Gagnon powers St. Joe’s to victory

STANDISH – Tara Gagnon scored 21 points as the St. Joseph’s women’s basketball team overcame a seven-point halftime deficit to edge Thomas College 68-66 Thursday night at the Alfond Recreation Center.

Erin Lovely topped all scorers with 33 points for Thomas.

St. Joseph’s (15-9) 68

Pelkey, Gagnon 8-5-21, Tetrault 2-1-5, Rice 5-7-17, Blauvelt 7-0-14, Gagnon, Regula 1-0-2, Regan 3-0-9

Thomas (7-16) 66

Hathaway 1-0-3, Leclerc 3-0-6, Lovely 13-1-33, Corbet 4-3-11, Lessard 2-0-5, Riley 3-0-7, Day, Gurney 0-1-1

3-pt. goals: Regan 3; Lovely 6Hathaway, Lessard, Riley

Halftime: Thomas 42-35

Men’s basketball

Saint Joseph’s 96, Thomas 60

At Standish, Monks won their home court finale as senior C.J. Vose scored 20 points and moved into fourth place on the school’s all-time scoring list with 1,818 points.

Will Nickerson led the Terriers of Waterville with 15 points while Adam Rich added 13.

Thomas (5-15) 60

Rich 5-1-13, Godley 3-0-7, Grappi, Woodworth 2-2-6, Nickerson 5-5-15, Beal 0-2-2, Laraia, Woodbury, Caron, Card 3-2-10, DePalmer 3-1-7

Saint Joseph’s (20-4) 96

Underwood 2-2-6, Vose 9-2-20, Drayer 2-0-4, Seaver 3-2-9, Dawan-Abdullah 5-5-16, Stewart 3-2-8, Bouzan 1-0-3, Olivero 1-0-2, Mitchell, McCabe 3-0-6, Pratt 3-0-9, Nelson 1-0-3, Monteiro 3-4-10

3-pt. goals: Rich 2, Card 2, Godley; Pratt 3, Nelson, Bouzan, Dawan-Abdullah, Seaver

Halftime: Saint Joseph’s 47-29