HARTFORD, Conn. – A late rally that cut a 14-point deficit with four minutes left to three with just less than a minute to go wasn’t enough to help the University of Maine men’s basketball team avoid its fourth loss in its last five games Wednesday night.

Junior guard Ernest Turner scored a career-high 30 points, but it couldn’t stop the University of Hartford from posting a 73-67 victory over the Black Bears at Reich Family Pavilion.

Hartford improves to 6-10 overall and 2-5 in America East play. Maine dips to 8-8 and 3-4.

Maine narrowed a Hawks’ lead that peaked at 16 points in the second half to 67-64 with 48 seconds left, but Hartford reeled off five unanswered points.

Junior point guard Charles Ford scored seven of his nine total points and six in the final four minutes from the foul line to help the Hawks pull away.

“We’ve got to get back to work on a few things,” said Ted Woodward in a postgame interview. “We turned the ball over way too much.”

Maine committed 22 turnovers for the second straight game. Hartford had 17.

Maine had two other double-digit scorers as junior guard Kevin Reed of Yarmouth, Mass., and senior forward Mark Flavin of Weymouth, Mass., finished with 16 and 14 points, respectively.

Reed also grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds while Flavin had six.

David Ruffin led the Hawks with 24 points. Brian Glowiak and Aaron Cook scored 11 and 10 points, respectively. Ruffin also had five rebounds, five steals, and four assists.

The Hawks outshot the Bears 45.6 percent to 43.1 percent from the field in the game.

HAWKS 73, BLACK BEARS 67

Maine (8-8) Hartford (6-10)

Player G AG F AF TP Player G AG AF TP

Turner 11 20 5 6 30 Cook 3 11 10

Hight 1 2 0 0 2 Ford 1 3 9

Reed 6 14 1 2 16 Ruffin 10 16 4 24

Dubois 1 3 0 1 2 Regan 1 2 3

Campbell 0 5 2 2 2 Taylor 1 7 2

Bruff 0 1 1 2 1 Rembert 1 1 3

Flavin 6 11 0 0 14 Lowndes 3 5 6

Ahvenniemi 0 2 0 0 0 Goode 1 2 2

Glowiak 4 8 0 11

Zimnickas 1 2 3

Totals 25 58 9 13 67 Totals 26 57 15 21 73

Maine 27 67

Hartford 38 73

3-pt. goals – Maine (8-18): Turner 3-4, Reed 3-7, Flavin 2-3, Hight 0-1, Bruff 0-1, Campbell 0-2; Hartford (6-15): Glowiak 3-7, Cook 2-6, Rembert 1-1, Ford 0-1

Attendance: 1,149

Husson 66, UM-Farmington 45

At Farmington, Husson held UMF to 25 percent shooting en route to its seventh straight win.

Buddy Leavitt scored 16 points for Husson of Bangor, which outscored UMF 43-23 after intermission.

Sheraud Lee and Tyler Muzzy chipped in with 14 points apiece for the winners and Phil White added 12.

Travis Magnusson, who scored his 1,000th career point, led the Beavers with 11.

Husson (9-5) 66

Miller, Frost 1-2-4, Le 4-5-14, Muzzy 5-3-14, Grant, Harvey 1-4-12, Philbrick, Clark, Henry, Leavitt 5-4-16

UM-Farmington (9-6) 45

Ginn 2-1-7, Magnusson 4-2-11, Tracy, Teague 0-3-3, St. John 1-0-3, Fry 1-0-2, Drillen 1-0-3, Nielsen 1-2-4, Deetjen, Hutchinson 1-1-3, Susi, Carrier 4-1-9

3-pt. goals: White 3, Leavitt 2, Lee, Muzzy; Ginn 2, Magnusson, St. John, Drillen

Halftime: Husson 23-22

Thomas 83, Maine Maritime 66

At Waterville, Adam Rich and James Godley each scored 19 points to lead the Thomas College Terriers past Maine Maritime Academy.

Dan Grappi had 15 points for the Terriers. Godley also had six assists and four steals.

Freshman Brandon Hall of Dover-Foxcroft had a game-high 21 points and 11 rebounds for the Mariners. Neil Stewart had 19 points and Marc McCorrison of Thorndike added 12 plus six boards.

Maine Maritime (2-9) 66

McCorrison 3-4-12, Dunlap 0-6-6, Stewart 6-6-19, Russell 0-4-4, Hall 7-7-21, Hopkins, Nickerson, Brown 0-1-1, Schmidt 1-1-3, Kenniston, Farrin, Haskell

Thomas (5-9) 83

Rich 6-3-19, Godley 5-8-19, Yucius 0-2-2, Conrad 2-1-5, DePalmer 3-0-6, Barard 0-4-4, Elrod 1-0-2, Grappi 5-3-15, Woodbury, Jett 2-0-5, Sibley, Blodgett 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: McCorrison 2, Stewart; Rich 4, Grappi, Jett, Godley

Halftime: Thomas 36-35

Maryland 82, Virginia 68

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Portland’s Nik Caner-Medley scored 26 points as Maryland kept Virginia winless in the Atlantic Coast Conference by pulling away to an 82-68 victory.

Ekene Ibekwe had 12 points for Maryland (11-4, 2-2), including seven in a pivotal run that brought the Terrapins back from a 51-46 deficit.

Elton Brown scored 18 points and Devin Smith had 17 for the Cavaliers (9-6, 0-5). Virginia last started 0-5 in the ACC during the 1998-99 season, coach Pete Gillen’s first at the school.

The Cavaliers went 7-for-31 from the floor in the second half and scored only 27 points over the final 20 minutes. Virginia is 1-11 in its last 12 games at Maryland.

Down by five early in the second half, the Terrapins used a 14-2 spree to go up 60-53 with 12 minutes left. Caner-Medley scored the first seven points on a drive, a 3-pointer and a jumper in the lane, and Ibekwe capped it with two baskets and a three-point play.

After Jason Cain scored for Virginia, Maryland’s Mike Jones hit a 3-pointer and Ibekwe added a dunk for a 10-point cushion.

Before the game, the Terrapins announced that sophomore guard D.J. Strawberry would be lost for the season with a torn ligament in his right knee. Strawberry, who was averaging 7.0 points a game, started three times this season.

Women’s basketball

UM-Farmington 71, Husson 54

At Farmington, the Beavers went on a 40-26 run in the second half to turn a three-point game into a runaway.

Karen Sirois scored 22 points for UMF, which improved to 7-0 in the NAC. Kari Simpson added 20 points and Kate LaHaye registered 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Annie McIntosh’s 16 points led the Eagles of Bangor.

Husson (7-8) 54

Martin 3-0-7, Ballard 1-0-2, Murray 2-0-6, Noyes 1-3-5, McIntosh 7-2-16, Hartshorn 3-0-7, Bell 0-1-1, Merchant 1-0-3, Melcher, Gracie 0-3-3, Post 1-0-3, McIntyre 1-0-2

UM-Farmington (10-4) 71

Cyr, Rideout 1-3-5, Simpson 5-9-20, Sirois 7-4-22, LaHaye 3-4-11, Boyd 1-0-3, Schwarz 0-1-1, Johnson, Sawyer 3-3-9, Berry, Stanley, Haines, McLeod

3-pt. goals: Murray 2, Merchant, Post, Hartshorn; Sirois 4, Simpson, LaHaye, Boyd

Halftime: UM-Farmington 31-28

MMA 61, Thomas 49

At Waterville, Alyssa Burns scored 28 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Maine Maritime Academy earned the North Atlantic Conference victory.

Michelle Gott added 18 points for the Mariners, whio jumped out to a 21-8 lead.

Tammy Fowler led Thomas with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Maine Maritime (12-2) 61

Grant 1-3-5, Burns 11-6-28, Gott 5-6-18, Hayden, Clapham, Moore, Leeman, Marshall 1-1-3, Jones, Freeman 1-1-3, Knights 1-2-4, Parker

Thomas (6-8) 49

Hathaway 1-2-5, Godley 2-2-7, Butler 1-1-3, Fowler 6-4-16, Davis 2-2-6, Hayes, Drosdik 1-4-6, Demers 2-0-4, Searles 0-2-2

3-pt. goals: Maine Maritime (2-12): Gott 2-7, Grant 0-1, Burns 0-1, Freeman 0-1, Moore 0-2; Thomas (2-15): Hathaway 1-3, Godley 1-3, Fowler 0-2, Drosdik 0-3, Davis 0-4

Halftime: Maine Maritime 26-15

St. Joseph’s 80, Mitchell 52

At Standish, Margaret Blauvelt had 17 points and eight rebounds to pace the Monks to the win.

Kaylin Regula tossed in 11 for Saint Joseph’s.

Shayna Barnes and Gina DeRosier each scored 15 for Mitchell College.

Mitchell (2-8) 52

Brisson 1-1-3, Barnes 4-7-15, DeRosier 5-3-15, London 3-3-9, Graham 3-0-6, Williams 2-0-4, Stockel, Dick

Saint Joseph’s (8-5) 80

Regula 5-1-11, Pelkey 3-1-9, Tetrault 3-0-7, Dumais, Blauvelt 7-3-17, Willis 0-1-1, Coffin 1-0-2, Somma 3-0-6, Drown 1-0-2, Foscaldo, Rauscher 1-0-2, Farrell 3-8-14, Ahern 0-1-1, Lint 4-0-8

3-pt. goals: DeRosier 2; Pelkey 2, Tetrault

Halftime: Saint Joseph’s 33-20