Samaitis, Cooper power UM-Fort Kent to victory

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LYNDONVILLE, Vt. -Bartas Samaitis racked up 27 points and 16 rebounds to lead the UMaine-Fort Kent Bengals to a 75-72 men’s basketball win over the Lyndon State Hornets Sunday.

Derrick Cooper and Rytis Kriunas each chipped in with 12 points for UM-Fort Kent.

Chris Brown scored 26 points for Lyndon State.

UM-Fort Kent 75

Cooper 5-1-12, Lavesseur 2-2-6, Kriunas 5-0-12, Caron 2-0-6, Russo 2-1-5, Parker 1-4-7, Samaitis 10-7-27

Lyndon State 72

Somers, Trask 4-2-14, George, Morehouse 3-4-12, Brown 9-5-26, Durr 3-1-7, Ibey 4-0-8, Fowler 1-1-3, Jence 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Caron 2, Kriunas 2, Cooper, Parker; Trask 4, Brown 3, Morehouse 2

Halftime: UM-Fort Kent 42-39

Lyndon St. 101, UMPI 84

At Lyndonville, Vt., Kevin Trask poured in a game-high 39 points and dished out six assists and Chris Brown contributed 24 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists to guide Lyndon State past the University of Maine-Presque Isle.

Brent Fowler had 11 points for the winners while UMPI received 24 points and six assists from Fabian Lenox, 23 points from Alastair Hills and and 18 points and seven rebounds from Brad Kline.

Tim Dolley had nine rebounds and four assists to go with seven points for the Owls.

UMPI 84

Preston, Connell, Hills 8-0-23, Dolley 2-2-7, Ouellette, Kline 8-2-18, Latchford 3-0-6, Lenox 9-3-24, Engroff 2-0-6, McLellan, Dupuis

Lyndon State 101

Somers 0-1-1, Trask 11-8-39, George 0-1-1, Morehouse 1-1-4, Brown 8-3-24, Bush, Dorr 2-2-6, Ibey 4-1-9, Fowler 4-2-11, Jerice 1-4-6

3-pt. goals: Hills 7, Lenox 3, Engroff 2, Dolley; Trask 9, Brown 5, Morehouse, Fowler

Halftime: Lyndon State 49-46

CMCC 121, NMCC 94

At Presque Isle, Jon Wallingford hit nine 3-pointers en route to a game-high 34 points and Kaleb Violette and Patrick Dempsey contributed 20 apiece to lead Central Maine Community College to its win over Northern Maine Community College.

Taylor Caren had 13 points and Chris Brackett and Kevin Bean had 12 each for the winners and John Gilson had nine.

Craig Durost’s 27 points sparked NMCC. Adam Miles and Mike Worster had 16 apiece and Peter Bates scored 12. Ryan Nadeau had nine.

CMCC (11-4) 121

Dempsey 7-4-20, Wallingford 10-5-34, McKay, Davis, Brackett 5-2-12, Danieli 1-0-2, Isaacs, Violette 7-6-20, Gilson 3-1-9, Bean 4-0-12, Caren 6-1-13

NMCC (2-7) 94

Nadeau 3-2-9, Lavway, Durost 9-7-27, Miles 7-2-16, Worster 7-2-16, Hogan, Poisson 3-2-8, Bates 5-1-12, Grass 1-0-3

3-pt. goals: Wallingford 9, Bean 4, Dempsey 2, Gilson 2; Durost 2, Nadeau, Bates, Grass

Halftime: CMCC 62-53

Husson 74, MMA 52

At Husson College’s Newman Gym in Bangor, Buddy Leavitt scored 21 points and pulled down six rebounds and Jason Harvey had 18 points and six rebounds as Husson manufactured a comfortable 19-point halftime lead.

Joe Footer had nine points and six rebounds for the Eagles; Tyler Muzzy had a team-high seven rebounds and four assists and Andy Frost led Husson in steals with four.

Neil Stewart’s 22 points and six rebounds and Buddy Nickerson’s eight points led Maine Maritime Academy of Castine. Adam Russell had a team-high seven rebounds. Doug Russell had six rebounds and two blocked shots.

Maine Maritime Academy 52

McCorrison 1-0-2, Stewart 8-5-22, Kenniston 1-0-3, Russell 2-0-4, Hall 1-3-5, Hopkins 2-0-4, Nickerson 3-0-8, Brown, Schmidt, Dunlap, Farrin 1-0-2, Haskell 0-2-2

Husson 74

Muzzy, J. White 0-1-1, Harvey 5-4-18, P. White 3-0-6, Leavitt 5-8-21, Little 0-2-2, Miller 1-0-3, Beauregard, Frost 1-1-3, Grant 1-2-4, Footer 4-1-9, Philbrick 1-0-2, Clark, Henry 0-5-5

3-pt. goals: Nickerson 2, Stewart, Kenniston; Harvey 4, Leavitt 3, Miller

Halftime: Husson 43-24

Colby 75, Bowdoin 71

At Waterville, Andrew Jenkins scored 20 points and Michael Westbrooks had 14 points and a team-high six rebounds to lead Colby to its win over arch-rival Bowdoin College.

Drew Cohen also had 14 points for the Mules and Pat McGowan had 12 more. Nick Farrell had six assists and three steals.

Kyle Petrie’s 29 points and 11 rebounds, both game-highs, powered Bowdoin.

Andrew Hippert had 13 points and six assists and Andrew Sargeantson and Mark Yakavonis had 10 points apiece. Yakavonis grabbed 10 rebounds.

Bowdoin (7-7) 71

Petrie 11-4-29, Sargeantson 4-2-10, Hippert 3-7-13, Lockhart, Yakavonis 4-2-10, Ordway 1-0-2, Goodridge, Arbour 3-1-7, Fliegel

Colby (10-4) 75

Cohen 5-4-14, Jenkins 7-3-20, McGowan 4-2-12, Farrell 1-4-6, Westbrooks 6-1-14, Snyder-Fair 0-1-1, Nale, Cushman 1-0-2, Dick, Rutherford 1-4-6

3-pt. goals: Petrie 3; Jenkins 3, McGowan 2, Westbrooks

Halftime: Colby 39-34

UMFK 85, Col. of St. Joseph 76

At Rutland, Vt., Saturday, Bartas Samaitis scored 30 points and had nine rebounds to lead UM-Fort Kent past the College of Saint Joseph.

Bill Russo had 16 points and 15 rebounds for UMFK and Rytis Kriunas added 14 points. Derrick Cooper scored 10 points and had seven assists.

Brandon Sowers led College of Saint Joseph with 16 points and Wesley Bell had 11 points. Ian Nimblett and Nick Sawyer each scored 10 points.

UM-Fort Kent (6-14) 85

Levasseur 2-0-4, Cooper 4-2-10, Kriunas 5-2-14, Caron 3-0-7, Russo 6-4-16, Parker 2-0-4 Samaitis 8-14-30, Simpson

College of St. Joseph (2-13) 76

Sowers 6-3-16, Hughes 1-0-3, Racine 3-0-6, Dickson 2-0-4, Nimblett 4-2-10, Sawyer 5-0-10, Gunn 3-0-6, Fero 4-0-8, Madgwick 1-0-2, Bell 5-0-11

3-pt. goals: Kriunas 2, Caron; Sowers, Hughes, Bell

Halftime: UMFK 45-35

Bates 80, Williams 70

At Williamstown, Mass., Jon Furbush and Bangor’s Zak Ray scored 22 points apiece and Ray also handed out five assists as Bates won its 14th game.

Furbush had nine rebounds to go with his 22 points and Rob Stockwell contributed 20 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Brian Gerrity had 11 points.

Tucker Kain had 22 points and 10 rebounds, both team-highs, for Williams.

Michael Graham had 16 points and Andrew Newton had 13 more for the Ephmen. Jaris Cole had five assists and five steals.

Bates (14-4) 80

Ray 6-7-22, Gerrity 4-0-11, Stockwell 7-5-20, Furbush 5-9-22, Linsley 1-0-2, Wholey, Cahill, Chudomel 1-0-3, Rivera

Williams (13-6) 70

Shalvoy 2-0-5, Graham 6-1-16, Newton 3-7-13, Cole 1-5-7, Kain 9-2-22, Gibbons 2-1-7, Martin, Kuntz, Leary, Nelson

3-pt. goals: Ray 3, Gerrity 3, Furbush 3, Stockwell; Graham 3, Kain 2, Gibbons 2, Shalvoy

Halftime: Bates 36-29

Women’s hockey

Maine 3, UConn 2

At Storrs, Conn, defenseman Kelly Law’s goal off a Kate Sunstrum assist with 5:48 remaining gave the Black Bears their Hockey East win over the University of Connecticut.

Tristan Desmet and Andrea Steranko had the other Maine goals with Desmet also assisting on the Steranko goal.

Jacquelyn McGuire and Katherine VanDeveire scored for UConn. VanDeveire assisted on McGuire’s goal.

Rachel Gettings made 18 saves for the Bears, who improved to 12-7-3 overall, 3-5-2 in Hockey East.

Shannon Murphy made 26 saves for UConn, which fell to 7-10-5, 3-4-1, respectively.

Women’s basketball

Maine Maritime 75, Lesley 37

At Castine Saturday, Shelley Gott poured in 18 points and Kaitlyn Leeman added 14 as the Mariners rolled.

Ashley Hayden grabbed a team-best seven rebounds for Maine Maritime and Katie Clapham scored 10 points.

Courtnie Leakeas paced Lesley with 11 points.

Lesley (4-10) 37

Grady 3-0-7, Leakeas 4-2-11, Bean 3-0-6, King, Buchanan 2-2-6, Rehm 2-0-5, Niosi 1-0-2, Delisle

Maine Maritime (13-2) 75

Grant 1-1-3, Burns 3-0-6, Gott 5-7-18, Freeman, Knights 1-0-2, Moore, Leeman 5-2-14, Marshall 2-2-6, Jones 1-0-2, Johnson 1-4-6, Hayden 0-2-2, Clapham 4-0-10, Parker 2-2-6

3-pt. goals: Grady, Leakeas, Rehm; Leeman 2, Clapham 2, Gott,

Halftime: Maine Maritime 44-17

Lyndon State 53, UMPI 49

At Lyndonville, Vt., Saturday, Rachel Maxwell scored 19 points and grabbed 16 rebounds as the Hornets rallied past the Owls.

Leah Joy led UM-Presque Isle with 11 points. Maggie Sutherland scored 10 and Sarah Beasley pulled down 18 rebounds.

UM-Presque Isle 49

Beasley 3-1-7, Westcott, Joy 4-2-11, M. Sutherland 5-0-10, Michaud 1-1-3, Delong 1-2-4, Cyr 2-2-6, Lenentine 3-2-8

Lyndon State 53

Arel 2-0-4, Rosso 3-2-8, Rifenburgh, Hoyt 1-0-2, Dickenson, Shedd 5-0-10, Maxwell 7-5-19, Powell 2-1-5, Prouty 2-0-5

3-pt. goals: Joy; Rosso 2, Prouty

Halftime: UM-Presque Isle 21-19

UMF 68, Mount Ida 46

At Newton, Mass., Saturday, Kari Simpson poured in 20 points and pulled down seven rebounds to power the Beavers.

Desirae Haines and Brandi Rideout each contributed 12 points for UM-Farmington.

Adrienne Xenos paced Mount Ida with 19 points.

UM-Farmington (11-4) 68

Cyr 2-2-8, Rideout 5-0-12, Simpson 9-2-20, Sirois 1-0-3, LaHaye 3-1-8, Berry, Boyd, Schwarz, Johnson, Ross, Sawyer 1-1-3, Stanley 1-0-2, Haines 6-0-12, McLeod

Mount Ida (6-7) 46

Tuff 4-0-9, Hickey, Santos 3-0-7, Ring 2-1-5, Taft 0-2-2, Gilbert, Lockwood, Holloway 0-2-2, Xenos 8-3-19, Bramswig 0-2-2

3-pt. goals: Cyr 2, Rideout 2, LaHaye; Tuff, Santos

Halftime: UM-Farmington 32-20

Bowdoin 56, Colby 48

At Waterville Saturday, Eileen Flaherty racked up 32 points and seven rebounds as the Polar Bears held off the White Mules.

Vanessa Russell added nine points and Justine Pouravelis had eight rebounds.

Katie McCabe poured in 24 points for Colby.

Bowdoin (14-1) 56

Pouravelis 2-1-5, Cummings 0-3-3, Russell 2-5-9, Flaherty 10-12-32, Smith 0-3-3, Loonin 1-0-2, Berne, Watson, Withey 1-0-2, Nickerson

Colby (5-10) 48

Wohl 1-2-4, Nicholson 0-1-1, Bonner 2-5-9, Rosbash 3-0-6, McCabe 10-4-24, Williamson, Riley, Chanin, Rice 1-0-3, Harris 0-1-1

3-pt. goals: Rice

Halftime: Bowdoin 24-22

Lyndon State 68, UMFK 60

At Lyndonville, Vt., Sunday, Rachel Maxwell scored 29 points to spark the Hornets past the Bengals.

Maryann Welsh led UM-Fort Kent with 17 points. Dana Lemon and Ashley Hichborn each added 10 points.

UM-Fort Kent 60

Quint, Lemon 4-2-10, Welsh 6-5-17, Hare 2-4-8, Hichborn 4-2-10, Zettergren 0-2-2, Fisher 3-3-9, Lutz 2-0-4, Gagnon, Boucher

Lyndon State 68

Morehouse 0-2-2, Arel 4-3-13, Rosso 2-1-5, Rifenburgh, Hoyt 1-2-4, Dickinson, Shedd 1-3-5, Maxwell 10-8-29, Powell 4-0-8, Prouty 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Arel 2, Maxwell

Halftime: UM-Fort Kent 32-30

UMPI 60, Col. of St. Joseph 55

At Rutland, Vt., Sunday, Jessica Cyr scored two 3-pointers in the last minute to give the UM-Presque Isle the victory.

Cyr scored 21 points for UMPI, Leah Joy netted 12 and Anna Lenentine added 10.

Elizabeth Arbelaez led the College of Saint Joseph with 18 points.

UM-Presque Isle (4-8) 60

Beasley 3-1-7, Joy 5-1-12, M. Sutherland 1-0-2, DeLong 4-0-8, Cyr 8-0-21, Lenentine 5-0-10,, Wescott, Michaud, L. Sutherland

College of St. Joseph (5-7) 55

Arbelaez 7-4-18, Neider 5-0-11, Guetti 5-2-12, Crossman 5-0-12, DiManno 1-0-2, Landsburg, Maciariello, March

3-pt. goals: Cyr 5, Joy; Crossman 2, Neider

Halftime: Col. of St. Joseph 32-29

UMFK 62, Col. St. Joseph 50

At Rutland, Vt., Saturday, Heidi Fisher scored 12 points and McKenzie Boucher added 10 to spark UM-Fort Kent.

Elizabeth Arbelaez led the College of Saint Joseph with 22 points.

UM-Fort Kent (9-9) 62

Quint 1-0-3, Lemon 1-1-3, Hare 3-0-8, Hichborn 4-0-8, Zettergren 2-1-5, Fisher 4-4-12, Lutz 3-0-6, Welch 2-3-7, Boucher 5-0-10, Gagnon

College of St. Joseph (5-6) 50

Arbelaez 9-3-22, Neider 3-1-7, Guetti 6-9-21, Maciariello, Crossman, DiManno, March

3-pt. goals: Hare 2, Quint; Arbelaez

Halftime: UMFK 25-24

St. Joseph’s 56, Medgar Evers 42

At Purchase, N.Y., Marie Lint scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead St. Joseph’s to the consolation-game victory in the Castle Classic Sunday.

Baruch beat host Manhattanville 63-52 in the championship game.

Megan Tetrault, Val Dumais and Megan Farrell each added seven points for St. Joe’s. Dumais was named to the all-tourney team.

Tracy Austin paced Medgar Evers with 16 points.

Medgar Evers 42

Figueroa 4-5-14, Austin 5-4-16, Robinson 1-1-3, Young, Deputy 4-1-9, Lowe

St. Joseph’s 56

Kaylin 1-0-2, Pelkey, Tetrault 3-0-7, Dumais 3-0-7, Blauvelt 2-1-5, Willis, Coffin, Somma 1-0-2, Brown 1-0-2, Foscaldo 1-0-2, Rauscher, Farrell 2-3-7, Ahern 2-2-6, Lint 6-3-15

3-pt. goals: Figueroa, Austin; Tetrault, Dumais, Foscaldo

Halftime: 34-14

UM-Machias 70, Fisher 47

At Roxbury, Mass., Saturday, Miranda Richardson tossed in 16 points and Sara Ricker chipped in with 11 as the Clippers earned the win.

Angela Qualey contributed 10 points for UM-Machias.

Jennifer Romeus poured in 25 points for Fisher.

UM-Machias 70

Rich 4-0-9, LaRochelle 3-0-6, Richardson 8-0-16, Apatu 3-0-6, Porteus, Qualey 5-0-10, Welles 4-0-8, Ricker 3-5-11, Smith 1-0-2, Heller, Wells 1-0-2

Fisher 47

Anaya 2-0-4, Romeus 5-9-25, Roberts 2-1-5, Andrade 1-0-2, Monteiro 1-0-2, Spencer 4-1-9

3-pt. goals: Rich; Romeus 2

Halftime: UM-Machias 32-18

Husson 78, Lesley 52

At Bangor Sunday, Holly Gracie’s 16 points powered the Braves past the Lynx.

Husson’s Crystal Martin added 12 points and Jodi Merchant chipped in with 11 points. Annie McIntosh handed out five assists. Carmen Ballard had nine points, six rebounds and four steals.

Courtnie Leakeas scored 15 points for Lesley.

Lesley (4-11) 52

Grady 3-1-8, Leakeas 7-1-15, Niosi, King 1-0-2, Buchanan 4-5-13, Rehm 1-0-2, Bean 3-2-8, Delisle 2-0-4

Husson (8-8) 78

Martin 5-2-12, Murray 2-0-6, Noyes 2-0-4, Gracie 5-3-16, McIntosh 0-2-2, Melcher 3-0-6, Hartshorn 1-0-2, Bell, Ballard 2-3-9, Merchant 5-1-11, Post 1-0-3, McIntyre 2-3-6

3-pt. goals: Grady; Gracie 3, Ballard 2, Murray 2, Post

Halftime: Husson 46-27