiting 2-0-5, Blakely 1-0-2, Vincent, Golobski 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Trotta, Trenkle 3; Price, Whiting

Halftime: Bowdoin 37-25

Men’s basketball

Bowdoin 69, MMA 47

At Brunswick, Bowdoin held Maine Maritime Academy of Castine to only 28 percent shooting in the first half en route to breaking its six-game losing streak.

Braden Clement paced the Polar Bears with 16 points and Mark Yakavonis added 11.

Jed Johnson led MMA with 20 points and 16 rebounds and Matt Clement added 13 points.

MMA (7-3) 47

Johnson 9-2-20, LeClair 1-4-7, Dunlap 1-0-2, Newland, M. Clement 6-1-13, Schmidt, Guilford, Taylor 1-1-3, Russell 0-1-1, Haskell 0-1-1

Bowdoin (6-8) 69

Petrie 3-0-6, Ginn 4-0-9, McLeod 3-3-9, B. Clement 6-4-16, Yakavonis 5-0-11, Walker 1-0-2, Ordway 1-0-2, Gildart 2-0-6, Harding, Lopez, Fleck 4-0-8

3-pt. goals: LeClair; Ginn, B. Clement 4, Gildart 2

Halftime: Bowdoin 41-20

Indiana 69, Ohio State 51

At Bloomington, Ind., relying on tough defense and 15 points from Marshall Strickland, No. 14 Indiana beat Ohio State 69-51 Tuesday night to earn a split in the season series.

The Hoosiers (14-3, 4-1 Big Ten) won their third straight game, all without leading scorer Bracey Wright, and their 10th in a row at home. Wright sat out because of a nerve injury in his back.

Ohio State (8-8, 1-4) was led by Brent Darby, who scored all 18 of his points in the second half after missing his first eight shots. The Buckeyes lost their third straight since beating Indiana in Columbus, Ohio.

The game was a throwback to old-time Big Ten basketball, when physical play dominated.

There were skirmishes, pushes and shoves, and a raucous crowd that helped take Ohio State out of its offense. The Buckeyes scored a season-low 17 points in the first half, shooting 6-of-25 to fall behind 27-17.

Ohio State shot just 26.8 percent for the game.

If the Buckeyes thought things were going to get easier in the second half, Indiana made sure they didn’t. Tom Coverdale and Darby got into a shoving match early in the second half, bringing several Buckeyes and Indiana coach Mike Davis off the bench. Ohio State’s Nick Sherman was ejected for coming off the bench.

After the Hoosiers opened a 37-27 lead, tempers flared again. George Leach was called for his fourth foul and Jeff Newton was called for a technical, also his fourth foul, on the same play. Ohio State made all four free throws to close to 37-31.

Indiana rebuilt a 43-31 lead on Strickland’s 17-footer with 9:33 to go, but Ohio State used a 9-2 run to get to 50-45.

The Hoosiers put the game away with a late 12-2 spurt.

Notre Dame 71, Providence 65

At Providence, R.I., Chris Thomas scored 23 points and Matt Carroll had 21 as No. 16 Notre Dame won on the road for the first time this season, beating Providence 71-65 Tuesday night.

The Fighting Irish (15-3, 3-1) had played on another team’s court only twice this season, losses to Pittsburgh and Kentucky. Notre Dame struggled with most of its offense against Providence (9-7, 2-3) except for from the free throw line where it went 21-for-25, including 10-for-13 over the final 5:04.

Ryan Gomes had 21 points and 13 rebounds for the Friars, who stayed close despite opening the second half by making two of their first 17 shots from the field.

Carroll hit a 3-pointer to make it 59-52 with 5:52 left and his two free throws with 5:04 to play made it 61-54. Freshman point guard Donnie McGrath scored the last four points of Providence’s 8-3 run that made it 64-62 with 2:28 left, but that was as close as the Friars would get. Providence has lost three of four.

Thomas made two free throws with 2:21 to play and after a miss by Providence’s Marcus Douthit, Jordan Cornette scored down low with 1:27 left, Notre Dame’s only field goal over the final 5:50. The Irish started spreading the floor and running down the shot clock with nine minutes to play.

Thomas, who had six assists, was coming off a 4-for-17 shooting effort in the loss to Kentucky and he was 8-for-17 against the Friars, including 1-for-7 from 3-point range as the Irish were only 4-for-19 from beyond the arc.

Torin Francis added 13 points for Notre Dame, which shot 42.6 percent (23-for-54).

McGrath had 16 points for the Friars, who were 22-for-57 from the field (38.6 percent).

Ball St. 91, E. Michigan 90

At Ypsilanti, Mich., Chris Williams scored 27 points, including the game-winning free throws with 21.8 seconds left, as Ball State beat Eastern Michigan 91-90 on Tuesday night.

The Eagles twice had a chance to win the game on their last possession, but Steve Pettyjohn missed a running layup with under five seconds left. After his shot was knocked out of bounds by Ball State with 2.6 seconds left, Markus Austin missed a 19-foot jumper as the buzzer sounded.

After Eastern (7-7, 1-4 Mid-American) took an 88-86 lead on a putback by Ricky Cottrill with 1:03 left, Ball State (7-9, 2-4) answered with a 3-pointer by Matt McCollom to go up 89-88 with 45.8 seconds remaining.

A pair of Austin free throws with 34.4 seconds left gave the Eagles a 90-89 lead, but Williams was fouled as he was driving to the basket on the Ball State’s next possession, setting up the game-winning shots.

Neither team led by more than seven points in a game that featured 11 ties and 14 lead changes. McCollom had 22 points for the Cardinals, all in the second half.

Ryan Prillman led the Eagles with 28 points, while Austin added 25.