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Riding a two-game win streak, the University of Maine men’s basketball team hit the road to Albany on Saturday. Senior forwards Clayton Brown and Rickey White paced the Black Bears, who dominated on the boards 49-20, to an 82-71 road victory.
Brown came off the bench and led the team with 17 points and 13 rebounds, while White added 16 points and nine rebounds. UMaine held a slim 39-37 lead at the break, reeling off nine straight points to close the half. The Great Danes knocked down eight three-pointers to keep it close and had four players in double figures.
A Rhasheed Peterson bucket cut the lead to 71-66, but Maine freshman Kevin Reed nailed a three at the other end to seal the win.
Reed, a shooting guard who is tops in the America East conference in three-point shooting, knocked down four Saturday and finished with 14 points. His three-pointer gave UMaine an eight-point lead and the Black Bears secured the win at the free-throw line.
Albany has lost four straight games and fell to 1-9 in the America East, just 5-16 overall.
The Black Bears are now above .500, 6-5 in conference play for the first time all season and are in a tight pack with Vermont 7-3, Binghamton and Northeastern at 6-5 and Hartford at 6-4.
UMaine hosts Northeastern University Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., but then will travel to Binghamton and Boston University for two road games.
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