Men's basketball falls in home opener on Sunday afternoon

Sunday, November 8

Orono, Maine

1 PM

University of Maine

1-2,0-0America East

Manhattan University

1-2,0-0Metro

Team	1	2	F
Manhattan	27	41	68
Maine	29	33	62

Wyatt Triestman taking a three-pointer against Manhattan

11/8/2026 6:39:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Garcia Adsten recorded a double-double for the Black Bears

Orono, Maine – The University of Maine men's basketball program was defeated by Manhattan on Sunday afternoon.

Recap: After a back-and-forth battle through the opening seven minutes of the game, the Black Bears were able to work their way to an eight-point lead later in the half following a pair of free throws from DeAndre Williams.

Maine stayed in control of the scoreboard heading into the break, leading by two points at 29-27 behind 11 points off the bench from Wyatt Triestman.

The two sides began trading the lead back-and-forth to open up the second half as neither side established much of a lead until Maine moved in front by seven points off of a Hudson Franz three-pointer with just under nine minutes to play.

Manhattan would close out the game on a 21-8 run to take down the Black Bears, 68-62.

Notes:

Villiam Garcia Adsten finished with a double-double as he had 16 points and 10 rebounds. He also added four assists, a block and a steal to his stat line. His points were one-shy of his career-high.
Triestman scored 11 points off the bench, all coming in the first half.
Six other Black Bears finished with at least five points on the afternoon.

Next time out: The Black Bears will travel to Rhode Island to take on URI on Tuesday, Nov. 10. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 PM.

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