Durham, NC – The College of Maine males’s basketball program was defeated by #7 Duke on opening evening at Cameron Indoor Stadium, 96-62.

Maine held the competition shut all through the primary half as they tied the sport up 6-6 and later within the half went on a 9-0 run to make it a single-digit deficit at 26-18 with a bit of over 10 minutes to play.

The Black Bears trailed at halftime by solely 11 because the rating stood at 44-33.

Keelan Steele led the Black Bears in scoring as he had eight factors and one rebound.

Quion Burns had six factors and a team-high 4 rebounds and Kellen Tynes had 5 factors and three steals.

Christopher Mantis buried a pair of three’s within the opening half for six factors.

Maine held the Blue Devils to inside 12 for the primary couple of minutes of the second half earlier than Duke started to tug away for good, concluding the competition at a remaining rating of 96-62.

Burns completed with a team-high 15 factors, his second-most as a Black Bear, together with 5 rebounds and three steals.

Steele completed with 11 in solely 12 minutes of motion.

Jaden Clayton and Mantis each completed with eight factors.

Maine (0-1) returns to Orono as they host UMFK on Wednesday, Nov. 6. Tip off is scheduled for six P.M.

-UMaine-