Head coach: Alison Montgomery (second year) Last year: 9-15, 4-6 in NESCAC; lost in NESCAC quarterfinals. Key returners: Bernadette Connors, sr., guard; Nina Davenport, jr., forward; Allie Coppola, sr., post; Lyse Henshaw, jr., guard. Key loss: Chelsea Nason, guard. Key newcomers: Melanie Brinkhorst, fr., guard; Kelli Kennedy, fr., post; Carly Christofi, fr., guard Outlook: The […]
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Harriman, Reynolds drive Mustangs to win over UMA
AUGUSTA — Locked in a tight game at the half, Central Maine Community College came out of the break firing. Tianna Harriman dropped in six 3-pointers, Brooke Reynolds was a beast on the boards and finished with 14 points, seven rebounds and seven steals, and Kristina Blais added nine points off the bench to lead […]
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College sports roundup: CMCC women’s basketball off to 2-0 start
AUBURN — The Central Maine Community College women’s basketball team is off to a quick 2-0 start. The Mustangs defeated Champlain-St. Lawrence 76-62 on Sunday in a game that ended less than 24 hours after their season-opener — a victory over University of New Brunswick at St. John — began. Brooke Reynolds notched her first double-double for CMCC, scoring […]
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College Notebook: Local hoops teams turn the page to 2016
With the calendar flipping from 2015 to 2016, and with some teams still on winter break, this is a good time to check in on the local college basketball programs midway through their respective seasons. Bates There was no downtime for the Bates men, but that can be seen as a positive for the Bobcats. […]
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Women’s Basketball: Bates goes cold, can’t stop Saint Joseph’s, Cahill
LEWISTON — Neither Bates nor Saint Joseph’s College had a great shooting night when the two women’s basketball teams faced off Thursday. Thankfully for the visiting Monks, they had Morgan Cahill to ease the pain of those shooting woes. Cahill scored 27 points, most of them in the paint, as St. Joe’s won the non-conference […]
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Men’s Basketball: Bates makes it rain, pour against Saint Joseph’s College
“I still try to emphasize to take the mid-range shot. I know it’s not the most attractive shot to a lot of people,” Bates head coach Jon Furbush said. “But the dunks certainly get us to play a little harder defensively, and when a 3 goes in it’s a very similar feeling.” The game was […]
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Women’s Basketball: Colby closes out win over winless Bates
LEWISTON — Desiree Smith’s offense and Colby’s defense were too much for the Bates women’s basketball team Sunday. The Bobcats, still winless while dropping to 0-4, couldn’t overcome a season-high 26 points for Smith or 18 turnovers in a 62-57 loss at Alumni Gymnasium. The two NESCAC rivals (Sunday’s game didn’t count toward the conference […]
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Women’s college basketball: Montgomery era begins at Bates
LEWISTON — The timing was right, and so was the opportunity. When Alison Montgomery saw the women’s basketball job at Bates College was open, it felt like a logical next step. She was interested in a head coaching job, and had a desire to return to Maine. “I knew I wanted to be at the […]
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CMCC’s Rowe a story of perseverance
Alex Rowe didn’t realize how much basketball meant to her until it was no longer in her life. After that almost happened again, Rowe made sure she wouldn’t take the game for granted. Rowe is back for a second year playing for the Central Maine Community College women’s basketball team. She wasn’t sure she was […]
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Women’s college basketball: UNH ends UMaine’s winning streak
DURHAM, N.H. — It may have been better to play poorly Sunday than later in the week, but that wasn’t much consolation to the University of Maine women’s basketball team. The Black Bears watched their 14-game winning streak come to a halt at Lundholm Gymnasium at the University of New Hampshire on Sunday. The Wildcats […]