Augusta, ME—Five Mustangs hit for double digits tonight as CM dropped UMA 103-94 in a basketball contest played at the Augusta Civic Center. The win comes a day after the Mustangs dropped a heart breaking loss at home to the College of St Joe's.
CM started the game slow but took off on a 22-6 run in the middle of the first half and went to the locker room up 51-38 at the break. UMA came out strong after halftime cutting the lead to 55-50 in the first five minutes.
CM employed 40 minutes of full court pressure wearing down the thin Moose. The Mustangs continued to battle sustaining an 8-12 point lead throughout the second half. Pietro Badalassi (Canberra, Australia) played his best game of the season thus far hitting for 22 points in a 9-18 shooting spree and added 8 rebounds. Carrington Miller (Bingham, ME) added his fourth double double tonight draining 20 points and tearing down 10 rebounds. Elijah Barbour (Reston, VA) added 14 points, Raikwon Rodrigues (Providence, RI) chipped in with 13 points and Rob Skinner ( Winsted, CN) finished off with 10 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.
CM takes its 6-2 record into next week hosting out of state rival New Hampshire Technical Institute Thursday, Nov 19th at CM.
