BANGOR, Maine — The Castleton University Spartans used a balanced scoring attack to beat the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners 69-55 in a North Atlantic Conference women’s basketball quarterfinal Friday at Husson University’s Newman Gym.
Jade Desroches and Bryanna duPont each scored 16 points to lead second-ranked Castleton while Amanda Beatty added 15 points and Makayla Farrara added 12.
Castleton (21-5) will play for the league title against No. 1 Husson at 2 p.m. Saturday after the Eagles beat No. 4 New England College, also by a 69-55 score.
Castleton surged to an eight-point lead at halftime, increased it to 13 at the end of the third quarter and the Mariners could get no closer than eight the rest of the way.
Alayne Felix paced MMA of Castine with 21 points and six rebounds while Kristi Willey contributed 11 points, 11 rebounds and four assists. Megan McLean added six points, six rebounds and three assists as the Mariners finished their season with an 18-9 record.
Women’s Hockey
BC 5, Maine 2
At Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, freshman left wing Makenna Newkirk scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, and also had an assist to lead undefeated Boston College, the nation’s top-ranked team, by Maine in the first game in their best-of-three quarterfinal series.
The teams will play game two at 7 p.m. Saturday with the if necessary game set for 2 p.m. Sunday.
Kristyn Capizzano and Tori Sullivan staked the 35-0 and top-seeded Eagles to a pair of one-goal leads but Nicole Arnold and Victoria Hummel notched equalizers for eighth seed Maine.
Newkirk broke the 2-2 deadlock at the 10:38 mark of the second period and assisted on Dana Trivigno’s goal 1:38 into the third period. Newkirk added an empty-net goal with three seconds left.
Katie Burt finished with 20 saves for the Eagles while Meghann Treacy finished with 47 saves for the 10-22-2 Black Bears.
Men’s Basketball
Duke’s Allen reprimanded
For the second time in a month, Duke sophomore guard Grayson Allen appears to have intentionally tripped an opposing player.
In video of the game broadcast, Allen seemed to intentionally trip Florida State guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes near the end of the No. 15 Blue Devils’ 80-65 win on Thursday night.
Allen stretches his left foot backward near midcourt as Rathan-Mayes begins to break upcourt behind him with about 20 seconds left in the game. Rathan-Mayes runs into Allen’s leg and stumbles to the court.
Allen then turns to Rathan-Mayes with outstretched arms, his palms facing upward. Allen was not called for a foul.
Atlantic Coast Conference senior associate commissioner Paul Brazeau, who attended the game, told ESPN on Thursday night that the conference would review the Florida State-Duke game, including the tripping incident.
The ACC announced Friday afternoon that Allen will not be suspended for his actions. Instead, the conference issued a reprimand to the Blue Devils’ leading scorer.
Allen took some heat on social media.