FARMINGTON – Carmen Ballard made the first of two free-throw attempts with eight seconds remaining, lifting Husson College of Bangor to an important women’s North Atlantic Conference victory over UMaine-Farmington, 54-53, Tuesday night.

UMaine-Farmington rebounded Ballard’s miss and got off a 3-pointer that missed at the buzzer.

The Braves, who have clinched the NAC East title and a quarterfinal home game, can wrap up home court throughout the league playoffs with a win this weekend.

Husson, which overcame an 11-point, second-half deficit, got 14 points from Sarah Davis and 12 from Crystal Martin.

UMF was paced by Karen Sirois’ 11 points and nine rebounds and 10 points and nine boards from Kate LaHaye.

Husson (19-4) 54

Mullenix 3-0-8, Martin 4-2-12, Comeau, Ballard 1-1-3, Hughes 2-5-9, Davis 5-1-14, Gracie 1-2-5, McIntosh 1-1-3

UM-Farmington (17-6) 53

Mayer 1-1-3, Boyd, Cyr 1-0-3, Sirois 3-5-11, Simpson 2-4-9, Haines 2-0-6, Rideout 1-0-2, Kempton 1-0-3, Stanley 2-0-6, LaHaye 5-0-10, Ochs

3-pt. goals: Mullenix 2, Martin 2, Davis 3, Gracie; Cyr, Simpson, Haines 2, Kempton, Stanley 2

Halftime: UMF 27-22

Thomas 57, Maine Maritime 42

At Waterville, Courtney Corbett and Kim Drosdik each contributed 14 points to the Terriers win.

Heather Carter added another 13 for the home team.

Meghan Marshall led the Mariners with 10 points.

Maine Maritime Academy (10-12) 42

Moore 2-0-6, Marshall 4-2-10, Gott 3-1-8, Hayden 2-2-6, Parker 2-0-4, Johnson 1-2-5, Cloutier 1-0-2, Clapman, Dedham 0-1-1

Thomas (9-13) 57

Hathaway 0-3-3, Godley 2-1-5, Corbett 5-2-14, Lessard 1-2-5, Fowler 0-3-3, Hayes, Drosdik 4-2-14, Carter 4-2-13

3-pt. goals: Moore 2, Gott, Johnson; Corbett 2, Lessard, Drosdik 4, Carter 3

Halftime: Thomas 30-21

USM 105, Plymouth State 46

At Plymouth, N.H., Jen Webster scored 23 points and Skowhegan’s Tiffany Jones added 20 to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a big win.

The Huskies, now 23-1 overall and 13-0 in the Little East Conference, had five double-digit scorers including Newport’s Lindsey Welch (12), Calais’ Katie Frost (10), and Weeks Mills’ Donna Cowing (10).

Courtney O’Clair led PSU with 11 points.

Southern Maine (23-1) 105

Jones 8-2-20, Myles 4-0-9, Webster 7-7-23, Sibley, Frost 4-0-10, Welch 4-1-12, Cowing 3-3-10, Thibaudeau 1-0-3, Marble 2-0-4, Pariseau 1-0-2, Kynoch 4-0-8, Samuelson 1-2-4

Plymouth State (10-14) 46

Oswalt 0-5-5, Susat 2-5-9, Devereaux 1-0-2, Allen 4-0-8, Kane 1-0-3, O’Clair 4-1-11, Perry 1-0-3, Silva, Thomas 2-1-5

3-pt. goals: Welch 3, Jones 2, Webster 2, Frost 2, Cowing, Thibaudeau, Myles; O’Clair 2, Perry, Kane

Halftime: USM 61-28

Men’s basketball

UM-Farmington 77, Husson 53

At Farmington, Bobby Deetjen scored 16 points as the Beavers handled the Braves.

Trafton Teague netted 12 poitns and Luke Nielsen added 10 for UMaine-Farmington, which built a 15-point halftime lead.

Bill Beauregard’s 13 points paced Husson College of Bangor. Phil White added nine.

Husson (14-9) 53

Beauregard 5-2-13, J. White 1-3-5, Ailey 1-0-2, P. White 4-1-9, Leavitt 2-1-6, Mulligan 1-3-5, Demuth 1-2-5, Franzose, Ono, Muzzy 1-0-2, Grant 2-2-6

UM-Farmington (12-12) 77

Ginn 4-1-9, Magnusson 3-3-9, Bird, Neilsen 5-0-10, Deetjen 5-5-16, Facey, Gallagher 2-0-4, Teague 4-0-12, Berry 1-0-2, Drillen 0-1-1, Susi 3-0-7, Labrie 1-1-3, Carrier 1-2-4

3-pt. goals: Beauregard, Leavitt, Demuth; Deetjen, Teague 4, Susi

Halftime: UM-Farmington 41-26

Plymouth State 92, So. Maine 65

At Plymouth, N.H., the hosts shot 48 percent from the field in beating the Huskies.

Anthony Oglesbee paced Plymouth State with 22 points and 10 rebounds.

Ryan Garland’s 16-point effort led Southern Maine of Gorham.

Southern Maine (8-16) 65

Garland 5-3-16, Casterella, McKinnell 1-0-2, Francoeur 1-4-6, Levecque 0-2-2, Bigelow, Lovely 1-4-6, Almy 0-3-3, Fulcher 2-2-7, Ouellette 1-4-6, Hebert 3-2-9, Sayward 2-2-6, Russell, Hardwick 1-0-2

Plymouth State (20-4) 92

Truman 1-0-3, Oglesby 7-8-22, Chicoine 2-0-4, Hutchins, Loughlin 4-4-14, Sullivan 1-0-3, Bopp, Cary, Pope 6-3-15, Boyle, Gaddy 2-2-6, Boggs 1-0-2, Mattson 1-0-2, Ruocco 0-2-2, Boutilier 6-5-17, Walcek 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Garland 3, Fulcher, Hebert; Truman, Loughlin, Sullivan

Halftime: Plymouth State 49-31

MMA 95, Thomas 83

At Waterville, Marc McCorrison scored 31 points – including a game-tying 3-pointer with three seconds left in regulation to lead the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners past Thomas College.

Matt Clement had 24 points and 20 rebounds for MMA. Neil Stewart scored 17 points and Adam Leclair added 10.

James Godley scored 19 to lead Thomas while Adam Rich and Matt Dillon each had 15. Dillon added nine rebounds and Nick Depalmer added 10 points.

Maine Maritime (12-9) 95

Leclair 2-5-10, Dunlap 2-0-5, Taylor 1-0-3, McCorrison 8-7-31, Clement 7-10-24, Poulin 0-2-2, Stewart 4-7-17, Russell 1-1-3

Thomas (5-18) 83

Rich 6-0-15, Godley 8-2-19, Dillon 5-2-15, Conrad 4-0-8, Depalmer 3-4-10, Beal 0-3-3, Grappi 2-1-5, Percy 2-4-8, Caron

3-pt. goals: McCorrison 8, Stewart 2, Leclair, Dunlap, Taylor; Dillon 3, Rich 3, Godley

Halftime: Maine Maritime 42-40