College roundup: Bowdoin sweeps Bates in basketball

MEN’S BASKETBALL
BOWDOIN 68, BATES 63: Xander Werkman scored 13 of his 22 points in the final 4:12 of the game and the Polar Bears held on to beat the Bobcats in Lewiston.

Werkman also had 10 rebounds, while Michael Simonds had 13 points and six rebounds for Bowdoin.

Steph Baxter had 19 points, putting him over 1,000 for his Bates career, while Trace Gotham and Simon McCormick each added 13.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
BOWDOIN 71, BATES 63: The Polar Bears (14-7, 3-4 NESCAC) outscored the Bobcats (9-10, 2-5) by 13 points in the third quarter on their way to a win in Brunswick.

Sela Kay had 13 points, while Annie Boasberg added 10 points and 12 rebounds for Bowdoin.

Meghan Graff had 23 points and Morgan Kennedy added 15 for Bates.

MEN’S HOCKEY
BOSTON U 5, MAINE 3: Boston University scored twice in the final 11 minutes of the game and beat the University of Maine 5-3 in a Hockey East game on Friday in Orono.

Wilmer Skoog scored the go-ahead goal with 10:59 left in the third to give the Terriers (20-6, 14-4 Hockey East) a 4-3 lead. Jeremy Wilmer added an empty-netter.

Ben Poisson and Lynden Breen scored in the second period, while Nolan Renwick scored in the third for Maine (11-13-2, 5-8-1). Devin Kaplan, Matt Brown and Ryan Greene also scored for BU.

Drew Commesso had 25 saves for Boston University, while Victor Ostman had 20 saves for Maine.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY
HOLY CROSS 2, MAINE 1: Alexia Moreau scored in overtime as the Crusaders (6-22-1, 5-17 Hockey East) beat the Black Bears (13-15-2, 10-11-1) in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Alyssa Wruble scored earlier in the third period to tie if for Maine. Mary Edmonds scored in the second period for Holy Cross.

Jorden Mattison had 21 saves for Maine, while Madison Beck had 35 saves for Holy Cross.