ORONO – Mark Flavin led four players in double figures with 21 points Sunday as Maine beat Vermont 87-66 in the regular season finale.
Maine (13-14, 8-10 America East) started the second half with an 11-0 run to build on a 39-31 halftime lead and led by double digits the rest of the way.
The Black Bears shot 62 percent from the floor in the second half and made 11-22 three-pointers in the game.
Vermont (21-6, 16-2 America East) was without its top two scorers, Taylor Coppenrath, who averaged 24.7 points per game, and T.J. Sorrentine, who averaged 18.5 but sat out with injuries.
Maine’s Joe Campbell scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half.
Kevin Reed added 17 points for the Black Bears, including five three-pointers, and Jason Hight chipped in 11.
Vermont was led Kyle Cieplickis 14 points. Ryan Scheider went for 10.
Amherst 65, Bates 57
AMHERST, Mass. – Andrew Schiel threw in 23 points, snatched eight rebounds and had five blocks, directing second-ranked Amherst College to its third NESCAC men’s basketball title in the last five years with a 65-57 victory over No. 3 Bates College on Sunday.
The Jeffs trailed by two points at the half and and watched a 10-point, second-half lead nearly vanish courtesy of a personal 8-0 run by Bates sophomore guard Zak Ray.
Leading just 59-57 after a Ray 3-pointer with 2:32 remaining, Amherst tightened up on defense and held Bates to 0-for-5 shooting down the stretch to preserve the win.
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