The Black Bears led by as many as 10 points in the first half, and held a 36-28 advantage at halftime. The Bobcats opened the second half with a tone-setting and momentum-shifting 7-2 run. By the time there was 17:31 left in the game, they had tied the score at 40-40. Maine outscored Quinnipiac 20-6 […]
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Bates College men’s basketball takes down Bowdoin
LEWISTON — The Bowdoin College men’s basketball team had a plan coming into Wednesday’s non-conference contest against rival Bates inside Alumni Gymnasium — try to take away the inside presence of brothers Marcus and Malcolm Delpeche. The Bobcats turned the tables on the Polar Bears, though, hitting their first five attempts from 3-point range before going […]
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Bates’ Nick Gilpin adapting to Division III men’s basketball
BANGOR — Nick Gilpin’s freshman initiation with the Bates College men’s basketball program has been relatively uneventful to date. “I got two fouls in the first minute of the first game I played in, so it was something to adjust to,” said the former Hampden Academy star after helping the Bobcats to a 72-62 nonconference […]
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Local roundup: Hebron girls top Governor’s in hockey
HEBRON — Eliza Beaudin netted a hat trick and added an assist to pace Hebron Academy to a 5-3 victory over Governor’s Academy in their home opener in girls’ high school hockey action. Governor’s (1-1) got on the board first with a quick goal just over a minute into the game. Beaudin tied the game […]
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Bates men and women college basketball teams earn wins over UNE
LEWISTON — Nina Davenport’s dominating all-around performance led the Bates College women’s basketball team to a 60-57 victory over the University of New England at Alumni Gymnasium on Monday night. Davenport put up game-highs in points (22), rebounds (13) and assists (four) in the Bobcats’ nonconference win over the Nor’easters. Bernadette Connors contributed 14 more […]
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Bates joins national bid to defend undocumented students
LEWISTON — Bates College President Clayton Spencer this month joined more than 250 higher education leaders across the country who called it “both a moral imperative and a national necessity” to support undocumented students who arrived in the United States as children. Prompted by concern that President-elect Donald Trump may kill the Deferred Action for […]
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College Basketball: Bobcats sweep Huskies
The hot start turned out to be the worst thing that could have happened to the Huskies, while the Bobcats slowly awakened to the fact that they could attack the zone and find the openings they needed with better ball movement. The result was a balanced scoring attack that saw four Bates starters reach double […]
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Area roundup: Bowdoin cruises past CMCC
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team ran away with a 90-40 win over Central Maine Community College on Friday on the opening night of the Marcia Graef Classic at Morrell Gymnasium. The contest served as an exhibition contest against a non-NCAA sanctioned school for the Polar Bears, who will open their regular season […]
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Bates professor eyes election’s racial roots
LEWISTON — Growing up in rural Connecticut in a log house his parents built, Christopher Petrella didn’t have any particular reason to start mulling over the dynamics of race in America. A white guy in a nearly all-white town with working-class parents, Petrella enjoyed a loving family, sports and a wide-ranging curiosity that led him […]
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Nina Davenport getting buckets for Bates women’s basketball team
LEWISTON — Nina Davenport has been a scorer since she stepped on the Bates College campus. Once she finally made it to campus. When Davenport left Freeport in 2014 for the University of Maine in Orono, she was leaving basketball behind. Everything was fine. Until that first college basketball season started. “I saw all of […]