Rivers leads EMCC men to victory over Falcons

BANGOR – Mark Rivers tossed in 34 points Monday night as Eastern Maine Community College earned a 114-91 men’s basketball victory over Northern Maine Community College of Presque Isle.

Bruce Boyington added 14 points and Richard Korhonen 12 for the Golden Eagles, while Brooks Dyer had 10. Joe Willette had 11 rebounds and Jason Chasse had eight points and 10 boards.

Craig Durost paced the Falcons with a 29 points and Peter Baker tallied 28.

Northern Maine CC (1-3) 91

Durost 10-7-29, Baker 11-6-28, Nadeau 1-6-9, Worster 3-1-8, Hogan 2-1-5, Poisson 3-0-7, McCullough 2-1-5

Eastern Maine CC (4-2) 114

Rivers 13-7-34, Boyington 5-1-14, Dyer 3-4-10, Korhonen 5-1-12, Allen 2-0-5, Erickson 2-2-7, Alley 1-2-4, Willette 2-0-5, Chasse 3-1-8, Douglas 2-0-4, Crohl 3-0-6, Lindahl 2-0-5

3-pt. goals: Durost 2, Nadeau, Worster, Poisson; Boyington 3, Rivers, Korhonen, Allen, Erickson, Willette, Chasse, Lindahl

Halftime: EMCC 52-39

UMF 93, St. Joseph’s 66

At Standish, Steve Ginn poured in 23 points to power the Beavers to victory.

Travis Magnusson netted 16 points with five assists and Trafton Teague provided 14 points and six rebounds for 3-0 UMaine-Farmington.

Steve Monteiro’s game-high 24 points paced St. Joseph’s. Jon Pratt tossed in 16.

UM-Farmington (3-0) 66

Ginn 8-3-23, Magnusson 7-2-16, Teague 5-2-14, Neilsen 3-1-7, Deetjen 3-3-10, Milliken, Tracy 0-2-2, St. John 1-0-3, Fry, Hunt 1-0-3, Nichols 0-1-1, Drillen, Hutchinson 1-0-2, Susi 1-4-6, Carrier 2-0-4, McIver 1-0-2

St. Joseph’s (1-2) 66

LaRoche 2-0-5, Pulkkinen 0-2-2, Alexander 3-0-6, Mileski 2-0-5, Monteiro 8-6-24, Cogswell, Schacht 3-0-6, Pratt 6-4-16, Moore, Castor, James 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Ginn 4, Teague 2, Deetjen, St. John, Hunt; LaRoche, Mileski, Monteiro 2

Halftime: UMF 51-28