University of Maine in Orono men’s basketball assistant coach Edniesha Curry works with player Isaiah White, left, during practice last month in Orono. (David Leaming/Morning Sentinel) ORONO — The University of Maine men’s basketball team was going through a routine layup drill, with Edniesha Curry and another assistant coach making passes to players cutting to […]
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College basketball: CMCC women roll, men fall to Vermont Tech in 2OT
AUBURN — Four quarters of at least 20 points, three players in double figures and 13 total scorers added up to a big win, 96-49, for Central Maine CC over Vermont Tech in a YSCC women’s basketball game Sunday at Kirk Hall. Rebecca Davila scored a career-high 14 points — with her parents in the […]
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Red Claws drop season opener to Knicks
PORTLAND — The Maine Red Claws opened their 10th G League basketball season with a clang. Ten missed 3-pointers in 11 attempts in the second half spelled defeat for the home team as the Westchester Knicks beat Maine 95-92 Friday night before a crowd of 1,726 at the Portland Expo. The Claws nearly erased a […]
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Mike Woodbury apologizes but defends vulgarities used in leaked audio
A former Maine basketball coach said he’s embarrassed and ashamed about his conduct after his profanity-laced tirade against a student at his Florida school was posted online this week. Mike Woodbury, in a telephone interview Friday with the Press Herald, said he doesn’t believe the edited three-minute audio posted on YouTube tells the complete story of his […]
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Familiar, well-known names back for Red Claws
Banners beneath the Portland Expo scoreboard list players who have made the jump from the Maine Red Claws to the National Basketball Association. Two of the most recent additions, guards Marcus Georges-Hunt and Andrew White, will not only be on the banner but in uniform Friday night as the Claws open their 10th G League season, […]
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After coach’s tirade against student goes online, Maine athletes say he did the same to them
The coach gaining national attention for a recording of him berating players recently coached basketball in Maine. Late Tuesday, an audio clip was posted on YouTube of Mike “Woody” Woodbury, owner and CEO of Nation Christian Academy in Port St. Lucie, Florida, shouting obscene phrases to his players on the Nation Christian Academy team. Woodbury was […]
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Will big numbers in NBA continue? Curry says wait and see
Blake Griffin had this season’s highest-scoring game for all of about 24 hours before Stephen Curry bettered it — in just three quarters. Then, in Golden State’s next game, after Curry poured in 51 points in a rout of Washington, Kevin Durant scored 25 in the fourth quarter, the best total of his career, and […]
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2018-19 CMCC women's basketball at a glance
Coach: Andrew Morong (eighth year) Conference: YSCC Last year’s results: 30-2, lost in USCAA championship game. Returning athletes: Alex Bessey (6 apg); Kristen Huntress (8 ppg, 4 spg); Brooke Reynolds (2017 and 2018 USCAA First Team All-American, YSCC Conference Tournament Best Defensive Player, 5 spg); Natalie Thurber (2018 YSCC 2nd Team All Conference, 15 ppg); Jordyn […]
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2018-19 CMCC men's basketball at a glance
Coach: Dave Gonyea (24th year) Conference: YSCC Last year’s record: 19-6, 12-4 in YSCC Returning athletes: Juniors — G Elijah Barbour (12.2 ppg), F Cam Duncan; Sophomores — F Josh Chery (12.3 ppg, 8.0 rpg), G Corey David (8.0 ppg, 3.3 apg), F Cody Tozier (6.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg), G Freddy Webb (5.1 ppg, 44.9% […]
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College Basketball: Mustangs on board with whole being greater than sum of parts
Joshua Chery and Corey David, from the CMCC basketball team, pose for a photo in front of the athletic department’s new video screen. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — FOX’s introduction to the 2018 World Series, narrated by New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, left an impression on Central Maine Community College men’s basketball coach Dave […]