St. Joe’s knocks off U-New England

STANDISH – Noah LaRoche scored 19 points to lead Saint Joseph’s College to a 57-46 men’s basketball victory over the University of New England Thursday.

Marcus Alexander had 10 points and eight rebounds for the Monks and Elbie Murphy added eight points and four steals.

Mark Regis led the University of New England of Biddeford with 12 points and Matt McMannus added 11 points.

Univ. of New England (7-14) 46

McManus 4-2-11, Marriott 1-4-6, Stickney 2-0-5, Button 2-0-4, Regis 5-1-12, Selmer 1-1-3, Poulin 1-0-2, Field 1-1-3, Oliver, Warner

Saint Joseph’s (14-6) 57

LaRoche 5-7-19, Alexander 4-2-10, Plummer 2-2-7, Ouellet 1-0-2, Murphy 2-4-8, Mattison 2-0-6, Kennedy 1-2-4, Mileski 0-1-1, Vachon, Castor, Pulkkinen

3-pt. goals: McManus, Regis, Stickney; LaRoche 2, Mattison 2, Plummer

Halftime: St. Joseph’s 22-18

Women’s basketball

UNE 66, Saint Joseph’s 40

At Standish, Essie McKinnon scored 13 points to help lead the University of New England of Biddeford to the win.

Kelsi Royer had 10 points for the Nor’easters and Brooke Weston added nine points and four assists.

Kaylin Regula led Saint Joseph’s College with 14 points.

Univ. of New England (14-7) 66

B. Weston 2-4-9, Pelkey 3-0-6, S. Weston 2-0-4, McKinnon 5-3-13, Morin 1-0-2, Gamache 2-0-6, Wyand 0-4-4, Ouellette 1-0-2, Royer 4-0-10, Robbins 2-0-6, Bailey 1-2-4, Beisswanger, Linnell

Saint Joseph’s College (7-12) 40

Regula 4-6-14, Banks 2-0-4, Bowen 2-3-7, Farrell 0-1-1, Ludwig 2-0-4, Coutu 0-2-2, Clark 3-0-6, Drown 0-2-2, Lint, Somma, Pierre-Jacques, Enright

3-pt. goals: Gamache 2, Royer 2, Robbins 2, B. Weston

Halftime: UNE 32-15