Local players look forward to two intense games at pro arenas.

Zarko Valjarevic scores 22 points for the Black Bears, who give BC a scare but fall to 1-8 on the season with the 85-74 loss.

The Black Bears lose again in overtime, 3-2 at UMass-Lowell.

Zarko Valjarevic’s jumper in OT gives the Black Bears a victory over Wagner.

The Black Bears’ effort is better but they lose their seventh straight game.

Brown, which lost in overtime to Boston College on Friday, was stymied by Maine’s 2-3 zone defense for much of the game.

Yet another dismal second period is the story as Vermont sends the Maine men’s hockey team to its sixth straight loss.

No. 13 Vermont outscores Maine 4-1 in the second period and beats the Black Bears, 6-3.