Larsson Keys UMaine’s Win Over UNH
Make it two America East Conference wins in a row for the UMaine Black Bears. A super effort on Super Sunday by freshman Vilgot Larsson in a victory over New Hampshire, 62-53.
Larsson, a 6-foot-8 forward from Sweden, pumped in a team-high 23 points and grabbed six rebounds against the Wildcats. He shot 8-of-13 (61.5%) and 4-of-7 (57%) from three point range. Larsson has been averaging about 8 PPG.
Andrew Fleming, coming off his historic shooting night against UMass Lowell, scored just five points but led the Bears with 11 rebounds.
Sergio El Darwich scored 18.
Jordan Reed led UNH with 18.
The Black Bears improve to 3-5 AE and 5-18 overall.
UNH is 1-7 and 3-18.