Keagan Dunbar had a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds as the University of New England topped Curry 80-52 Wednesday night in a Commonwealth Coast Conference women’s basketball game at Biddeford.
Faye Veilleux added 17 points and five rebounds for UNE (17-7, 13-4 CCC) . Gabby Soter also scored 17 points.
Lauren Dunn had 17 points and Kathryn Dunn had 10 for the Colonels (6-18, 2-15).
SOUTHERN MAINE 53, UMASS BOSTON 38: Vanessa Vaughn scored 20 points, going 6 for 6 from the line, as the Huskies (7-17, 5-10 LEC) got by the Beacons (12-13, 5-10) in Boston.
Maria Degifico chipped in 11 points for USM. Amy Fleming had eight points.
Meg Dixon led UMass Boston with 10 points and eight rebounds. Alexah Potter added nine points and 13 rebounds.
CENTRAL MAINE CC 53, SOUTHERN MAINE CC 40: Luna Love and Emily Strachan each scored 14 points to lift the Mustangs (23-2, 13-0 YSCC) over the Seawolves (17-7, 10-3) in Auburn.
Chantel Ouellette added eight points off the bench for CMCC.
Ashleigh Mathisen led SMCC with 12 points. Bailey Whitney had eight points and four rebounds.
(6) UCONN 62, CREIGHTON 60: Caroline Ducharme scored all 10 of her points in the fourth quarter, including the winning free throws with just under 5 seconds left, and host Connecticut (23-4, 15-1 Big East) came from behind to beat Creighton (18-7, 12-5).
Ducharme, playing for the first time after missing 13 games with a concussion, was 0 for 6 from the floor before her late scoring surge helped UConn overcome an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit.
Lou Lopez Senechal scored 17 points to lead the Huskies, and Aaliyah Edwards added 12.
Morgan Maly had 15 points for Creighton.
(7) IOWA 91, WISCONSIN 61: Caitlin Clark scored 24 points and Monika Czinano had 19 as host Iowa (21-5, 13-2 Big Ten) defeated Wisconsin (8-19, 3-12) for the 27th straight time.
Iowa, which is in second place in the Big Ten, won for the 10th time in 11 games and moved within one game of conference leader Indiana.
(14) VILLANOVA 73, ST. JOHN’S 57: Maddy Siegrist scored 39 points, including 19 in the third quarter, and visiting Villanova defeated St. John’s, the Wildcats’ 14th win in their past 15 games.
Siegrist, the national scoring leader (29.1 ppg) and Ann Meyer and Naismith Trophy national player of the week after scoring 50 points in a win over Seton Hall last Saturday, made 15 of 26 shots, 3 of 7 3-pointers and 6 of 8 free throws. She also had 11 rebounds. Her 19-point third quarter helped Villanova turn a five-point halftime lead into a 55-40 lead entering the fourth.
(15) OKLAHOMA 84, TEXAS TECH 57: Aubrey Joens had 23 points and 11 rebounds as Oklahoma (21-4, 11-3 Big 12) beat visiting Texas Tech (16-10, 4-9).
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CURRY 75, U. OF NEW ENGLAND 69: Angelo Sardegna scored a game-high 23 points as the Colonels (5-19, 3-14 CCC) beat the Nor’easters (2-22, 0-17) in Biddeford.
Lowelle Torres had 16 points and six rebounds for Curry. Tommy Mallinson added 10, six rebounds and seven assists.
Adria Torres led UNE with 16 points. Sam McElliott had 13 and nine rebounds. Kyle Lombardi scored 12.
SOUTHERN MAINE 76, UMASS BOSTON 60: Chance Dixon and Cody Hawes each had 14 points and five rebounds as the Huskies (15-9, 9-6 LEC) handled the Beacons (15-9, 8-7) in Boston.
Diego Colon scored 12 points for USM. Jason Lombard contributed nine points and six rebounds.
UMass Boston’s Malik Lorquet led all scorers with 18 points and grabbed 20 rebounds. Tommy Burris added 10 points.
CENTRAL MAINE CC 73, SOUTHERN MAINE CC 64: Boston Caldwell scored 25 points on 5-of-9 shooting from long-range as the Mustangs (16-5, 11-3 YSCC) topped the Seawolves (16-8, 8-5) in Auburn.
Wyatt Hathaway put up 18 points and Mpore Semuhoza added eight points and 12 rebounds for CMCC.
Jack Pyzynski led SMCC with 12 points and five rebounds. Colby Dillingham scored eight points.
(7) VIRGINIA 81, LOUISVILLE 58: Armaan Franklin and Kihei Clark each scored 14 points and visiting Virginia (20-4, 12-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) endured a stern challenge from struggling Louisville (3-23, 1-14) and its own poor free-throw shooting to win its third straight game.
The Cavaliers led 58-50 with 3:47 remaining but missed five free throws down the stretch to give the ACC-worst Cardinals a chance. JJ Traynor’s jumper with 31 seconds left got Louisville within three, and Clark missed the front end of a 1-and-1.
But the Cardinals bled valuable time off the clock during their final possession while trying to get free for an open 3-pointer, and Kamari Lands’ off-balance 3 barely hit the rim with 3 seconds left. Ben Vander Plas got the rebound and Virginia escaped with its sixth consecutive win over the Cardinals while moving into a first-place tie with Pittsburgh in the ACC.
(10) TENNESSEE 68, (1) ALABAMA 59: Zakai Zeigler and Santiago Vescovi each scored 15 points and Tennessee (20-6, 9-5 SEC) took down newly minted No. 1 Alabama (22-4, 12-1 SEC).
Playing its first game as the top-ranked team since the 2002-03 season, the Crimson Tide led just once in the early going and committed 19 turnovers.
Alabama became the last Power 5 men’s team to lose a conference game this season. The Tide reached No. 1 in the latest poll by The Associated Press on Monday, but its only lead in this game came at 12-11.
(11) MARQUETTE 69, (16) XAVIER 68: Olivier-Maxence Prosper tipped in a putback with 1.6 seconds left and Marquette (21-6, 13-3 Big East) edged Xavier (19-7, 11-4) to extend its slim Big East lead.
Marquette, picked to finish ninth by the league’s coaches in the preseason poll, moved 1 1/2 games ahead of Xavier, No. 24 Providence and No. 18 Creighton.
NEW MEXICO STATE: The chancellor at New Mexico State expressed his confidence in Athletic Director Mario Moccia, less than a week after the school’s most high-profile sports program – the men’s basketball team – was shut down for what the chancellor said was a culture of bad behavior, egregious violations of the student code of conduct and other “despicable acts.”
In addition to backing Moccia, chancellor Dan Arvizu said at a news conference that he was confident the behavior that led to the cancellation of the season and firing of Coach Greg Heiar was not reflective of the athletic department or the school overall.
“Our review indicates that this culture of bad behavior is contained within the basketball program,” Arvizu said.
He was speaking less than 24 hours after firing Heiar, whose program was sunk by a pair of scandals, both of which are subject to ongoing investigations. The latest was the hazing allegations reported to campus police by a player who said three teammates ganged up on him and attacked him in the team locker room.
That came on top of the fatal shooting of a student at rival University of New Mexico in November. Surveillance video of the shooting shows New Mexico State player Mike Peake being shot at by that student, then responding by shooting the student as they ran through an apartment parking lot. Peake has been suspended from school but not charged in the incident.
Arvizu said the shooting, which had roots in a fight that Peake and others were involved in at an Aggies football game a month earlier, is still under investigation. He said players who are under investigation could be suspended from school, suspended from basketball or exonerated.
At a board of regents meeting held shortly after the fatal shooting, chair Ammu Devasthali said guns are not permitted on the university campus or on university trips.
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MARYLAND: Maryland has hired former Arizona and Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin as a co-offensive coordinator.
Sumlin, who was also a head coach at Houston, will be an associate head coach for the Terrapins. He’ll coach tight ends in addition to helping run the offense.
Sumlin comes to Maryland after spending a year as coach and general manager of the USFL’s Houston Gamblers.
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