FARMINGTON – Kari Simpson recorded 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead the University of Maine-Farmington to a 62-59 women’s basketball win over Bates College of Lewiston Tuesday night.

Karen Sirois and Brandi Rideout added 11 points apiece for the winners.

Meg Coffin’s 18 points and 15 rebounds led the Bobcats and Val Beckwith added 13 points.

Bates (4-3) 59

Buckler 1-0-2, Barton 2-3-9, Beckwith 6-0-13, Coffin 7-4-18, Whiting, Fitzgerald 4-0-9, Hart, Decato 2-1-6, Franklin 1-0-2

UM-Farmington (3-1) 62

Cyr 2-0-5, Rideout 4-2-11, Simpson 9-4-23, Sawyer 1-1-3, Sirois 4-1-11, Byrne 1-1-3, Boyd, Wiley 1-0-2, Johnson 2-0-4, Porter

3-pt. goals: Barton 2, Beckwith, Fitzgerald, Decato; Sirois 2, Cyr, Rideout, Simpson

Halftime: UM-Farmington 23-22

Men’s basketball

NMCC 109, NBBI 51

At Presque Isle, Pete Bates broke the school record with 53 points to lead Northern Maine Community College by New Brunswick Bible Institute.

Jeremy Chasse added 27 points including three 3-pointers for the winners.

Nate Cahil scored 10 points for NBBI with two 3-pointers.

NBBI (1-5) 51

Malloy 6-1-13, Zurbuchen, Adolphsen 3-0-6, Sawaya, Cahil 4-0-10, Hanes 4-2-11, McKeen 1-0-2, Huggard 1-1-5, S. Malloy 1-0-2, McLean 1-0-2

NMCC (4-7) 109

Chasse 11-2-27, John Poisson 2-0-4, Josh Poisson 5-0-10, Pettengill 3-1-7, Moutria 4-0-8, King 0-0-0, Bates 24-5-53

3-pt. goals: Cahil 2; Chasse 3

Halftime: NMCC 47-25

Bates 88, Bowdoin 62

At Lewiston, Zak Ray scored 24 points for Bates in the win.

Brian Wholey chipped in with 12 points while Rob Stockwell and Pat Halloran added 11 apiece for the Bobcats.

Andrew Hippert’s 15 points led the Polar Bears and Kyle Petrie notched 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Bowdoin (6-1) 62

Petrie 4-3-11, Sargeantson 4-2-10, Hippert 5-4-15, Bradley 4-2-12, Fliegel 2-0-4, Phillips, Reid-Sturgis, Ordway 1-0-2, Lane 1-0-2, Goodridge 1-2-4, Jackson 1-0-2, Arbour

Bates (5-2) 88

Ray 7-6-24, Wholey 3-4-12, Cahill 2-1-6, Chudomel 2-4-8, Stockwell 5-0-11, Rothe, Lattimer 0-2-2, Place, Halloran 4-0-11, Taylor 3-2-8, Thayer, Begon 1-0-2, Westhuis 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Bradley 2, Hippert; Ray 4, Wholey 2, Halloran 3, Cahill, Stockwell

Halftime: Bates 45-27