University of Maine’s Blanca Millan (22) battles for the ball with Brown University’s Erika Steve (31) at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on Saturday. Maine defeated Brown 102-96 in overtime to improve to 7-2 on the season. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) BANGOR — On the Cross Insurance Center court Saturday afternoon, momentum couldn’t make […]
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Women’s basketball: Hot-shooting UMaine beats North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Blanca Millan scored 21 points and made seven steals and the University of Maine women’s basketball team matched a school record with 16 3-pointers in an 85-73 road win over North Carolina on Sunday. Blanca Millan scored 21 points with seven steals and the Black Bears (5-2) matched a school-record with […]
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Local roundup: Scoring spree continues for Nordiques
L/A Nordiques 13, Cape Cod 2 The L/A Nordiques scored four times in the first period to put Cape Cod away early as they went on to win 13-2 in Lewiston on Friday night. Colby Audette scored his two goals — which led L/A, along with two goals from Trent Sheldon — in the first […]
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Women's basketball: UMaine fights but falls short against Duke
University of Maine’s Tanesha Sutton, left, battles for the rebound with Duke University’s Onome Akinbode-James (24) as Duke’s Haley Gorecki (2) looks for the scraps at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on Thursday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) BANGOR — Before Thursday’s game, the University of Maine women’s basketball team honored Stacey Porrini Clingan. A […]
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2018-19 Bates women's basketball preview capsule
Coach: Alison Montgomery (fourth year) Conference: NESCAC Last year’s results: 7-17 overall, 1-9 in conference. Returning players: Senior — Erika Lamere (1.1 points per game last season); Juniors — Melanie Binkhorst (10.3), Carly Christofi (injured); Sophomores — Julia Middlebrook (7.6), Skye Conley, Meredith Melendy, Olivia O’Regan, Taylor McVeigh (3.0). Key losses: Emily Freedland, Lyse Henshaw, […]
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Women's basketball: Erika Lamere, Melanie Binkhorst lead young Bates team
LEWISTON — Erika Lamere stepped onto the Alumni Gymnasium floor for the first time as a freshman with three other players in her class and first-year head coach Alison Montgomery. Fast forward to the present day, and Montgomery and Lamere are the last ones standing from that 2015 Bates women’s basketball team. While others fell […]
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Women's basketball: CMCC Mustangs rumble past NHTI
AUBURN — Basketball is more about shooting and scoring, and the Central Maine Community College women’s basketball team is a prime example of that. The Mustangs shot less than 50 percent from the floor (47.7), 3-point range (32.0) and the foul line (30.8), but they couldn’t miss in any of the other statistical categories, doing […]
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Women's basketball: Duke coach Joanne McCallie back in Maine to face former team, former player
Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie gives instructions to one of her players. McCallie, a former University of Maine women’s basketball coach, returns to the state this week when the Blue Devils take on the Black Bears on Thursday night. (Duke University athletics) It’s not that Joanne McCallie isn’t excited to bring her Duke University women’s […]
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College Basketball: Prospects pointing up for Maine's Saar
Dor Saar advances down the court during a game against the University of Maryland-Baltimore County in an American East quarterfinal game at the Cross Insurance Arena on March 3. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald Photo) ORONO — On the University of Maine’s first possession Saturday, Blanca Millan stood in the right corner and, after a quick […]
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Women's basketball: UMaine teams up to take down Toledo
BANGOR — It was quite the opening act for the University of Maine women’s basketball team Saturday afternoon. The Black Bears trailed only once and rolled past Toledo 73-59 before a crowd of 1,578 at Cross Insurance Center. Blanca Millan led the way with 18 points, but this was a game that put all of […]