Maine women, BU men notch victories Terriers strong late, take sixth straight over Bears

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BOSTON – Jason Grochowalski scored 13 points and Rashad Bell added 12 points to lead Boston University past Maine 71-65 Wednesday night, the Terriers’ 12th win in 13 games.

Boston (12-4, 6-1 America East) outscored the Black Bears 13-7 down the stretch for its six straight win over Maine (10-6, 4-3).

The lead changed hands 12 times in the second half, and neither team held lead larger than three points until Matt Turner hit a 3-pointer to put Boston ahead 63-57 with 2:26 left.

Turner had rallied the Terriers from a 52-51 deficit with a jumper and a 3-pointer on consecutive possessions to put Boston ahead to stay, 56-53, with 4:38 left.

Grochowalski made it a three-possession game by hitting a 3-pointer with 1:06 left to give the Terriers a 66-59 lead.

The Terriers had no answer for center Mark Flavin in the first half. Flavin had 20 points and eight rebounds by halftime to help put the Black Bears ahead 38-35.

Flavin scored 24 points, and pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds to lead Maine. Eric Dobson added 17 points for the Black Bears.

TERRIERS 71, BLACK BEARS 65

Maine (10-6) Boston Univ. (12-4)

Player G AG F AF TP Player G AG AF TP

Dobson 5 12 7 8 17 Fitzgerald 3 6

Flavin 7 13 10 14 24 Bell 5 13 12

Reed 2 7 2 2 7 Wynn 2 6 2 6

Campbell 1 3 2 2 5 Carr 3 8 9

Markwood 2 4 1 4 6 Butt 2 3 6

Hadjisotirov 1 5 0 0 3 Martin 0 1 0

Petkus 1 4 0 0 3 Brower 0 1 0

Dubois 0 0 0 0 0 Grochwlski 5 13

Gardner 2 2 1 5

Turner 3 9 2 10

Daccarett 2 2 4

Totals 19 48 22 30 65 Totals 27 60 11 17 71

Maine 38 65

Boston Univ. 35 71

3-pt. goals ? Maine (5-18): Dobson 0-1, Flavin 0-1, Reed 1-4, Campbell 1-2, Markwood 1-3, Hadjisotirov 1-3, Petkus 1-4; BU (6-19): Fitzgerald 0-2, Bell 0-2, Wynn 0-1, Carr 1-2, Butt 1-2, Martin 0-1, Grochowalski 2-3, Turner 2-6

Attendance: 805

UM-Machias 96, Unity 44

At Machias, Gary Dussard scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds to carry UMaine-Machias by Unity.

Phil Munroe chipped in with 14 points for UMM and Bayi Handy had 12 points and six assists. Hank Garrett added 11 points.

Jeremy Kervin paced Unity with 16 points and Grant Harter added 10.

Unity 44

Verrill 1-1-3, Harter 3-4-10, Schneider 3-2-9, Rafferty, Bearce 1-0-2, Kervin 8-0-16, Delswick 1-2-4

UMM 96

Munroe 7-0-14, Dussard 7-2-16, Handy 5-0-12, Liburd, Garrett 3-2-11, Holyfield 1-0-2, Midgley 3-2-8, Gayle 4-1-9, Johnson 3-2-8, Camack 1-0-3, Simmons 3-2-8, Cerimagic, Morgan 2-1-5

3-pt. goals: Schneider; Handy 2, Garrett 3, Camack

Halftime: UMM 53-24

MMA 75, Thomas 73

At Castine, the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners jumped to a 17-point halftime lead and then held off the Terriers of Waterville.

Neil Stewart paced MMA with 28 points and 16 rebounds. B.J. Dunlap added 17 points and Adam LeClair had 10.

Adam Rich paced Thomas with 22 points, including seven 3-pointers. James Godley put in 13 points and Ryan Conrad had 10.

Thomas 73

Rich 7-1-22, Beal 0-3-3, Johnson, Godley 5-3-13, Grappi 1-0-3, Percy 0-3-3, Woodworth 0-5-5, Dillon, Caron, Conrad 3-4-10, Brackett 1-0-2, Blodgett 2-1-5, DePalmer 2-3-7

MMA 75

Poulin 0-5-5, Stewart 6-16-28, Schmidt, LeClair 3-2-10, Dunlap 6-0-17, Taylor 1-2-5, McCorrison1-0-2, Russell 2-4-8

3-pt. goals: Rich 7, Grappi; LeClair 2, Dunlap 5, Taylor

Halftime: MMA 48-25

Women’s basketball

Thomas 63, MMA 57

At Castine, Tammy Fowler scored 26 points and Shaunna Lessard added 14 to lead the Terriers of Waterville by Maine Maritime Academy.

Shelly Gott paced MMA with 20 points.

Thomas 63

Hathaway 1-1-4, Godley 1-0-3, Leduc 1-1-3, Hayes 2-0-4, Corbett 2-2-7, Lessard 5-2-14, Fowler 7-9-26, Carter 0-2-2

MMA 57

Johnson 1-0-2, Moore 1-1-4, Jones, Marshall 2-1-5, Cloutier 3-1-7, Gott 4-11-20, Hayden 3-0-6, Clapham 1-6-8, Denham, Parker 2-1-5

3-pt. goals: Hathaway, Godley, Corbett, Lessard 2, Fowler 3; Moore, Gott

Halftime: MMAa 28-26