Men/Women Split @ UMF

FARMINGTON, Maine -- Becker College sent University of Maine at Farmington to its third straight North Atlantic Conference loss with an 86-73 victory over the Beavers in men's basketball in Dearborn Gymnasium today.

Farmington slipped to 8-10 (4-4 in the North Atlantic Conference) and is scheduled to visit Colby College Tuesday for a 5 p.m. contest. The Hawks improved to 8-9 (5-2) and are slated to visit Eastern Nazarene College on Tuesday.

Travis Suber (Springfield, MA) -- the NAC's leading scorer -- powered Becker with 26 points. Suber also led the team in assists (5) and steals (4). DJ Exum (New London, CT) and Kevin Miranda (Brockton, MA) each supplied 17 points with Miranda hitting five 3-pointers. Steve Jacobs (Lexington Park, MD) also got into double-digits with 11 points.

The Hawks outshot the Beavers from the field 51.0 percent (25-49) to 42.6 percent (26 of 61), including nine of 20 from long distance.

Sean Fry (Jay, ME) led Farmington with 17 points, while Matt St. John (Wayne, ME) chipped in 10 points -- all in the first half.

The Hawks soared off the bus and opened a 7-0 advantage in the first few minutes. Becker built its biggest lead of the half on Miranda's beyond-the-arc ability as the freshman hit a pair of 3-pointers on back-to-back trips for a 40-28 lead. The Beavers finished the half strong to face a 49-40 deficit at intermission.

The Hawks opened things up at the start of the second half with another Miranda triple followed by a steal-foul-technical foul sequence allowed the visitors to lengthen its advantage to 63-44. The Beavers could not reduce the lead to less than 10 points as Becker came away with the 86-73 win.

FARMINGTON, Maine -- University of Maine at Farmington held Becker College to 27.5 percent (14 of 51) shooting from the field and held a 53-35 advantage off the glass to take a 55-33 win over the Hawks in North Atlantic Conference women's basketball action this afternoon.

 

The Beavers ran their record to 8-9 (5-3 in the NAC) and are scheduled to visit Colby College on Tuesday for a 7 p.m. game. The Hawks slipped to 9-7 (5-3) and are slated to travel to Mitchell College on Tuesday.

Caitlyn Laflin (Farmingdale, ME) tallied 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Beavers, while Erin Porter (Bangor, ME) scored nine points and notched 11 boards and Amanda Byrne (Winslow, ME) dished out 10 assists..

 

Farmington did not shoot well from the field either (21 of 68 for 30.9 percent), but used its rebounding advantage for 15 second-chance points. The Beavers also forced the Hawks into 21 turnovers, but commit 19 turnovers themselves.

 

Courtney Fiske (Westfield, MA) led Becker with nine points, while Beth Pion (Enfield, CT) -- Becker's all-time leading scorer -- was held to six points on 3 of 16 shooting from the field and seven rebounds. The Hawks collected 15 steals, including eight by Kristin Karat (Enfield, CT).

 

The Beavers jumped out to a 12-2 advantage over the first five minutes with a 3-pointer by Ashley Busque (Belgrade, ME) capping the run. Farmington took a 28-17 command into halftime.

Becker trimmed the lead down to five points early in the second half, but a 3-pointer each by Elizabeth Bell (Waterville, ME) and Busque helped along a 15-4 stretch to take a 50-32 advantage with under three minutes remaining and cruise to the 55-33 win.

Courtesy UMF Sports Information