Bangor, ME - Husson University fell to Bates 75-63 in the Championship game of the Paul Bunyan Invitational.  Bates improves to 5-1 with the win while Husson falls to 3-3.  Bates' Chris Wilson (Sr., Brewer, ME) was named the Paul Bunyan Invitational Tournament MVP.  Despite the loss, Husson's Matt MacKenzie (Sr., Warren, ME) recorded his 1000^th point by fighting through thick coverage to make a driving layup in the second half.

Josh Jones (So, Jefferson, ME) put the eagles on the board first from under the basket.  Bates answered with a shot in the lane by Ryan Weston (So., Bangor, ME) to tie the game at 2-2.  MacKenzie grabed a rebound for the lay up to put Husson up 4-2.  In a half where the lead would continually change, Bates' Jimmy O'Keefe (Sr., Lexington, MA) was fouled and hit both shots to tie the game at 8 in the first five minutes.

Jay Uhrin (Jr., Winterport, ME) hit both of his foul shots to put the eagles up 18-16 but Bates' Brian Ellis (Jr., Braintree, MA) answered with a layup to knot the score at 18.  CJ Hodges (Sr., Glen Mills, PA) made 2 of 3 foul shots to give the Eagles a 20-18 lead over the Bobcats.  Bates' Ryan Weston (So., Bangor, ME) pushed through the lane to score a layup that was answered by Husson's Marc Zaharchuk for a 22-20 Eagles score.  CJ Hodges (Sr., Glen Mills, PA) hit a deuce from Matt Cummings (Sr., Howland, ME) for 26-24 Husson lead.  Cummings hit one of two foul shots to give the Eagles a three point lead but Bobcat Kyle Philbrook (So., Auburn, ME) converted off a steal to bring the game within one point.  Bates' Wilson made another steal running the floor and scoring a lay up to take a 28-27 lead.  Husson's MacKenzie scored one of two foul shots to tie the game at 28 with 2 minutes left.  Bates hit two foul shots to take a two point lead at 30-28 but Husson's Brock Bradford (Sr., Kenduskeag, ME) hit a big three to reclaim the Husson lead at 31-30 to end the first half.

Bates got on the board first in the second half when Ellis hit his foul shots putting the Bobcats up 33-31.  A spinning fade-away by Weston gave Bates a four point lead and then Philbrook hit a three to make the score 38-31.  Bates pulled away with Weston hitting a lay up to gain a 9 point lead.  Uhrin responded with a jumper with Husson trailing 35-42.  After numerous Eagle turnovers, Bates' O'Keefe hit a jump shot to give the Bobcats a 13 point lead.  Husson's Bradford hit a deep three to bring the Eagles to 44-53 and Bates' Wilson hit another three from the courtside to push the score to 44-56.  Bradford responded with another three of his own to make it 49-56.  Despite a late surge, the Eagles could not catch the Bobcats and the game ended at 63-75.

Bates' Chris Wilson was named the Paul Bunyan Invitational Tournament MVP scoring 21 points and shooting 15-21.  Brian Ellis was also named to the All-Tournament Team scoring 19 points and collecting 8 rebounds.  Bates was 18-22 from the free throw line to Husson's 17-28.

Husson's Brock Bradford and Matt MacKenzie were named to the All-Tournament Team.  Bradford netted 15 points and MacKenzie collected his 1000^th career point in his 13 point effort.  Uhrin totaled 17 points and Jones collected 11 rebounds on the loss.