The Maine men's basketball team hung on in overtime to beat the last place Binghamton Bearcats 81-79 to keep from falling into a last place tie with the Bearcats. at the CIC in Bangor.
Maine was called for a 5 second violation on a throw in in backcourt on the endline with 10.9 seconds left in overtime allowing the Binghamton team to get off a potential wining three which was missed and followed by a 2 point tip in to tie the game which was also missed.
Maine lead at half time 30-28 and lead for most of the entire game and lead by as many as 10 points late in the second half but Bing made a strong rally to force the game into overtime.
The biggest difference in the game was that the NYers took 40 3 point attempts out of their 71 FGA's and only made 13 compared to Maine who only took 19 3 attempts but made 10.
Bing shot 32,5% for threes but took 56.4% of their FGA's on 40 3 attempts of 71 FGA's. Maine took only 33.3% of their FGA's as threes on 19 of 57 and shot an outstanding 52.6% for 3's.
Maine's point guard Celio Araujo who had not scored in regulation time, hit a big three to tie the game at 72-72 early in the overtime after Bing had hit a three to go up 72-69 and then made 4 foul shots to score 7 of the Maine 12 points in the overtime.
Maine had an excellent shooting day from the floor as they shot 50.9% from the floor on 29 of 57 and hit 10-19 for 3's for 52.6% and Bing went 29-71 for 40.8%.
From struggled from the line Maine going 13 for 21 for 61.9% and Bing 8-12 for 66.7%
Maine had 35 rebounds Bing had 40
Assist Maine 16 Bing 12
Turnovers 14 Maine Bing 15
Points in paint 24 each team
2nd chance points Bing 21 Maine 3
Personal fouls Maine 17 Bing 15
Isaiah White had a career high 23 points with 5-8 from beyond the arc. Andrew Fleming had 16 and Calixe was held to 11.
For Bing. Show had 20, Bruce 18 and Muhammad with 17.
Maine is tied for 7th-8th place place at 3-7 with Stonybrook. Maine goes to 4-19 versus D-1 opponents.
Binghamton drops to 1-9 in last place in the AE Conference standings.
Maine's next game is Thursday @ UNH at 7:00pm a team that MAINE beat in Bangor, January 24th 69-68.