Maine drops a tight one to Vermont

Wednesday, January 22

Bangor, ME

7:00 PM EST

University of Maine

6-14,2-4America East

University of Vermont

14-6,4-1America East

Team	1	2	F
Vermont	28	31	59
Maine	26	31	57

Photo by: Tyler Neville

1/22/2020 9:53:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BANGOR, Maine - The University of Maine men's basketball took reigning America East conference champion Vermont down to the wire on Wednesday evening, but Andrew Fleming's fall-away three-point attempt at the buzzer sailed just wide to allow the Catamounts to escape with the 59-57 victory.

Maine carried the lead for the first 15:37 of this one, jumping out on a 6-2 run to begin this one, and held it until Vermont regained the advantage with :47 seconds left in the half. The two teams traded runs throughout the remainder, as the momentum swung back and forth until Maine tied the game with:26 seconds left on a pair of Solomon Iluyomade free throws. Ben Shungu isolated his man at the top of the key and hit a driving layup to give Vermont the lead with just :04 showing on the clock, and the Fleming buzzer-beating attempt sailed wide to allow UVM to exit the Cross Insurance Center with their 18 straight victory over Maine.

MAINE GAME NOTES

Andrew Fleming led the Black Bears with 13 points on the evening, while also filling the box score with six rebounds, five assists, and four steals.
Freshmen Precious Okoh and Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish combined for 18 points on the evening (10 Okoh, 8 Wright-McLeish), along with Wright-McLeish adding in three steals.
Maine won the turnover battle committing just 16 turnovers while forcing 19 Catamount miscues. Vermont dominated the glass 36-25.

LOOKING AHEAD

The Black Bears slide to 6-14 overall and 2-4 within the conference.
It's back to the road for the Bears next, as they travel to take on UMBC on Saturday at 1:00 in Baltimore.