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Date: January 7, 2002
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Men's basketball drops game to Southern Maine

WATERVILLE, Maine --

Jason Levecque (Westbrook/Westbrook, Maine) finished with a game-high 29 points and 11 rebounds to help University of Southern Maine win for the first time this season with a 69-66 victory over Colby College in men's basketball Tuesday night at Wadsworth Gymansium.

Levecque had 18 points in the second half when Southern Maine (1-9) turned a 37-27 halftime deficit into a victory. Colby (1-6) did have a chance to tie the game, but missed a 3-point shot with two seconds left.

Kevin Crosman (Morse/Bath, Maine) had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Mules, who shot 8-for-15 in the first half from 3-point range. Jared Cushman (Cony/Augusta, Maine) added 12 points, while Patrick McGowan (North Attleboro/North Attleboro, Mass.) finished with nine points and six assists.

Colby plays at Maine-Farmington on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Southern Maine 69, Colby 66

USM (1-9)

Linc Bigelow 1-6 0-0 3; Mike Francoeur 2-8 1-3 6; Jason Levecque 9-19 10-11 29; Ryan Garland 3-8 2-5 9; Adam Russell 1-1 0-0 2; Derek Lovely 0-2 0-0 0; Matt Tarbox 1-4 1-2 3; Quinn Fulcher 2-3 0-0 5; Ryan Soucie 0-0 2-2 2; Jay Casterella 0-1 0-0 0; Nick Casavant 3-3 2-3 10. TOTALS: 22-55 18-26 69.

COLBY (1-6)

Jared Cushman 4-10 2-2 12; Patrick McGowan 3-11 1-2 9; Nick Loukes 1-4 0-0 3; Michael Westbrooks 3-6 1-2 7; Kevin Crosman 8-15 4-4 21; Nick Ofiesh 3-5 0-0 8; Matt Forlizzi 0-2 0-0 0; Nate Dick 0-0 0-0 0; Andrew Jenkins 0-1 0-0 0; Mike Rutherford 2-3 1-2 6. TOTALS: 24-57 9-12 66.

Halftime: Colby 37, USM 27. 3-point goals: USM 7-20 (Casavant 2-2, Francoeur 1-2, Fulcher 1-1, Levecque 1-4, Garland 1-4, Bigelow 1-5, Casterella 0-1, Lovely 0-1), Colby 9-24 (Ofeish 2-4, Cushman 2-5, McGowan 2-7, Rutherford 1-1, Loukes 1-2, Crosman 1-4, Westbrooks 0-1). Rebounds: USM 40 (Levecque 11), Colby 32 (Crosman 8). Assists: USM 14 (Francoeur 4), Colby 18 (McGowan 6). Total fouls: USM 15, Colby 22. Fouled out: Loukes.