Senior center Paige Carter goes through a drill at UMF’s Dearborn Gymnasium in Farmington during the preseason. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — The 2018-19 season brings depth, flexibility and the addition of new teams — which could all add up to a prosperous year for the University of Maine at Farmington women’s basketball team. The […]
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Women’s basketball: Reynolds sisters lead CMCC rout of UMaine-Augusta
AUGUSTA — Brooke and Jordyn Reynolds paced the Central Maine Community College women’s basketball team in an 87-48 win over the University of Maine at Augusta on Tuesday. Brooke Reynolds racked up team-highs of 20 points, four steals and four assists and also grabbed five rebounds for the Mustangs (3-0), 1-0). Jordyn Reynolds scored 12 […]
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College basketball: CMCC women roll, men fall to Vermont Tech in 2OT
AUBURN — Four quarters of at least 20 points, three players in double figures and 13 total scorers added up to a big win, 96-49, for Central Maine CC over Vermont Tech in a YSCC women’s basketball game Sunday at Kirk Hall. Rebecca Davila scored a career-high 14 points — with her parents in the […]
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Women's basketball: Reynolds, Mustangs shine in CMCC opener
AUBURN — Central Maine Community College jumped out to a 24-7 first quarter lead and never looked back, defeating the University of New Brunswick Saint John 84-37 on Saturday night in the Mustangs’ women’s basketball home opener. Jordyn Reynolds led the Mustangs (1-0) with 16 points along with seven steals and six rebounds in just […]
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Women's basketball: Big expectations for Black Bears this season
Maine interim head coach Amy Vachon calls to her players in the first half of their NCAA college basketball game against Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss., on Dec. 17, 2017. (AP File Photo) ORONO — Amy Vachon stood near midcourt and watched as her University of Maine women’s basketball players went through a defensive drill […]
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Notre Dame beats Mississippi St. on last-second shot for NCAA women’s title
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale hit the shot of her life — again. Ogunbowale floated in a 3-pointer from the corner with 0.1 seconds left, lifting Notre Dame to its second women’s basketball title with a thrilling 61-58 comeback victory over Mississippi State in the NCAA championship game on Sunday night. It was the […]
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Women's basketball: UMaine loses starter, gains two recruits
Maine guard Julie Brosseau (10) moves the ball upcourt past Texas guard Ariel Atkins (23) during a first-round game in the NCAA women’s college basketball tournament in Austin, Texas, earlier this month. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) The University of Maine women’s basketball team announced Thursday that it will lose a starter from its America East championship […]
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UMaine’s run ends with loss to Texas in women’s NCAA Tournament
AUSTIN, Texas — The message on the whiteboard in the Texas locker was simple and direct: Rebound! The No. 2 seed Longhorns did that and a whole lot more — just about anything they wanted to, really — in dismantling No. 15 Maine 83-54 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Jatarie White […]
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Women's basketball: Wadling key to UMaine overcoming size disadvantage
Fanny Wadling, left, will be a key player Saturday for Maine in the first round of the NCAA tournament against Texas, as the Black Bears’ only post player in a starting lineup that includes four guards. (John Carl D’Annibale/ The Albany Times Union via AP) When the University of Maine women’s basketball team faces nationally […]
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Women's basketball: Versatile Kerrigan standing out for Bowdoin
Bowdoin’s Kate Kerrigan looks to make a pass against the defense of UNE’s Jocelyn Chaput earlier this seasonl. (Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald) BRUNSWICK — The numerous accolades only begin to tell how important senior guard Kate Kerrigan is to the Bowdoin College women’s basketball team. This season Kerrigan has been named the Division III player […]