Box Score NEW LONDON, N.H. – February 25, 2014 – Senior Ben Johnson (Manchester, Maine) had 24 points and 26 rebounds to help lead sixth seed Maine-Farmington in an 80-61 upset over third seed Colby-Sawyer in Tuesday's North Atlantic Conference (NAC) quarterfinals.  

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Maine-Farmington improves to 12-14 and will play second seed Castleton on Friday evening at the tournament's top seed, Husson. Colby-Sawyer falls to 14-11.

Johnson had a double-double in each half with 14 points and 11 boards in the first and 10 points and 15 rebounds in the second. He was 12-20 from the floor and added four assists. Not to be outshined, senior Andrew Dickey (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) also recorded a double-double of a game-high 26 points and 11 rebounds. At the 18:03 mark in the second frame, Dickey scored his 1000th career point. Junior Pet Sumner (Cramerton, N.C.) chipped in 14 points off the bench.

Colby-Sawyer was led by junior Zach Bean (Scarborough, Maine). He scored 17 points on 7-13 shooting. Sophomore Jake Maynard (Shelburne, Vt.) just missed a double-double with 10 points and eight rebounds off the bench. Junior Mike Dias (Carver, Mass.) had six points and a team best nine rebounds.

Johnson opened the scoring with a jumper 40 seconds into the game. Colby-Sawyer responded with a pair of buckets from Zach Bean to take a 4-2 lead, but that would be the last lead of the contest for the Chargers. The Beavers scored the next seven points capped by another Johnson layup to take a 9-4 lead six minutes into the frame.

The Chargers were able to stay close over the next several minutes before the visitors used a 10-0 run in a 3:23 span to take its largest lead of the half at 28-13. Colby-Sawyer pulled within nine at the end of the half on a trey from sophomore Wol Majong (Manchester, N.H.) with a couple of seconds left. UMF led 37-28 at the break.

Peter Donato (Portland, Maine) began the second half scoring with a layup to pull the Chargers within seven. The Beavers then went on a 9-0 run with six points coming from Dickey to push the advantage back to 46-30. Colby-Sawyer continued to try to chip away, but every time the Chargers cut the deficit to 10, UMF answered with a bucket to keep the double digit lead intact. The Beavers shot 50 percent in the second half en route to the 80-61 win, while Colby-Sawyer shot 30.2 percent.

The Beavers finished the game with a 55-36 edge on the glass and a 40-16 advantage in points in the paint.