Clay Kuhn scored 17 points and was one of six players in double figures as the University of Southern Maine beat Eastern Connecticut State 87-78 in a Little East men’s basketball game on Thursday in Gorham.
The Huskies improved to 10-5 overall and 4-2 in the conference, while the Warriors dropped to 6-10, 3-4.
Diego Colon added 14 points while Cody Hawes (13), Simon Chadbourne (12), Mark Asare (12) and Chance Dixon (10) also reached double figures for USM, which led by as many as 20 points in the second half.
MEMPHIS: The University of Memphis plans to retire the jersey of former basketball player Lorenzen Wright during a game next month, more than 12 years after he was fatally shot.
The program said Wednesday that it will retire Wright’s No. 55 at halftime of the game against Tulane on Feb. 4. Wright was a standout frontcourt player for Memphis, ranking 49th on the Tigers’ all time scoring list with 1,026 points, before going on to a 13-year career in the NBA. He was named in 2009 to the school’s Hall of Fame for athletes.
The 6-foot, 11-inch Wright retired from the NBA after the 2008-2009 season. Wright’s slaying is among the most highly publicized murder cases in the city’s history.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
EASTERN CONN. STATE 62, SOUTHERN MAINE 45: Anna Barry has 20 points, seven blocks and 20 rebounds to power the Warriors (12-4, 6-1 LEC) past the Huskies (4-9, 2-4) at Gorham.
Vanessa Vaughn scored 17 points for USM. Amy Fleming added nine.
(6) INDIANA 68, (9) MARYLAND 61: Sydney Parrish scored 18 points and the defense for No. 6 Indiana (15-1, 4-1 Big Ten) stifled No. 9 Maryland (13-4, 4-2) at Bloomington, Indiana.
Maryland guard Diamond Miller led a late fourth-quarter charge, scoring 12 of her 19 points in the fourth quarter as the Terrapins closed an eight-point deficit. But after Miller’s layup tied the game at 50, Indiana responded with four different players scoring in a 9-0 run that put the game away.
Gorham native Mackenzie Holmes had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Hoosiers.
Maryland shot 37% from the field and 6 for 18 from beyond the arc, while Indiana shot 51% and 6 for 15 from 3-point range.
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