University of Maine’s Tanesha Sutton, left, battles for the rebound with Duke University’s Onome Akinbode-James (24) as Duke’s Haley Gorecki (2) looks for the scraps at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on Thursday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) BANGOR — Before Thursday’s game, the University of Maine women’s basketball team honored Stacey Porrini Clingan. A […]
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Men's basketball: Experienced, talented UMaine-Farmington ready to win now
University of Maine at Farmington’s Isaac Witham (11) draws a foul from Thomas College’s Justin Butler (14) at Thomas College in Waterville in January. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) Two years ago, they had potential. Last season, they were on the rise. The players on the University of Maine at Farmington men’s basketball team know the […]
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2018-19 Bates women's basketball preview capsule
Coach: Alison Montgomery (fourth year) Conference: NESCAC Last year’s results: 7-17 overall, 1-9 in conference. Returning players: Senior — Erika Lamere (1.1 points per game last season); Juniors — Melanie Binkhorst (10.3), Carly Christofi (injured); Sophomores — Julia Middlebrook (7.6), Skye Conley, Meredith Melendy, Olivia O’Regan, Taylor McVeigh (3.0). Key losses: Emily Freedland, Lyse Henshaw, […]
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Women's basketball: Erika Lamere, Melanie Binkhorst lead young Bates team
LEWISTON — Erika Lamere stepped onto the Alumni Gymnasium floor for the first time as a freshman with three other players in her class and first-year head coach Alison Montgomery. Fast forward to the present day, and Montgomery and Lamere are the last ones standing from that 2015 Bates women’s basketball team. While others fell […]
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Signing day: Gorham’s MacKenzie Holmes going to Indiana University
GORHAM — Three years ago, as a ninth-grader at Gorham High, Mackenzie Holmes had a pretty good idea that one day she could play Division I basketball in college. Already, college coaches had sent her letters of interest, and the University of New Hampshire even offered a scholarship. For Jason Montano, the idea of competing […]
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Women's basketball: CMCC Mustangs rumble past NHTI
AUBURN — Basketball is more about shooting and scoring, and the Central Maine Community College women’s basketball team is a prime example of that. The Mustangs shot less than 50 percent from the floor (47.7), 3-point range (32.0) and the foul line (30.8), but they couldn’t miss in any of the other statistical categories, doing […]
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Men's basketball: Central Maine CC makes clutch plays, holds off NHTI
Jair Johnson Jr. of Central Maine Community College drives to the basket against Sam Dorissaint of NHTI during the second half in Auburn on Wednesday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Elijah Barbour and Corey David didn’t have good shooting days for Central Maine Community College, but the veteran players made a couple big plays when […]
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College basketball: UMF men win, women lose against UMaine-Machias
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington men’s basketball team gave the North Atlantic Conference a heads-up that it is the real deal at Dearborn Gymnasium on Tuesday night. The Beavers chewed up the University of Maine at Machias with a 96-64 victory in a non-conference game, which was also the season opener for […]
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Men's basketball: Jeff Spellman more than just a scorer for Bates
Jeff Spellman and the rest of the Bates College Bobcats have a new floor to play on this season inside the 92-year-old Alumni Gym. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Jeff Spellman has had to prove himself every season for the Bates men’s basketball team. As a freshman, he had to prove he could play and […]
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2018-19 Bates men's basketball preview capsule
Coach: Jon Furbush (11th year) Conference: NESCAC Last year’s results: 12-12 overall, 4-6 in NESCAC play (tied for seventh place). Returning players: Seniors — G Eli Frater (3.9 points per game last year), F Brandon Galloway (2.4 ppg), C Nick Lynch (8.5 ppg), G Max Hummel (7.7); Juniors — G Kody Greenhalgh (5.2 ppg), G Jeff Spellman […]