PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The University of Maine men’s basketball team fell to Duquesne 87-73 on Saturday afternoon at the A.J. Palumbo Center. Maine is now 2-5 while Duquesne is 4-3.
The Black Bears were led by Justin Edwards who had 19 points and eight assists.
Duquesne took a 25-19 lead midway through the first half, but the Black Bears would score the next six points courtesy of a Jon Mesghna free throw, Edwards 3-pointer and Till Gloger layup.
The teams went back and forth the rest of the way and were knotted at 37 at intermission.
Alasdair Fraser and Edwards each had 10 points in the first half to lead the Black Bears.
Duquesne took a 61-56 edge midway into the second half, but Edwards scored five straight points to tie the game at 61 with 9:47 left.
The Dukes answered and grinded out a 74-67 lead with 4:30 left, but Zarko Valjarevic made a three from the corner and an Edwards free throw made it a three-point game.
However, Duquesne went on a 7-to-2 run with a minute remaining to push the game just out of reach of the Black Bears.
Fraser finished with 14 points and eight rebounds while Xavier Pollard added 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
No mention that Pollard and Fraser fouled out with 4-5 minutes left in the game????…….that really killed any chance that Maine had of winning the game. Thanks guys!
Why are they putting the hometowns of the players after each of their names? Is this something new, or are they just trying to point out that there are not many Maine kids on the team?…
More Mediocrity from a school littered with it.