WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania — The University of Maine-Fort Kent men’s basketball team held Penn State Wilkes-Barre to 20 second-half points en route to a 69-58 win on Monday evening.
The Bengals started slow for the third game in a row and trailed at halftime 38-30, but they shot 52 percent from the field in the second half to surge by Wilkes-Barre.
Roosevelt Smith Jr. led a balanced attack for the Bengals with 13 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists. Mauro Vicic hit five 3-points for the second game in a row and finished with 18 points and four rebounds. Joe McCloskey chipped in with 14 points, 12 in the second half.
Football
Indiana coach gets six-year extension
Indiana football coach Kevin Wilson began the 2015 season with his job apparently in jeopardy, but he comes out of the season with a contract extension.
The university announced Monday that Wilson signed a new six-year contract that is worth a total of $15.3 million, which breaks down to $2.55 million annually.
In the 2015 season, Wilson earned $1.3 million, which was the second-lowest salary for a Big Ten head coach, according to the USA Today’s salary database.
“This contract reflects our commitment to Kevin, to continuity, and to Indiana University Football,” Indiana athletic director Fred Glass said in a statement. “Kevin has done a great job building our program into one that is competitive with the great teams of the Big Ten and the nation. We are confident that he will continue to lead us to sustained success on the field and in the classroom.”
The Hoosiers have not finished with a winning record in any of Wilson’s five seasons as head coach. Wilson has a 20-41 record at Indiana, and he had his best season in 2015, when Indiana went 6-6 in the regular season but lost to Pittsburgh in the Pinstripe Bowl. It was Indiana’s first bowl appearance since 2007.