ORONO – If Sunday’s Blue-White preseason basketball scrimmage is a slight indication, comparing the University of Maine men’s tempo this season to last will be like comparing a biplane to a jet fighter. “It’s a lot of fun,” said senior guard Junior Bernal. “I played… Read More
While they won’t enjoy the home-court advantage that has been almost routine for them during the last several years, the women’s basketball teams at the University of Southern Maine and Bowdoin College are nonetheless preparing for appearances this week in the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Championship. Read More
Plastered all over the wall, just to the right of the cafeteria entrance where the lunch line forms each weekday at Upper Kennebec Valley Memorial High School in Bingham, is proof positive of the influence exerted there by Brian Andre and Kristin Baker. Photos by… Read More
BANGOR – Husson College is fielding a lot of young, inexperienced players early during the 2007-08 basketball season. Monday night, the Eagles showed they have some clutch performers on the ballclub. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
Jon McAllian watched the University of Maine men’s basketball team play Fisher College on Tuesday night with special interest – he was just hours away from signing up to join the Black Bears. “I pictured myself out there playing with those guys,” said McAllian, a… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine men’s basketball team went first in Sunday afternoon’s annual Blue-White intrasquad scrimmages at Alfond Arena, followed by first-year coach Cindy Blodgett’s women. Next week, the Maine men will go first at the nation level. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BRUNSWICK – Bowdoin College outscored Maine Maritime 28-8 in the second half to pull away for a 72-47 men’s basketball victory over Maine Maritime Academy Monday. Andrew Hippert led the 10-6 Polar Bears with 18 points and Kyle Jackson added 15 and six steals. Kevin… Read More
BOSTON – For the second straight season, the University of Albany and the University of Hartford are unanimous choices to win the America East men’s and women’s basketball championships, respectively, in the annual preseason coaching polls. The University of Maine men were picked to finish… Read More
BANGOR – Craig Dagan is constantly reminding his Maine Maritime Academy women’s basketball team that no matter how easy things might come on the offensive end, it is defense that will determine how far the Mariners go this season. MMA of Castine demonstrated its offensive… Read More
BANGOR – So many times this season, Husson College’s men would find themselves on the precipice of victory only to wind up with a defeat due to lapses down the stretch. The day would come, they kept telling themselves, when things would turn around. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BANGOR – There were no playoff ramifications and it wasn’t a conference game, but Wednesday night’s game between NCAA Division III foes Husson College and the University of Southern Maine might as well have been a blood feud. The intensity was evident right from the… Read More
ORONO – An estimated 350 fans turned out Sunday afternoon at Alfond Arena to watch the University of Maine men’s and women’s basketball teams take the court for their annual Blue-White scrimmages. On the men’s side, someone who wasn’t on the court drew a lot… Read More
CASTINE – Shelley Gott led all scorers with 25 points as Maine Maritime Academy earned an 82-76 women’s basketball victory over Colby on Monday night. The Mariners raced out to a 41-21 halftime lead and held on for the win over the White Mules of… Read More
BOSTON – For the second year in a row, the University of Maine women’s basketball team was picked to win the America East Conference regular-season title in a preseason poll of the league’s head coaches. The Black Bears received five first-place votes and racked up… Read More
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The University of Maine men went on a 9-0 run just over two minutes into the second half to erase a six-point deficit, retake the lead, and never trail the rest of the way en route to a 68-63 basketball victory over Bethune-Cookman College… Read More
Third and fourth. Those are the positions occupied by the University of Maine in the America East women’s and men’s basketball coaches’ polls released Tuesday afternoon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
Jamie Beaudoin went into the 2001-2002 basketball season with plenty of unanswered questions. His University of Maine-Farmington women’s basketball team had three seasoned veterans returning, but the Beavers featured only one senior and three juniors on the 11-member roster. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
INDIANA, Pa. – Dennis Mims and Aaron Faulkner scored 18 points apiece and Wes Layton pitched in with 17 as Division II Indiana University of Pennsylvania posted a 111-83 men’s basketball win over Husson College on Thursday. Robert Pilsbury scored 31 points to lead the… Read More
The University of Maine suffered its second major personnel loss in a month on Wednesday when junior Ricky Green decided to leave school. Green, a junior college transfer from Shawnee (Ill.) Junior College, left the team “citing personal reasons,” a release by the University said… Read More