GAME RECAP • 11/18/2011
MEN'S BASKETBALL vs. BATES COLLEGE
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The UMaine Fort Kent men's basketball team fell to host Bates College 71-69 in a back and forth battle in the first game at the three-team Bates Tip-Off Classic Friday night inside Alumni Gymnasium at Lewiston, Maine.
UMFK (4-3) overcame a 14-2 disadvantage in turnovers in the first half to lead 33-31 at intermission, thanks to a 27-9 edge on the boards and a team field goal percentage of .650 (13-20).
The lead changed hands 11 times and the game was tied on five occasions in a game that came down to the last possession. Senior guard Manny Odugbela (Providence, R.I.) scored a game-high 20 points to go with three steals for UMFK, while junior backcourt mate Jeremy Thomas (Detroit, Mich.) and senior forward Othniel Hyliger (Sandy Point, St. Kitts) added 12 points apiece. Junior forward Pablo Llamas (Leon, Spain) led the Bengals in rebounds (8) and assists (4), and also tied for the team lead in blocked shots with sophomore forward Jan Brylowski (Montreal, Quebec), with three.
Odugbela drove for a layup to cut the game to two with 50 seconds left, but the Bengals couldn’t take advantage of two offensive boards in the waning seconds of the game. UMFK had the chance to inbound the ball from halfcourt with 0.4 seconds left on the clock, but an offensive foul was called before the inbound pass, putting Bates at the line and cancelling out any hopes for a miracle shot by the Bengals.
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