Bates women rout No. 2 Southern Maine 61-37

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LEWISTON – Meg Coffin scored a game-high 15 points and Olivia Zurek collected her 1,000th point to help Bates College shock the nation’s No. 2-ranked University of Southern Maine Huskies 61-37 in a women’s basketball game at Alumni Gym Tuesday night.

It was Bates’ first win over USM since Jan. 22, 1997.

Bates built a 27-13 halftime lead as the Huskies went just 6-for-26 (23.1 percent) from the floor including 0-for-8 from beyond the 3-point arc.

Betsy Hochadel contributed 11 points and Zurek finished with 10 points, six rebounds and six steals. Heather Taylor dished out eight assists.

Megan Myles’ 11 points, Katie Frost’s eight and Ashley Marble’s game-high nine rebounds led USM, which committed 26 turnovers.

Southern Maine (2-1) 37

Marble 2-2-6, Frost 3-0-8, Myles 5-0-11, Lindsey Welch 1-0-3, Cowing 1-1-3, Sylvain 1-0-2, Kynoch 1-0-2, Lisa Welch 1-0-2

Bates (3-0) 61

Coffin 6-3-15, Barton 2-0-5, Zurek 5-0-10, Hochadel 2-6-11, Decato 3-0-8, Schouten 2-0-6, Whiting 2-0-4, Blakely 1-0-2, Taylor, Fitzgerald, Franklin, Hart, Kerkian-Winton

3-pt. goals: Frost 2, Myles, Lindsey Welch; Decato 2, Schouten 2, Barton, Hochadel

Halftime: Bates 27-13

Colby 60, Gordon 43

At Waterville, Kathleen Nicholson had 14 points and 13 rebounds to help lead Colby College to the victory.

Katie McCabe scored 17 points for Colby and Wendy Bonner had nine rebounds.

Genny McWhorter had 17 points for Gordon College of Wenham, Mass.

Gordon (0-3) 43

DeLuca 4-0-8, O’Connell 1-0-3, McWhorter 6-2-17, Pillsbury 3-1-7, Hubbard 2-1-6, Helgesen 1-0-2, Arruda, Pinkham, Huseland, Van Dolson, Frank

Colby (2-1) 60

Williamson 1-3-5, Nicholson 5-4-14, Bonner 2-2-6, Rosbash 3-1-8, McCabe 7-3-17, Rice 1-0-2, Harris 2-0-6, Davis 0-2-2, Riley, Chanin

3-pt. goals: McWhorter 3, O’Connell, Hubbard; Harris 2, Rosbash

Halftime: Colby 29-28

Bowdoin 81, UNE 29

At Biddeford, Eileen Flaherty scored 16 points to help lead Bowdoin College to victory.

Erika Nickerson scored 10 points for the Polar Bears.

Katie Morin and Essie McKinnon each scored seven points for the University of New England.

Bowdoin (3-0) 81

Flaherty 8-0-16, Nickerson 5-0-10, Pouravelis 4-1-9, Russell 3-2-9, Loonin 3-0-8, Berne 3-0-7, Smith 3-1-7, Withey 2-0-5, Cummings 1-3-5, Watson 1-2-5

University of New England (2-1) 29

Morin 3-0-7, McKinnon 3-1-7, Hesketh 3-0-6, MacDonald 2-0-5, Peterson 1-0-2, Hilaire 1-0-2, Royer, Bailey, Weston, Ouellette, Kelly, Rooney, Rutherford

3-pt. goals: Loonin 2, Withey, Russell, Berne, Watson; Morin, MacDonald

Halftime: Bowdoin 46-18

Men’s basketball

Babson 80, Colby 69

At Waterville, Jeff Nicholson scored 23 points and had eight rebounds to help lead Babson College to the win.

Drew Cohen had 17 points, seven rebounds, and six blocked shots for Colby College and Pat McGowan scored 15 points and had four steals.

Babson (3-0) 80

Elliman 5-4-15, Parsons 1-0-3, Bush 3-1-7, Brown 4-0-10, Enere 5-3-13, Votta 1-1-3, Riffe 1-0-3, McDonald 1-1-3, Nicholson 8-5-23, Ponitz

Colby (2-1) 69

Cohen 8-1-17, Cushman 3-2-8, Jenkins 2-0-5, McGowan 5-2-15, Westbrooks 1-0-2, Nale 1-0-2, Farrell 4-1-9, Dick 1-0-3, Rutherford 3-1-8, Decker

3-pt. goals: Brown 2, Nicholson 2, Elliman, Parsons, Riffe; McGowan 3, Jenkins, Dick, Rutherford

Halftime: 33-33

Bates 77, Southern Maine 62

At Lewiston, Rob Stockwell scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to pace Bates.

Brian Gerrity had 18 points for the Bobcats, Elliott Tinsley contributed 10 and Zak Ray had a game-high seven assists.

Mike Francoeur and Jason Levecque had 17 points apiece for Southern Maine of Gorham.

Southern Maine (1-2) 62

Francoeur 6-3-17, Levecque 6-5-17, Garland 1-3-5, McKinnell 3-5-11, Sayward 2-0-4, Randall, Oakley, Donar, Daniels 0-2-2, Goodale, Hebert, Casterella, Favis, Hardwick 3-0-6

Bates (3-0) 77

Ray 2-2-6, Gerrity 7-2-18, Stockwell 10-4-26, Furbush 1-0-2, Linsley 3-4-10, Wholey 2-0-4, Cahill 1-1-3, Shone, Chudomel 2-2-6, Keohan, Rivera 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Francoeur 2; Gerrity 2, Stockwell 2

Halftime: Bates 33-24