Maine Men’s Basketball Falls to Merrimack 72-65

The Maine Men's Basketball Team fell to Merrimack 72-65 on the road on Wednesday night, November 19th.

Maine trailed 34-27 at the end of the 1st Half.

The Black Bears were led by TJ Biel who had 18 points while Keelan Steele had 13 points.

It was a rough night for Ace Flagg has he had 4 points and 4 rebounds and 2 assists with a block before fouling out after playing 21 minutes.

Maine shot well from the field, shooting 46.5 percent from the field and were 4-15 from beyond the 3-point arc. The Black Bears were 21-30 from the free throw line.

Maine outrebounded Merrimack 35-26. But Maine turned the ball over 17 times in the game.

Merrimack shot 46.9 percent from the field and were 6-22 from beyond the 3-point arc. They were 20-31 from the free throw line

Merrimack is now 2-3, while Maine starts the season at 0-5.

The Black Bears are back on the court on Sunday, November 23rd when they will host Brown in the Pit, Tip-off is at 2 p.m. If you can't be there to root on the Black Bears, you can listen to the game on 92.9 The Ticket with the pregame with Ron Lisnet and Jim Churchill starting at 1:30 p.m.

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