COBLESKILL, New York — The University of Maine-Fort Kent rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit by pouring in 51 points in the second half on the way to a 70-64 men’s basketball victory over SUNY Cobleskill at Iorio Gymnasium on Thursday night.
Junior forward Joe McCloskey of Howland connected for 23 points with 12 rebounds and three assists to power the Bengals (7-7), while senior swingman Marquis Glenn came off the bench to register 22 points and 11 rebounds.
UMFK shot only 5-for-20 in the first half, but went 16-for-33 (49 percent) after intermission. Qaadir Ali added 10 points and six assists for the winners.
Frank D’Esti and Kemar Hemmings tallied 12 points each for SUNY Cobleskill (0-8), while Brandon Smith provided 11 points and 10 rebounds and Quincey Miller 11 points.
Bentley 76, Saint Anselm 68
At Waltham, Massachusetts, senior forward Tyler McFarland of Rockport scored 16 of his game-high 26 points during the first 6½ minutes of the second half, powering Bentley University to victory over previously unbeaten Saint Anselm College in Northeast-10 Conference men’s basketball action at the Dana Center.
Alex Furness of Wells tossed in 21 points with eight rebounds and four assists, while Ferguson Duke netted 11 points and Keegan Hyland of South Portland chipped in with nine points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals for 5-2 Bentley, which improved to 3-0 in league play.
Freshman Kyle Bouchard of Houlton added eight points and seven rebounds for the Falcons, who shot 49 percent overall and 42 percent (10-for-24) from the 3-point line.
Saint Anselm (6-1) was paced by 23 points from Mike McCahey, 17 from Tim Guers and 16 from Harrison Taggart. The visitors outrebounded Bentley 44-35.
Delaware 67, South Florida 58
Despite a sizeable depth advantage, South Florida couldn’t impose its will on Delaware, falling 67-58 on the road as foul issues bothered the Bulls all game long.
Thanks to a season-ending injury to sophomore wing Chivarsky Corbett (knee) and without the services of junior wing Devonne Pinkard (foot), Delaware was limited to just seven available scholarship players, six of whom played.
Sophomore point guard Kory Holden led all scorers with 23 points for the Blue Hens but shot 5-of-17 from the floor, going 11-of-14 from the foul line. Redshirt senior forward Marvin King-Davis added 16 points and a career-high 18 rebounds for the Blue Hens.
South Florida was whistled for 27 fouls to just 12 against Delaware, which led to a large discrepancy in the foul shooting department. The Blue Hens were 29-of-37 (78.4 percent) to just 7-of-13 (53.8 percent) by USF, making up for the fact they were just 17-of-55 (30.9 percent) from the floor.
After trailing by 14 at half, USF cut the Delaware lead to four at 41-37 with 10:15 remaining, but that was the closest the Bulls would get. They just three points over the next 5:40 as the Blue Hens went on a 16-3 run, taking a 57-40 lead on a jumper by Holden with 4:49 remaining.
Sophomore guard Roddy Peters (14 points) was the only South Florida player in double figures. As a team, the Bulls shot 37.1 percent (23-of-62) from the floor.
Gonzaga 69, Washington State 60
Gonzaga forward Kyle Wiltjer scored 20 of his game-high 22 points in the first 10 minutes as the 13th-ranked Bulldogs posted a nonconference win over Washington State in Pullman, Washington.
Point guard Josh Perkins scored a career-high 16 points for Gonzaga (5-1). The Bulldogs led comfortably most of the game while playing without star center Przemek Karnowski, who is nursing a back injury.
Wiltjer dominated WSU’s Josh Hawkinson at both ends of the court in a battle between standout “stretch 4″ forwards. Hawkinson had four points and six rebounds. Wing Que Johnson led WSU with 18 points, one more than guard Ike Iroegbu.
After Wiltjer’s hot start, forward Junior Longrus guarded him much of the way. Wiltjer’s only two points after the opening 10 minutes came at the free-throw line with 9.2 seconds remaining.
The 150th basketball game between the two schools, located approximately 80 miles apart, is expected to be the last one for an indefinite period of time. Gonzaga trails 98-52 in the all-time series, but the Bulldogs have won 14 of the past 17 meetings and have expressed a desire to drop the Cougars in hope of finding a better fit for their scheduling needs.
Washington State’s 4-0 start came against teams that currently have a combined record of 5-21.