WINTHROP — Winthrop rallied from a two-point halftime deficit Wednesday night to trip up Wiscasset, 49-38, in MVC girls’ basketball.

Nikki Scott and Sarah Warner led the balanced attack Winthrop (3-4) with 10 points apiece. The Ramblers trailed 20-18 at the break before putting Wiscasset (0-7) on the defensive with a 13-6 third-quarter run.

Kathy Connors led Wiscasset with 16 points.

Richmond 50, Hebron 37
RICHMOND — The Richmond girls’ basketball squad used a 18-13 run in the fourth quarter to pull out a 50-37 Class D victory over Hebron on Wednesday.

Allyssa Pearson led the undefeated Bobcats (5-0) with 16 points, while Payton Johnson chipped in with 11. 

Malorie Johnson paced the Lumberjacks (2-2) with a game-high 17 points. Janelle Bradish contributed 16.

Men’s basketball

Bates 71, UNE 58
LEWISTON — The Bates College men’s basketball team fended off a second-half comeback attempt by the University of New England to register a 71-58 non-conference win Wednesday night.

Senior Brian Ellis led the Bobcats (8-4) with 16 points to go with three steals and three assists. Senior Alex Gallant added 12 points with five rebounds, and junior John Squires contributed 10 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals. Senior Nick Schmiemann grabbed 10 rebounds and Auburn’s Kyle Philbrook dished out a team-high five assists, all in the first half.

UNE rookie Charles Fenner scored a game-high 22 points for the Nor’easters (2-10). Chas Rentrope added 12 points, five rebounds, five steals and two blocks. Junior Jordan Stinglen chipped in with a double-double, 10 points and 10 rebounds.

UNE got back into the game via the three-point shot but hit only 6 of 23 attempts. Bates outrebounded UNE by a 41-34 margin and outscored the Nor’easters 46-22 in the paint.

Bates started out sluggishly, and UNE took a 10-6 lead after the first six minutes of the game. But juniors Ryan Weston, Reid Christian and Philbrook all figured greatly in a 15-3 run that turned the score into a 21-13 Bates lead with 10:18 to go.

Christian hit a pair of threes, both assisted by Philbrook, while Weston contributed five points and a blocked shot in the spurt. A steal and a layup by Bates junior Thomas Deegan peaked Bates’ first-half lead at 15 points (37-22) with 4:33 left, and the Bobcats held a 38-28 lead at intermission.

Bates maintained a comfortable 15-point lead as late as 12:06 remaining in the second half, when the Nor’easters countered a Bates dry spell — no field goals for the Bobcats between the 14:56 mark and the 8:34 mark of the period — with a three by junior Marcus Winn, a jumper and a 3 by Rentrope, and a pair of foul shots by Fenner, and suddenly UNE had cut the lead to 50-45 with 8:48 to play.

A three-point play by Gallant, followed by a Schmiemann layup, bumped the lead back to 10. Fenner and Winn answered with back-to-back threes, at the 6:49 and 6:23 marks, respectively, to make it a four-point game (55-51).

Ellis drove for a layup on a nifty feed by Schmiemann, and Squires and Matarazzo both hit pairs of free throws as Bates came up with two defensive stops, putting the lead back in double digits at 61-51 with 5:22 left.

Women’s basketball

Hartford 73, Maine 41
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Maine women’s basketball team fell to Hartford 73-41 in their second straight America East road contest Wednesday afternoon.

Ashley Roberts recorded her sixth straight double-digit game and led the Black Bears (2-12) with 18 points. Shareka Maner led Maine’s rebounding efforts with a career-high eight boards.

Hartford (5-10) had four players in double fugures, led by Mary Silvia and Ilicia Mathis with 13-point performances. Amanda Weaver chipped in with 11 points in her first game back from injury.

The Hawks quickly opened up a 10-point lead, 31-21, in the beginning of the second half. Hartford extened their lead to 41-26 with 14:22 to play in the contest.