Scoring solely 19 first-half factors, the College of Maine males’s basketball staff fell 51-50 to Binghamton College on Saturday afternoon, shedding on the Cross Middle in Bangor for the second consecutive time this season.
The Black Bears have misplaced 4 of their first six America East video games, together with a 79-74 loss to the College of New Hampshire on the Cross Middle on Jan. 11. It was Binghamton’s (1-5) first convention victory of the season.
Down 9 popping out of halftime, UMaine rapidly ripped off an 11-2 run to make it a one-possession sport with quarter-hour to go. From there, the Black Bears and Bearcats exchanged three lead modifications, culminating in a pull-up floater from 6-foot-3 senior Symir Torrence (six factors, 5 assists) with 4.8 seconds remaining to win it.
Popping out of a timeout, UMaine junior guard Kellen Tynes raced down the ground and pivoted, searching for inbounder Ja’Shonte Wright-McLeish on the high of the important thing. The grad pupil obtained a good look, however his shot hit the left aspect of the rim and bounced away harmlessly as time expired.
“It was a designed play — we would like Ja’Shonte to shoot that each single time. He’s the perfect shooter on our staff.” UMaine sophomore level guard Jaden Clayton mentioned. “Particularly with solely 4 seconds left, they’re gonna pack the paint. He’ll make it subsequent time.”
Clayton and McLeish transformed UMaine’s solely two 3-pointers Saturday, with the Black Bears going 16-for-46 from the sector (2-for-12 from three). Their 50 factors scored was a season low.
Clayton led UMaine with 15 factors, together with two clutch free throws with 12.9 seconds remaining to take a 50-49 lead and make the house crowd go wild. Senior ahead Armon Harried paced the Bearcats’ offense with 15 factors and 4 assists.
“It’s a sport you’re gonna need again. We gave ourselves an opportunity in the long run, however they made the larger play,” second-year head coach Chris Markwood mentioned. “Whether or not it’s on the street, on the Cross or The Pit, you gotta present up with a sure sort of intention. We didn’t play with the pressure or urgency that we performed with the final couple video games.”
Binghamton snapped UMaine’s two-game profitable streak on Saturday, following Black Bear victories over NJIT and Albany. The Bearcats outscored UMaine within the paint 34-14, and outrebounded UMaine 31-28. Binghamton additionally received the turnover battle 12-11, and scored 4 extra factors off turnovers.
“Offensively, we couldn’t get something going, and early on it obtained in our heads slightly bit,” Markwood mentioned. “That’s a bodily staff, they usually made issues robust for us within the paint. To fight that, you gotta make some photographs.”
Subsequent up, UMaine performs UMass-Lowell (5-1 in convention play) away on Thursday at 6:30 p.m., adopted by Bryant (5-0) at The Pit on Saturday at 3 p.m. The next week, UMaine will play each New Hampshire (4-3) and Bryant on the street.
