Box Score

Farmington, Maine – Men's Basketball fell short despite a 2nd half comeback in the Inaugural Meader Cup between the University of Maine at Farmington and the Thomas College Terriers on January 23rd by a score of 74-66.  

Thomas: Overall: 7-11, Conf: 4-4 

UMF: Overall: 11-8, Conf: 4-5 

How it Happened: 

• UMF would take the lead early in the first half, but Thomas would answer back with points from Metin Yavuz and Cooper Wirkala to cut the Terriers deficit to 7 points 

• Mark McDonald and Wirkala would keep the Terriers offense alive midway through the 1st half, but the Beavers continued expose the Terriers defense maintaining their 24-17 lead with 6 minutes remaining 

• UMF would shut down the Terriers offense for the remaining 6 minutes, jumping out to a 38-25 lead at the half 

• But the Terriers were not finished, opening the second half with a 10-2 run to cut the Beavers lead to only 5 points with 15 minutes to play 

• The Terriers and Beavers would go point for point for the next few minutes, but points from Yavuz and Wirkala would tie the game at 49-49 with just under 10 minutes to play 

• The Beavers and Terriers would continue to go back and forth but UMF would eventually answer back with a run of their own, making the score 64-58 with just under 5 minutes remaining 

• Thomas would have multiple opportunities to score late in the second half, but could not capitalize as UMF would hold on to hand the Terriers a 74-66 loss 

Inside the Stats: 

Cooper Wirkala: 16 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL 

Mark McDonald: 15 PTS, 3 AST, 1 BLK, 1 STL 

Metin Yavuz: 11 PTS, 4 REB, 1 BLK 

What's Next: The Terriers will host the Husson Eagles on Friday January 26th at 5:30 PM in a North Atlantic Conference matchup.