By Mike Whaley
SOUTH PORTLAND, ME – Theo Wolfe and Mpore Semuhoza each recorded a double-double on Saturday to lift the top-seeded Great Bay Community College men’s basketball team to a 79-67 win over No. 4 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in the semifinal round of the Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) at SMCC. GBCC (21-5) will play No. 3 VTSU-Randolph in today’s championship at 3 p.m.
Wolfe led all players with 27 points and 14 rebounds, while Semuhoza added 21 points (4 of 8 3-pointers) and 10 boards. Ethan Arnold and Ethan May each chipped in with seven points. YSCC Player of the Year Brett Richards led Albany with 21 points.
The Herons led 46-36 at the half, and then widened the gap to the largest lead of the night to that point on a Semuhoza 3-pointer, 49-36, to start the second half. The Panthers’ cut the lead to four, 49-45, but that was it. May’s steal and layup sparked a 6-0 Great Bay run to get the lead back to 10, 55-45. Eventually the Herons led by as many as 16 (63-47) on two foul shots by Jordan Berko.
Albany (18-14) also received 16 points from Tristan Lisbony.
Randolph beat No. 2 Central Maine CC in the late game, 71-67, led by 26 points from Jaylon Calvin.
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