Tomah, Johnson lead Lee Postgrads to win

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BANGOR – Brandon Tomah and Tim Johnson each scored 16 points to lead the Lee Academy Postgrads past Husson’s JV team 73-69 in men’s basketball action Thursday night at Newman Gym. Gil Melchior had 11 points for Lee. Joe Kane led Husson…
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BANGOR – Brandon Tomah and Tim Johnson each scored 16 points to lead the Lee Academy Postgrads past Husson’s JV team 73-69 in men’s basketball action Thursday night at Newman Gym.

Gil Melchior had 11 points for Lee.

Joe Kane led Husson with 19 points and Cam Puls added 14 while Chris Byron had 13.

Lee Academy 73

Johnson 7-2-16, Tomah 6-4-16, Melchior 5-0-11, Bass 4-0-9, Grant 3-0-6, Williams, Begin 0-6-6, Fox 3-0-7, Anderson, Walker 1-0-2

Husson JV 69

Natale, Hodges 3-1-7, Graham 1-1-3, Kane 5-4-19, Cummings 3-0-6, Byron 5-2-13, Puls 6-2-14, Jennings 4-0-8

3-pt. goals:; Tomah 4, Bass, Fox, Melchior; Kane 5, Byron

Halftime: Husson 36-33

Southern Maine 71, St. Joe’s 69

At Standish, the University of Southern Maine Huskies of Gorham placed four scorers in double figures as they held off Saint Joseph’s to capture the Costello Cup.

Greg Whitaker and Jamaal Caterina each recorded double-doubles, chalking up 16 and 14 points to go with 10 rebounds apiece.

Drew Coppenrath registered 14 points and eight boards and Foster Oakley 12 points.

Alberto Rue and Raymond Eaton tallied 17 points each for the Monks.

Southern Maine (8-9) 71

Pollock, Daniels 1-2-4, Caterina 4-5-14, Coppenrath 7-0-14, Whitaker 6-2-16, Gabriele, Oakley 4-0-12, Hebert, Jellison 3-0-8, Gooding 1-1-3

Saint Joseph’s (7-7) 69

Vachon 1-13, Murphy 5-2-12, Eatmon 8-1-17, Friend 2-2-7, Ouellet, Mattison, Rue 6-0-17, Kelly 1-0-2, C. Davis 4-1-9, A. Davis 0-2-2

3-pt. goals: Oakley 4, Jellison 2, Whitaker 2, Caterina; Rue 5, Friend

Halftime: Southern Maine 39-26

Bates 76, UMass.-Boston 62

At Boston, freshman forward Brian Ellis scored a career-high 23 points to lead Bates College past the University of Massachusetts-Boston.

Bryan Wholey had 17 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Bates Bobcats. Sean Wirth grabbed 10 rebounds and Scott Place had 10 points coming off the bench.

Anthony Matlock and Terrell Maddox each scored 14 for the Beacons. Ernst Jean had 12.

Bates (9-5) 76

Ellis 9-4-23, Wholey 6-5-17, Place 3-2-10, O’Keefe 4-1-9, Wilson 2-2-6, Wirth 3-0-6, Thayer 2-1-5, Halloran, Dunne, Curley

UMass.-Boston (1-16) 62

Matlock 5-0-14, Maddox 6-2-14, Jean 5-2-12, Paniagua 3-1-8, Doran 3-0-6, Jones 2-0-4, Brewster 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Place 2, Ellis; Matlock 4, Paniagua

Halftime: UMB 31-30

UMFK 68, UM-Machias 62

At Machias, the University of Maine-Fort Kent used a 6-2 run in the final minute to snap a 60-60 tie and earn the victory over University of Maine-Machias.

Jimmy Lopez led the Bengals with 22 points.

Anthony McCoy paced UM-Machias with 14 points. UMFK (7-12) 68

Bassue 4-7-15, Hylinger 8-0-16, Sumyla 0-2-2, Lopez 8-0-22, B. Russo 2-6-10, Nagradic, Gal 1-0-3, Bard, D. Russo

UM-Machias (10-9) 62

Righter 6-0-12, Buehner 4-1-9, Calligan 3-4-11, Pearce 3-2-9, McCoy 6-2-14, Case, Skillings, Mauro 2-2-7, Pratt

3-pt. goals: Lopez 6, Gal; Calligan, Pearce, Mauro

Halftime: UMFK 35-32

Women’s basketball

UMFK 74, UM-Machias 40

At Machias, the University of Maine-Fort Kent raced out to a 44-9 halftime lead and cruised past the University-Maine-Machias.

The Bengals were led by Shir Fuchs with 16 points. Ashley Ames scored 14 points while Amber Garrison added 10.

Sara Wells paced the Clippers with 12 points.

UMFK (9-8) 74

Licata 3-0-7, Fuchs 6-2-16, Garrison 3-3-10, Ames 5-4-14, Jeffers 4-1-9, Burnett 1-0-2, Waltz 1-2-4, Tracey 2-0-4, Bassue 1-0-2, Ribera 2-0-6

UM-Machias (7-8) 40

Wells 2-8-12, Moody 2-5-10, Huntley 0-1-1, Smith, Doten 2-0-4, Constant 2-1-6, Hare 0-3-3, Heller 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Licata, Fuchs 2, Garrison, Ribera 2; Moody 2, Constant 6

Halftime: UMFK 44-9

Correction: A shorter version of these results ran on page C4 in the State edition.

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