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81
Winner Husson HUS 17-7,11-1 North Atlantic
70
Maine Maritime MMA 12-9,8-4 North Atlantic
Winner
Husson HUS
17-7,11-1 North Atlantic
81
Final
70
Maine Maritime MMA
12-9,8-4 North Atlantic
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Husson HUS 36 45 81
Maine Maritime MMA 19 51 70

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Patrick Stewart I Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications/SID

Maine Maritime Suffers 81-70 NAC Setback to Visiting Husson

Curt Heinz notched a double-double with 26 points and game-high 18 rebounds

CASTINE--Senior Curt Heinz posted a double-double with 26 points and a game-high 18 rebounds, and sophomore Jack Banks added 18 points off the bench, but Maine Maritime Academy couldn't overcome a slow start during the first half in an 81-70 defeat to Husson University in North Atlantic Conference men's basketball action at Smith Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. The Mariners fall to 12-9 overall and 8-4 in the NAC East Division, while the first-place Eagles are 17-7 on the season and 11-1 in the NAC-East. 

Maine Maritime Highlights
  • Junior Josiah Dancy (8 points, 5 rebounds) led MMA with six assists.
  • Heinz made 10-of-15 from the floor and he added four assists.
Husson Highlights
  • Jeremy Moronta led all scorers with 29 points on 11-for-18 field goal shooting (6-8 FTs) and he had nine rebounds.
  • Riles Neff had a double-double of his own with 20 points and 11 rebounds.
  • Scott Lewis contributed 14 points and six rebounds, as well as game-bests seven assists and five blocked shots.
How it Happened
  • Husson led 36-19 at halftime while shooting 42.4 percent (14-33) from the field and holding MMA to a 30.8 clip (8-26).
  • The teams traded points for the first five minutes before Moronta broke a 6-6 tie with a trey to put the Eagles ahead for good with 13 minutes and 10 seconds remaining in the opening half. That started an 11-2 run as the visitors quickly had a 17-8 advantage.
  • In the second half, the Mariners continued to battle and got the deficit down to nine points after trailing by 21--but it was too little, too late.
  • Maine Maritime stayed within striking distance by outscoring Husson in bench points (21-10) and second-chance points (16-10).
  • The Eagles, however, outscored the Mariners 18-10 on points off turnovers and they had a free throw advantage (15-for-19 to 6-for-10).
Beyond the Boxscore
  • The Eagles have won 11 consecutive meetings.
  • This game featured two of the NAC's top-three defensive squads: MMA is No. 1 with 67.9 opponents' points per game and HU is third, 73.0.
  • Heinz becomes just the second Mariner ever to eclipse the 1,500-point (1,512) plateau for a career.
Next Up
  • Maine Maritime will close the regular season with a pair of home games against NAC opponent UMaine-Presque Isle on Friday (7:30 p.m.) and non-conference foe UMaine-Fort Kent on Saturday (3 p.m.).
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