CLINTON, N.Y. — Samantha Srinivasan drained 16 points and made nine rebounds to lead Hamilton College to a 62-53 victory over Bates in women’s basketball action Friday evening. Freshman forward Taylor McVeigh scored a career-high 15 points and grabbed six rebounds off the bench to lead the Bobcats (7-15), while sophomore guards Melanie Binkhorst and […]
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College basketball roundup: Bates men edge Tufts
MEDFORD, Mass. — Sophomore Nick Gilpin made a layup with the shot clock winding down and 13 seconds remaining in regulation to give Bates a 77-75 win over Tufts in men’s basketball action Saturday afternoon. The Jumbos (12-5) led by six with 4:02 left in the contest. Sophomore Tom Coyne cut the deficit in half […]
Bates' basketball teams fall to Williams; Maine men's hockey team also loses
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Willams College, the No. 4 ranked team in Division III basketball, pulled away in the second half to defeat Bates College 79-68 in a NESCAC men’s basketball contest. James Heskett led the Ephs (12-3, 3-1 NESCAC) with 23 points while Bobby Casey had 19 points and Mike Greenman had 11 points. Jeff Spellman […]
Women's basketball: Colby-Sawyer tops Bates
NEW LONDON, N.H. — Host Colby-Sawyer College led from the opening tip and defeated the Bates women’s basketball team 65-55 Tuesday evening, in the first meeting between the teams since the 1995-96 season. Bates (5-10) returns to action at home on Friday at 7pm against Middlebury in the Bobcats’ first NESCAC home game. Williams visits Saturday at 3pm. In the battle of both sides’ […]
College roundup: Bates men win, women fall to Colby
LEWISTON — Junior Nick Lynch led the way for Bates with a career-high 20 points and 10 rebounds as the Bobcats held off a furious rally from Colby to prevail 83-76 in men’s basketball action Saturday afternoon. The Bobcats (8-6) jumped out to a 30-7 lead. But, the Mules (7-5) refused to go away, taking […]
Men's Basketball: Brandeis banks win over Bates with buzzer-beater
Bates College’s Nick Lynch goes up for a basket during Sunday afternoon’s game at Bates in Lewiston. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Brandeis’ Collin Sawyer didn’t call “bank” before launching his buzzer-beating 3-pointer to defeat Bates, 76-73, on Sunday. After all, he’d already established a pattern. With just 0.7 seconds left and starting on the […]
College roundup: Bates women win second game in as many days
BABSON PARK, Mass. — The Bates women’s basketball team scored its second victory in as many days, handing host Babson a 69-63 non-conference defeat Wednesday afternoon at Staake Gymnasium. For the first time this season, five players scored in double figures for the Bobcats (4-6), led by sophomore Melanie Binkhorst’s career-high 17 points. Binkhorst led […]
Bates women rally past Roanoke
BABSON PARK, Mass. — After trailing by eight points at halftime, Bates rallied for 26 points in the third quarter and rolled to a 60-52 victory over Roanoke in a rare women’s basketball weekday tilt on Tuesday. Nina Davenport scored 25 points and hauled down 11 rebounds to lead the Bobcats (3-6). First-year guard Julia […]
Colby College edges Bates College in women's basketball tilt
LEWISTON — Thornton Academy grad Katie McCrum led all players with 19 points on 9-of-14 shooting to lead the visiting Colby Mules past Bates College 58-47 at Alumni Gym on Tuesday. One of those made baskets was a 3-pointer for McCrum, who also hauled in nine rebounds and dished out three assists while forcing four […]
Men's basketball: Bobcats weather Nor'easters, 107-103
Bates’ James Mortimer drives to the basket and floats one in between UNE’s Ryan Matthews, left and Jackson McCoy during the first half of Sunday night’s basketball game in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Bates men’s basketball entered its home-opener with the University of New England averaging just under 60 points per game through […]