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LOWELL, Mass. - Freshman Lance Crawford (Davie, Fla.) posted a personal-best 35 points to lead the UMass Lowell men's basketball team (12-15, 6-8) to an 82-71 victory against the University of Maine (3-23, 2-11) on Wednesday evening.
 
The decision marked the first back-to-back wins for the River Hawks since early December. In addition, the 82-point performance goes down as the most points against a Division I opponent since the 2013-14 season finale, which was also against Maine. Crawford becomes UMass Lowell's first 35-point scorer since November 12, 2011. Classmate Matt Harris (Erie, Pa.) added to the offense effort and tied a season-high with 21 points, making for the program's first game with multiple 20-point scorers since January 23, 2013.
 
"I'm very pleased with the win tonight," said Head Coach Pat Duquette. "The guys played hard and they executed well both on offense and defense. We got a lot of good, open shots in the second half. We don't typically score this many points and I think that's a testament to what our team did tonight. We kept the floor spaced, shared the ball and were aggressive in transition to get some easy looks. This is a great win for the program."
 
The River Hawks got on the board with five straight points from Crawford, and although Maine would pull within one, the home team led 18-10 with 13:22 minutes remaining in the first half thanks to threes from senior Chad Holley (New York, N.Y.) and Harris.
 
The Black Bears used a 10-3 spurt to make it a one-possession game once more at 21-20, but freshman Brad Schaub (Marlette, Mich.) banked in a pair of layups to give the home squad a 25-20 margin with 5:23 to play in the period. Harris hit back-to-back long balls to give UMass Lowell its largest lead of the half, 31-22, with just over three minutes left. Maine followed with seven of the last nine points of the first half, but the River Hawks held on to take a slight, 33-31 edge into the break.
 
Coming out of halftime, Holley and Crawford drained three-pointers, as UMass Lowell pulled ahead, 41-35. Sophomore Tyler Livingston (Hudson, N.H.) added a jumper from long range of his own before the visitors put together a 9-1 run, cutting the difference to just one at 46-45 with 12:44 to go.
 
Maine came within one point of the lead once more, but the River Hawks answered with another three from Livingston and eight points by Harris, making the score 59-49 at 9:29.
 
The teams traded possessions over the next several minutes, with the River Hawks maintaining at least a six-point margin before sealing the 82-71 outcome.
 
Redshirt-senior Kerry Weldon (New York, N.Y.) led the River Hawks on the boards with eight rebounds. As a team, UMass Lowell shot 47.4% from the floor (27-57), including 40.6% (13-32) from three-point territory, and 93.8% (15-16) from the line.
 
Maine was led by five double-digit scorers, including Till Gloger with 23 points and nine rebounds.
 
Wednesday's contest marked the sixth meeting ever between UMass Lowell and Maine in the sport of men's basketball. The River Hawks now lead the all-time series, 5-1. UMass Lowell will play its home finale on Saturday, February 21 at 4 p.m. against New Hampshire as part of a doubleheader with the women's basketball team. It will be Senior Day for the team, honoring Weldon, Holley and graduate student Marco Banegas-Flores (Boston, Mass.).