ORONO, Maine (AP) - Justin Edwards and Alasdair Fraser scored 17 points apiece and all five Maine starters hit double figures to lead the Black Bears past Maryland-Baltimore County 81-66 Saturday in an American East Conference showdown.
Jon Mesghna (16 points) went 5 of 5 from the field, including 3 of 3 from deep, while Xavier Pollard and Mike Allison posted 10 points apiece. Allison pulled down 10 boards for the Black Bears (7-8, 2-0), who had a 38-25 rebounding advantage and have won four straight since snapping a three-game skid.
Maine opened the game on a 14-6 run but UMBC answered with a 19-5 run of its own to take a 25-19 lead with 7:14 left in the first half. However, Mesghna hit a 3, sparking an 18-5 spurt for Maine, which led 37-29 at intermission.
Chase Plummer's 14 led UMBC (2-13, 0-2), which trailed by at least five the entire second half.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Maryland-Baltimore County (2-13) | 29 | 37 | 66 |
| Maine (7-8) « | 37 | 44 | 81 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Roseboro, F | 27 | 5-13 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| M. Garner, F | 22 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Neller, G | 25 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| A. Morgan, G | 23 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| R. Cook, G | 18 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Plummer | 29 | 6-14 | 2-4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| J. Getz | 22 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Q. Jones | 17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Satchell | 16 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Wertz | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Wejnert | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Wise | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-61 | 7-10 | 25 | 11 | 21 | 66 | |
| 44.3% | 70% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Fraser, F | 37 | 7-12 | 2-5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| M. Allison, F | 35 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Edwards, G | 33 | 6-8 | 5-7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| X. Pollard, G | 32 | 4-12 | 2-2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| J. Mesghna, G | 29 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Lawton | 23 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Gloger | 8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| J. McAllian | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31-53 | 15-23 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 81 | |
| 58.5% | 65.2% | ||||||
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