Raymond lifts EMCC past Unity Marble leads USM past UMass Boston

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UNITY – Jennifer Raymond turned a driving layup into a three-point play with 26 seconds remaining to break a 52-52 tie and give Eastern Maine Community College a 55-52 women’s basketball win over Unity in a Yankee Conference Northern Division playoff game Tuesday night.

EMCC of Bangor will travel to meet top seed Central Maine Community College on Thursday in Auburn.

Raymond finished with 15 points, Alicia Drost scored 13, and Stephanie Kennedy contributed nine.

Lindsay Smith’s game-high 16 points, Christine Blakesley’s 14, and Brianna Duguay’s 12 paced Unity.

Eastern Maine CC (6-10) 55

Foster 3-0-6, Trundy 2-0-5, Faulkner 1-3-5, Marden 1-0-2, Drost 4-2-13, Kennedy 4-0-9, Fitzmaurice, Thompson, Raymond 6-3-15

Unity (5-11) 52

Smith 6-3-16, Charters 3-0-6, Bowerman 0-2-2, Blakesley 6-0-14, Duguay 6-0-12, Butterly 1-0-2, Kedziora

3-pt. goals: Drost 3, Kennedy, Trundy; Blakesley 2, Smith

Halftime: 24-24

So. Maine 75, UMass Boston 47

At Gorham, Ashley Marble scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead the Huskies to their 18th straight win.

Tiffany Jones and Jen Webster added a dozen points each, and Megan Myles had 10.

Ashley Greene topped the Beacons with 10 points.

UMass Boston (6-13) 47

Bertolini 2-1-5, Mitchell 1-0-3, Greene 3-4-10, Gelaw, Ouellette, Matel 2-1-5, Darville 2-1-6, Reske 3-0-8, Towne 2-0-4, Ridge 1-0-2, Jones 2-0-4, Haygood

Southern Maine (21-1) 75

Welch 0-1-1, Cowing 0-2-2, Thibaudeau 0-1-1, Sibley 2-5-9, Marble 4-4-12, Frost 1-2-5, Jones 3-5-12, Pariseau 1-1-3, Myles 4-2-10, Webster 5-1-12, Kynoch 2-1-5, Samuelson 0-3-3

3-pt. goals: Reske 2, Mitchell, Darville; Frost, Jones, Webster

Halftime: USM 46-26

Men’s basketball

Eastern Maine CC 69, Unity 48

At Bangor, Daryl Watson recorded 19 points and eight assists to pace the Golden Eagles.

Kyle Arbuckle contributed 12 points and Shane Alley 11. Joey Dionne added 14 rebounds for EMCC.

Jeremy Kervin had a game-high 23 points for the Unity Rams. Noah Schieder and Jarad Erskine each scored 10.

Unity 48

Harder 0-1-1, Rafferty, Schieder 5-0-10, Kervin 7-9-23, Lucas, Erskine 4-2-10, Bearce 1-2-4, Bolonick, Mitchel

Eastern Maine CC 69

Arbuckle 5-0-12, Bealieu 3-0-9, Boyington 1-1-4, Curtis 1-0-2, Dionne 1-0-2, Peebles 4-0-10, Watson 8-0-19, Alley 5-0-11

3-pt. goals: Arbuckle 2, Bealieu 3, Boyington, Peebles 2, Watson 3, Alley

Halftime: EMCC 37-24

USM 82, UMass oston 73

At Gorham, Caleb Sayward scored 20 points to help lead the University of Southern Maine to the win.

Ryan Garland netted 17 points for the Huskies and Jason Levecque had 10 points and seven assists.

Roger Perry scored 20 points for the University of Massachusetts at Boston.

UMass Boston (5-17) 73

Perry 5-10-20, Ramos 6-3-16, Yuan 1-0-2, Hall 5-6-16, Barros 2-2-8, Pierribia 4-1-11, Proulx

Southern Maine (8-14) 82

Lovely 3-0-8, Francoeur 3-0-7, Levecque 4-2-10, Garland 6-0-17, McKinnell 4-1-17, Casterella 1-0-2, Sayward 10-0-20, Hardwick 4-1-9, Fulcher, Hebert, Bigelow

3-pt. goals: Barros 2, Pierribia 2, Ramos; Garland 5, Lovely 2, Francoeur

Halftime: Southern Maine 36-34