Adrianna Smith scored 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the University of Maine women’s basketball earned its third straight win, holding off the New Jersey Institute of Technology, 69-63, in an America East game Saturday in Newark, New Jersey.

Sera Hodgson added 12 points for Maine (7-8, 3-0 America East), which led 36-24 at the half.

Kenna Squier had 14 points and Aria Myers scored 10 for NJIT (7-8, 2-1).

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 91, NICHOLS 52: Faye Veilleux scored 18 points as the Nor’easters (9-4, 5-1 Commonwealth Coast) beat the Bisons (2-9, 1-5) in Biddeford.

Julianna Tracey added 14 points, Keagan Dunbar scored 12 points, and Kaitlyn Santos had 10 points and nine rebounds for UNE.

ST. JOSEPH’S 86, RIVIER 51: Angelica Hurley had 20 points, 11 rebounds and six assists as the Monks (9-3, 4-0 GNAC) beat the Raiders (7-7, 4-2) in Standish.

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Logan Brown added 12 points and Jayne Howe chipped in with 10.

UMASS DARTMOUTH 78, SOUTHERN MAINE 65: The Corsairs (7-6, 3-1 Little East) jumped out to a 26-7 lead after one quarter and cruised past the Huskies (4-7, 2-3) in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Vanessa Vaughan led USM with 23 points. Amy Fleming finished with 19 and Tamrah Gould scored 10.

TRINITY 49, BOWDOIN 43: Emma Wax scored 18 points, and Reilly Campbell added 11 and 14 rebounds to lift the Bantams (13-1, 2-0 NESCAC) past the Polar Bears (10-3, 1-1) in Hartford, Connecticut.

Jess Giorgio led Bowdoin with 13 points.

COLBY 59, WESLEYAN 54: Caroline Smith had 23 points and eight rebounds as the Mules (5-7, 1-1 NESCAC) beat the Cardinals (5-8, 0-2) in Middletown, Connecticut.

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Gabrielle Hemenes added 12 points and Lydia Mordarski had 11.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

NICHOLS 100, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 61: Jakigh Dottin scored 20 points as the Bison (8-5, 4-2 Commonwealth Coast) beat the Nor’easters (2-11, 0-6) in Biddeford.

Jayden Thornton scored 28 points for UNE.

SOUTHERN MAINE 77, UMASS-DARTMOUTH 74: Cody Hawes and Clay Kuhn each hit a layup in the final minute to help the Huskies (9-5, 3-2 Little East) beat the Corsairs (3-9, 2-2) in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Hawes finished with 20 points and Kuhn had 12. Chance Dixon led the Huskies with 21 points.

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ST. JOSEPH’S 80, RIVIER 64: Nicholas Curtis was 6 for 9 from 3-point range and finished with 23 points as the Monks (7-5, 3-1 GNAC) beat the Raiders (2-12, 0-6) in Standish.

John Paul Frazier added 12 points, while Ashtyn Abbott had 11 off the bench.

TRINITY 73, BOWDOIN 58: The Bantams (13-1, 2-0) took control with a 19-3 run to open the second half and defeated the Polar Bears (6-8, 0-2) in Brunswick.

Afamdi Achufusi scored 13 points for Bowdoin, while James McGowan chipped in with 12.

WESLEYAN 79, COLBY 59: Nicky Johnson had 28 points and seven rebounds as the Cardinals (7-5, 1-0 NESCAC) beat the Mules (12-2, 0-1) in Waterville.

Will King scored 23 points and Max Poulton 10 for Colby.

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

WORCESTER STATE 6, SOUTHERN MAINE 3: The Lancers (8-5) scored four goals in the second period to break away from a 2-2 tie against the Huskies (6-8) in Gorham.

USM got goals from Amelie St-Amant, Olivia Stewart and Madison Chagnon.

HAMILTON 3, COLBY 0: Nancy Loh scored twice as the Continentals (9-2, 5-1 NESCAC) beat the Mules (8-2, 2-2) in Clinton, New York.

Mandy Busky made 26 saves for Colby.

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE 8, BOWDOIN 1: Casey Chesner tallied four goals as the Camels (7-2, 5-1 NESCAC) beat the Polar Bears (6-6, 1-6) in New London, Connecticut.

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Gia Massari scored for Bowdoin.

MEN’S HOCKEY

MAINE 4, ALASKA ANCHORAGE 3: Cole Hanson scored on a Ben Poisson feed in overtime to lead the Black Bears (8-9-2) past the Seawolves (4-13), completing a weekend sweep in Orono.

Poisson, Luke Antonacci and Michael Mancinelli also scored for Maine.

AMHERST 3, COLBY 0: Matt Toporowski notched a pair of power-play goals as the Mammouth (7-3-2, 6-1 NESCAC) blanked the Mules (7-4, 5-2) at Waterville.

Andy Beran stopped 22 shots for Colby.

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HAMILTON 6, BOWDOIN 0: Six players scored for the Colonials (6-6, 4-3 NESCAC) in a win over the Polar Bears (8-2-1, 4-2-1) in Brunswick.

Bowdoin’s AJ DiChiara made 15 saves.

BABSON 3, SOUTHERN MAINE 2: Andrew Holland scored midway through the third period to lift the Beavers (9-4-2, 4-2-2 NEHC) over the Huskies (2-10-1, 1-7-1) in Gorham.

Austin Marini and Tanner McClure were the goal scorers for Southern Maine.

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