BANGOR — Dylan Griffin scored a game-high 17 points with a game-high eight made baskets, none bigger than his floater in the final minute that broke a tie and gave University of Maine at Farmington a 60-58 victory over UMaine-Presque Isle in a North Atlantic Conference East division men’s basketball semifinal Friday at Husson University.

The No. 2 Beavers (18-8, 9-5 NAC) advance to face top-seeded Husson in Saturday’s East final at 2 p.m. in Bangor. The host Eagles beat No. 4 Maine Maritime 88-53 in Friday’s first division semifinal.

UMaine-Farmington was knotted up 58-58 with the third-seeded Owls (11-14, 7-7) when Griffin made the go-ahead basket with 20 seconds left. He was fouled on the play but missed the ensuing free throw. UMPI sandwiched two missed potentially tying shots around another UMF missed free throw, and the Beavers hung on.

They had to do that for much of the second half after taking a 36-24 lead into halftime.

Simon Chadbourne added 14 points for UMaine-Farmington.

Doug McCalla led UMPI with 15 points.

MEN’S HOCKEY

UNH 6, MAINE 2: Liam Devlin scored a hat trick to lift the University of New Hampshire to a 6-2 win over the University of Maine in a men’s Hockey East game on Friday night in Durham, New Hampshire.

The Black Bears, who suffered their second straight loss, fall to 18-7-2, 10-6-1 in Hockey East. New Hampshire, which had lost its last three games against Maine, improves to 15-11-1, 8-8-1 in Hockey East.

Harrison Blaisdell gave New Hampshire a 1-0 lead with 5:05 left in the first period. Maine tied it on a goal by Cole Hanson 2:04 into the second but Devlin and Ryan Conmy scored three minutes apart to give the Wildcats a two-goal lead.

Anthony Calafiore scored in the third period to bring Maine within a goal, but Devlin scored with 3:07 left then added an empty-netter, and Stiven Saradian scored with 8 seconds left to help UNH secure the win.

Jakob Hellsten had 18 saves for New Hampshire, while Albin Boija stopped 20 shots for Maine.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY
MAINE 2, PROVIDENCE 1, OT: Mira Seregely scored in overtime to lift the Black Bears (13-7-2, 9-14-2 Hockey East) past the Friars (11-16-5, 10-10-5) in Orono.

Audrey Knapp scored early in the third period to give Providence the lead before Ava Stevenson tied it for Maine.

BASEBALL

PITT SWEEPS MAINE: Jeremiah Jenkins hit a two-run home run but the Black Bears lost the first game of a season-opening doubleheader, 10-7, against the Panthers in Port Charlotte, Florida.

Jake Marquez had three hits and scored twice in the first game and hit a home run in the second game, which Maine lost, 7-4.