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The men’s basketball team dropped a pair of road games against Boston University and Northeastern to end the regular season last weekend. Maine finishes in fourth place in America East with a 10-6 record (17-10 overall) and will play BU in the first round of the America East tournament in Delaware on Saturday, March 3.
The Black Bears lost 76-74 against BU on Sunday afternoon. Five Maine players scored in double figures. Julian Dunkley led the way with 16, Derrick Jackson and Clayton Brown had 14, both off the bench and Tory Cavalieri and Errick Greene scored 10 a piece. Brown also led Maine in rebounding with nine. Maine outrebounded its opponent for the second game in a row, 41-27. The Terriers knocked off UNH on Friday night to end the season in fifth place.
Maine lost 91-85 to Northeastern on Friday night. Maine’s Carvell Ammons posted 28 points and 14 rebounds in the loss. Julian Dunkley also had 28 and Errick Greene added 20 for Maine. The next highest scoring for Maine was Tory Cavalieri with five points. Northeastern got 26 points from Marcus Blossom and 20 from Jean Bain in the win. Maine had a 38-35 lead at halftime, but Northeastern shot 56 percent from the floor in the second, and Maine shot only 40 percent. Maine outrebounded Northeastern 48-35, including 23 offensive boards. Northeastern was 10-of-19 from three-point land, while Maine made only four of 22 attempts from beyond the arc. Northeastern finished the season in sixth place. The America East tournament starts Friday.
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