Albany’s Jessica Fequiere, left, shoots while covered by Maine’s Anita Kelava during the America East Conference women’s basketball championship Friday, March 10, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y. — The University of Maine women’s basketball team got off to a terrific start in Friday’s America East championship game at the University of Albany’s SEFCU Arena, […]
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Interim coach Amy Vachon guides UMaine women’s basketball team to title game
ORONO — Amy Vachon didn’t want to make her collegiate head coaching debut under the circumstances she did. On Jan. 6, head coach Richard Barron announced he was taking an indefinite medical leave of absence with an undisclosed illness. Two months later, he has not returned. That thrust associate head coach Vachon into the director’s […]
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College basketball: UMaine women knock off New Hampshire to gain berth in America East final
PORTLAND — The University of Maine women’s basketball team entered the America East tourney having played just one regular season game during a two-week span. That meant associate head coach Amy Vachon finally had time to implement a 2-3 matchup zone defense. And it worked to perfection Sunday as the fourth-seeded Black Bears limited AE […]
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Karlton Creech to serve 4 more years as UMaine’s athletic director
ORONO — The University of Maine says its director of athletics has signed on to a four-year contract to stay at the university. Karlton Creech has run the department for the Orono-based university since 2014. Creech will continue to be paid $183,855 annually. The university says private donations will provide an additional $25,000 per year […]
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Fleming’s return, Eze’s progress aid UMaine men’s basketball team’s frontcourt play
The injury-riddled Black Bears routinely have fielded a lineup with three or even four guards against more traditional and taller opposing front lines. While that disparity hasn’t been reflected in rebounding statistics — UMaine is being outboarded by just two per game — it has been seen in other areas. Opponents generally are getting better […]
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Former Florida Gators quarterback among three UMaine football transfers
BANGOR — The University of Maine football team has added three transfers for the 2017 season, including a quarterback who spent time at the University of Florida, the school announced Friday. Quarterback Max Staver, tight end Brendan O’Neil and offensive lineman Quadrick Barnes will join coach Joe Harasymiak’s Black Bears for spring practices. Staver, a […]
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Inside game propels UNH men’s basketball team past UMaine
BANGOR — The University of New Hampshire men’s basketball team unleashed its inside offense after intermission and cruised to a 74-63 America East victory over the University of Maine on Thursday night at the Cross Insurance Center. Iba Camara, a 6-foot-9-inch junior forward, paced the Wildcats with a career-high 21 points to go with 11 […]
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UNH women’s basketball team upends cold-shooting UMaine
The University of Maine’s shooting woes on the road continued Thursday night, and the University of New Hampshire took full advantage. University of Richmond transfer Olivia Healy scored six unanswered points in the fourth quarter to snap a 35-35 tie, and the Wildcats posted a school-record ninth straight win 50-44 at Lundholm Gymnasium in Durham, […]
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UMaine women’s basketball team surges past Hartford
BANGOR — The University of Maine women’s basketball team impressively derailed the streaking University of Hartford Hawks on Monday as freshman forward Blanca Millan scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead the Black Bears to a 73-62 America East win at the Cross Insurance Center. Sophomore guard Tanesha Sutton provided 12 […]
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College basketball: UMaine women’s basketball coach Barron taking medical leave
ORONO — University of Maine women’s basketball coach Richard Barron will take an indefinite medical leave, effective Friday. “I appreciate the concern people have showed me over the past month,” Barron said in a news release. “My condition was not improving and the medication had side effects that interfered with coaching effectively. I care deeply […]