GORHAM, Maine  –  Senior Terion Moss (Portland, Maine) scored a game-high 48 points, including 28 in the second half, to lead the UMaine Farmington Beavers to a 91-73 win over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a non-conference men's basketball match up Saturday afternoon at Hill Gymnasium.
 
Moss scored more than half of UMF's points, shooting 17-for-25 from the field, and 8-for-12 from three-point range.  He was one of two Beavers in double-figures for the win.
 
Southern Maine had five players in double-digits scoring led by junior Cody Hawes (Carmel, Maine/Hermon). Hawes scored a season-high 20 points, shooting 8-for-15 from the field with three three-pointers.  Sophomore Simon Chadbourne (Westbrook, Maine) came off the bench to score 15 points on five threes.
 
The Records: 
UMaine Farmington (2-1)
Southern Maine (3-3)
 
Series History:  Squaring off for the 99^th time in the long-time series between the two schools, UMF has won the last two games consecutively, defeating USM 88-58 on December 10, 2019.  Southern Maine leads the overall series 72-27.
 
Standout Huskies:  Junior Cody Hawes (Carmel, Maine/Hermon) 20 points (8-for-15 FG), 8 rebounds, 4 assists; sophomore Simon Chadbourne (Westbrook, Maine) 15 points (5-for-8 3FG); senior Jacobe Thomas (Houston, Texas/Davis) 14 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists; senior Jason Lombard (Anchorage, Alaska/Chugiak), 10 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds.
 
Standout Beavers: Moss 48 points (17-for-25 FG; 8-for-12 3FG), 3 assists; senior Jack Kane 17 points (7-for-12 FG), 13 rebounds, 3 blocked shots; freshman Dylan Griffin (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy) 5 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 blocked shot.
 
How It Happened: 

• UMF started scoring on nine of its first 14 possessions to lead by double-digits, 22-10 (12:56), in the first seven minutes of the game. However, Southern Maine bounced back outscoring the Beavers 24-12 over the next nine minutes to tie the game up at 34-34 with 4:04 in the half. Thomas scored six and Hawes added five in the run for USM.
• With the game knotted up at 34, both teams exchanged baskets and UMF led 43-39 with 29 seconds remaining on a running jumper from Moss, but Hawes hit a three of his own on solid ball rotation and an assist from sophomore Chance Dixon (Lake Worth, Fla.) to pull the Huskies to within a point 43-42 before time expired.
• Moss scored nine quick point, on three threes, as UMF opened the second half on an 11-3 run in the first two minutes of action to take a 54-45 lead. Led by six points from Thomas, the Huskies outscored UMF 13-6 over the next five and a half minutes and trailed by a single possession 60-58 following a three from Chadbourne; however, Beavers rattled off an 11-0 run to take control. Moss hit a pair of threes, while Kane capped the run with an offensive rebound and a layup to give UMF a 71-58 advantage with 9:06 to play.
• A Moss three with 6:59 to play gave UMF its largest lead of the game 78-61 (6:59), before USM used a 12-3 spurt to make it an eight-point game (81-73) with just over three to play.  Hawes scored five of the Huskies' 10 in the run. 
• With the lead whittled to eight, UMF scored four straight points on two free throws from Moss and a dunk from Kane to create separation, and then scored the final six points of the game for the 91-73 final.

 
Inside the Stats: 

•  Hawes has scored in double digits for the Huskies five of the Huskies' six games this season.  He is averaging 13.8 points per game.
•  Lombard's seven assists are a game and career-high.
• UMF's Griffin and Kane combined for 23 of the Beavers' 40 rebounds, helping UMF to a 40-30 edge in boards.  The Beavers scored 13 second chance points on 11 offensive rebounds.

 
Up Next: 
Southern Maine hosts St. Joseph's College (Maine) on Sunday, November 28 (7:30 pm). 
 
 
 
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