Mixed results at Bengal Basketball Classic

FORT KENT - The University of Maine at Fort Kent men's and women's basketball teams had mixed results at the Bengal Basketball Classic, with the men winning one contest with the University of Maine Machias, but the rest of the games going to the visiting teams, UMM and Daemen College.

The University of Maine at Fort Kent men's basketball team fought off University of Maine Machias to win 79-76 Friday night in overtime at the Bengal Basketball Classic in Fort Kent, Maine.

Junior guard Jeremy Thomas of Detroit, Michigan scored 20 of his career-high 32 points in the first half, and senior guard Manny Odugbela of Providence, Rhode Island added 23 points for UMFK (4-1) who led 42-36 at the break.

Junior forward Pablo Llamas of Leon, Spain grabbed a game-high 13 boards to go with eight points for the Bengals.

Jeremy Tolbert lead UMM (1-2), who scored 25 points. Will Lewis added 14 and Zach Armstrong another 13.

Earlier that day, the Lady Bengals dropped their season opener at Bengal Classic.

The UMFK women's basketball team lost their opening contest at home to UMM 61-60 in game one at the Bengal Basketball Classic.

Kayla Wood scored a team high 20 points for UMM (2-0) while Sabree Rodriquez added 10. UMM rallied late and used a lay-up in the last thirty seconds to seal the win.

Ericka Christensen of Warren, Maine, who had a double-double in her first collegiate game with game highs of 21 points and 15 boards, led UMFK (0-1) . Three other Lady Bengals reached double figures as Jenn Colpitts of Scarborough had 12 points and Maliesha Caesar of Cayon, St. Kitts and Quintina Young of Portland added 10 each.

UMM turned 21 UMFK turnovers into 23 points and shot 44 percent from the floor while UMFK only hit 37 percent of their attempts.

In the contests versus Daemen College on Sunday, the Daemen women took the Lady bengels 78-58, and the Daemen men also won, beating UMFK 83-75