ORONO, Maine (AP) - Justin Edwards scored 18 points, the last two on a last-second basket, to give Maine a 66-64 victory over Hartford on Wednesday night.
The Black Bears (10-15, 5-7 America East), who avenged a 68-61 loss at Hartford on Jan. 9, trailed 34-30 at halftime, but rallied behind the shooting of Edwards and Zarko Valjarevic (17 points).
Two free throws by Maine's Evan Cooper tied it at 56-all with 2:35 left. But two 3-pointers by Valjarevic put Maine up 63-58. Hartford's Wes Cole hit a trey, however, to cut it to 63-61 with 0:48 left.
Valjarevic made one of two free throws at 0:40, but another Cole trey tied it 64-64, setting the stage for Edwards. He missed a 3-pointer. Alasdair Fraser grabbed the offensive rebound but missed the follow. But with 0.7 seconds left, Edwards tipped in Fraser's miss to win it.
Mark Nwakamma led Maine with 17 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Hartford (14-11) | 34 | 30 | 64 |
| Maine (10-15) « | 30 | 36 | 66 |
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| Hartford Hawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Nwakamma, F | 29 | 7-15 | 2-4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| N. Sikma, F | 28 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| J. Schneck, F | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Y. Moore II, G | 29 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| C. Wroe, G | 16 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Cooper | 28 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Peterson | 25 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| O. Faulk | 17 | 2-3 | 5-7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| W. Cole | 14 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| P. U'u | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-46 | 12-18 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 64 | |
| 45.7% | 66.7% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Z. Valjarevic, F | 33 | 6-12 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| M. Allison, F | 28 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| A. Fraser, F | 28 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| J. Edwards, G | 34 | 6-10 | 3-4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| X. Pollard, G | 28 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Gloger | 22 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Akanda-Coronel | 17 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| S. Lawton | 10 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 24-47 | 10-17 | 32 | 17 | 16 | 66 | |
| 51.1% | 58.8% | ||||||
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