FARMINGTON – Scott Place poured in 20 points and Bryan Wholey 17 as Bates College pulled away in the second half for an 85-69 men’s basketball victory over UMaine-Farmington Tuesday night.

Alex Gallant of Bangor netted 12 points and Brian Ellis 11 for the Bobcats.

Ted Neil paced UMaine-Farmington with 16 points, while Isaac Hutchinson added 13 and Matt St. John 11.

Bates (16-6) 85

Place 6-4-20, Wholey 3-10-17, Gallant 4-4-12, Ellis 4-3-11, Thayer 2-2-6, Wirth 2-1-5, O’Keefe 2-1-5, Wilson 1-2-5, Curley 0-4-4, Halloran, Creahan

UM-Farmington (10-12) 69

Neil 6-1-16, Hutchinson 4-4-13, St. John 4-0-11, Tanguay 2-3-7, Lelansky 2-0-6, Howell 2-1-6, Fry 2-0-5, Dean 1-0-3, Taylor 1-0-2, Nichols, Kerschner

3-pt. goals: Place 4, Wholey, Wilson; St. John 3, Neil 3, Lelansky 2, Hutchinson, Howell, Dean, Fry

Halftime: UM-Farmington 43-42

USM 78, UMass Boston 58

At Gorham, Jamaal Caterina scored 18 points and notched five assists to lead the University of Southern Maine to its 12th win.

Drew Coppenrath chipped in with 13 points and 11 rebounds for USM.

UMass Boston (2-20) 58

Maddox 3-3-9, Jones 2-1-5, Jean 2-0-4, Brewster 0-6-6, Doran 7-4-23, Hologitas, McGrail, Alcide, Borgellas, Hite 1-0-2, Matlock 3-0-9

Southern Maine (12-10) 78

Pollock, Daniels 3-0-7, Caterina 5-7-18, Coppenrath 5-0-13, Whitaker 5-0-12, Broomfield, Morgan, Gabriele, Oakley 3-0-7, Campbell, Taylor, Hebert 4-3-11, Jellison 2-0-5, Jordan, Gooding 2-1-5

3-pt. goals: Doran 5, Matlock 3; Coppenrath 3, Whitaker 2, Daniels, Caterina, Oakley, Jellison

Halftime: Southern Maine 35-20

Thomas 83, UM-Presque Isle 56

At Waterville, Michael Burchill of Saco hit seven 3-pointers en route to a game-high 29 points to lead the Terriers past the University of Maine-Presque Isle.

Andrew Duncanson posted 17 points and 10 rebounds for 9-13 Thomas.

Michael Latchford had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the 3-15 Owls.

Women’s basketball

Colby 77, Thomas 71 (OT)

At Waterville, Alison Cappelloni scored a career-high 28 points and led the Colby White Mules past Thomas College in an overtime game.

Katie McCabe had 19 points and 21 rebounds for the Mules.

Karen Demers scored 17 and Cortney Barrett had 16 for the Terriers.

Colby (8-13) 77

Cappelloni 11-1-28, McCabe 8-3-19, Kowalski 4-3-11, Adler 3-1-8, Cummings 1-2-4, Bartley 1-0-2, Pratt 1-0-2, Quadir 1-0-2, Harris 0-1-1, Aronson

Thomas 71

Demers 5-4-17, Barrett 6-4-16, McNary 3-5-11, Blakney 3-1-7, Morin 2-0-5, Miles 2-1-5, Jones 2-0-4, Nassetta 2-0-4, Denbow 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Cappelloni 5, Adler; Demers 3, Morin

Halftime: Colby 36-35

Regulation: 68-68

St. Joe’s 69, Daniel Webster 53

At Standish, Megan Farrell connected for a game-high 16 points to lead Saint Joseph’s College by Daniel Webster.

Daniel Webster (9-13) 53

Chagan 2-1-5, Conley 2-3-7, DeSeignora 1-6-8, Moseley 6-3-15, Shea 2-0-4, Boyd 1-0-2, Frasier, Coole 3-0-7, Regan 1-3-5

Saint Joseph’s (15-7) 69

Ludwig 2-0-4, Miner 2-2-6, Cartwright 2-2-6, Freeman 4-1-10, Daigle 3-2-8, Drake 1-1-3, Boston 2-0-4, Fournier, Jordan 2-0-4, Farrell 6-4-16, Gagnon, Enright 1-0-2, Lint 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Coole; Freeman

Halftime: St. Joseph’s 32-19

So. Maine 69, UMass Boston 40

At Gorham, Stacey Kent and Angela Santa Fe each posted 14 points as the Huskies rolled past the Beacons.

It’s the 28th straight year Southern Maine has won 20 or more games.

Cammy Brown led UMass Boston with 10 points.

UMass Boston (7-14) 40

Tangar, Greene 1-1-4, Ashe 3-0-8, Cumbee 1-0-3, L. Meninger 4-0-8, Lamson 1-0-3, Marola Beatty, Vasquez 1-2-4, C. Meninger, Brown 4-2-10

Southern Maine (20-2) 69

Paradis 2-0-5, Ross 1-1-4, Kent 4-4-14, Santa Fe 4-6-14, Kynoch 2-1-5, DeMillo 2-2-8, Danieli 2-4-8, Dixon 1-0-2, Johnson, MacDonald, Arsenault 3-0-7, Violette 0-2-2

3-pt. goals: Ashe 2, Greene, Cumbee, Lamson; Kent 2, DeMillo 2, Paradis, Ross, Arsenault

Halftime: USM 33-22