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66
Winner Mass.-Boston MASS.-BO 13-4, 6-2
60
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 10-7, 4-4
Winner
Mass.-Boston MASS.-BO
13-4, 6-2
66
Final
60
Southern Me. SOUTHERN
10-7, 4-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Mass.-Boston MASS.-BO 27 39 66
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 29 31 60

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Christina Cracolici, Director of Athletic Communications

UMass Boston Nips Southern Maine 66-60

GORHAM, Maine   –  Bobby Joy and Malik Lorquet combined for 43 points as the UMass Boston Beacons defeated the University of Southern Maine Huskies 66-60 in a Little East Conference men's basketball game Wednesday night at Hill Gymnasium. 
 
Joy was 7-for-13 from the field, including 3-for-4 from three, and had four rebounds, two assists and two steals for a game-high 25 points.  Lorquet snagged a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds, shooting 7-for-13 from the floor and coming up with six offensive rebounds.
 
Four players scored in double-figures for the Huskies led by a career-high 12 points off of the bench from freshman Joe Longoria (New Braunfels, Texas).  Longoria was an efficient 5-for-6 from the field.  Senior Jason Lombard (Anchorage, Alaska/Chugiak), junior Chance Dixon (Lake Worth, Fla./Santaluces) and freshman Diego Colon (New Braunfels, Texas) each had 10 points.  Lombard led the Huskies with eight rebounds, while Dixon had six assists.   
 
The Records:
UMass Boston (12-4, 5-2 Little East)
Southern Maine (10-6, 4-3 Little East)
 
Series History:
Tonight's game marks the 111th contest between UMass Boston and Southern Maine.  Southern Maine leads the series 65-46. UMass Boston defeated the Huskies 68-59 on February 16, 2022 in the previous meeting and has the last three with tonight's win.   
 
How It Happened:
  • The Huskies started off hot and led 20-10 at the 7:23 mark of the first half as Lombard hit a buzzer-beating three.  However, UMB rallied with a 14-2 run over the next five minutes to take a 24-22 lead.  Lorquet scored six of his 18 in the run. With the game separated by a single possession, both teams went back and forth.  Lorquet snagged an offensive board with 30 seconds to go and hit the put back to give the Beacons a narrow 27-26 edge over the Huskies before Dixon hit a three from the corner to end the half.  USM led 29-27 at the break.
  • With the game tied at 32 with 17:09 to play in the second, Southern Maine outscored the Beacons 12-5 over the next four minutes to lead 44-37. Longoria scored seven of his 12 points in the run.
  • UMass Boston responded however, and scored 13 unanswered point to vault ahead of the Huskies 50-44 with 9:21 to go spurred by seven points from Joy.
  • Another run, this time from the Huskies 9-2, returned the advantage to Southern Maine 53-52 on a three from Colon with 4:05 to play.  But, the Beacons scored seven straight on a jumper from Mariano Rodriquez, a traditional three point play from Tommy Burris and two free throws from Joy to go up by two possessions 59-53 with 1:42 to play. 
  • Lombard pulled USM to within a possession, 59-56, with a jumper and a free throw on two separate plays, but the Beacons' Joy took over scoring his team's final seven points, including a dagger of a three with 14 seconds to play, as the Beacons held 66-60.
 
 
Inside The Stats:
  • UMass Boston shot 48 percent (12-for-25) in the second half to outscore USM 39-31.  UMB was 4-for-7 from three in the final 20 minutes. 
  • Southern Maine's bench outscored the Beacons' bench 28-6. 
 
Up Next:
The Huskies are on the road at No. 4 Keene State on Saturday (3:00 pm), and then return home on Wednesday (7:30 pm) against LEC opponent Rhode Island College.
 
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