GORHAM, Maine  - Sophomore forward Derek D'Amours (Agawam, Mass.) knocked down five three-pointers and scored a game-high 29 points to lead the Keene State College Owls past the University of Southern Maine Huskies 92-82 in a Little East Conference men's basketball game Saturday afternoon at Hill Gymnasium in Gorham, Maine. 
    

With the win, Keene State improves to 5-5 overall and 1-1 in the conference. Southern Maine falls to 2-7 with the loss and 0-2 in the Little East.
    

D'Amours was 5-for-9 from three-point range and 9-for-17 for the game.  He added a team-high seven rebounds for the Owls.  Sophomore forward Cody Snow (Leyden, Mass./Pioneer Regional) matched D'Amours on the glass and added 20 points on an outstanding 9-for-13 effort from the field. 
    

USM junior forward Cortez Isaac (Washington, D.C./Northwest) paced the Huskies with 28 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.  Junior guards Troy Jellison (Bangor, Maine) and Otis Smith (Altamonte Springs, Fla./Ocoee) each netted 15 for USM.  Jellison had nine rebounds and four assists.
    

In a closely contested game, the Owls used a 15-3 run late in the game to pull away from USM.  Trailing 71-70 with 5:46 to play following a lay-up from USM senior forward Will Clemmer (Windham, Maine), the Owls ran off six straight points on a three-pointer from D'Amours and a three-point play from Snow to lead 76-71 with 4:19 to play.  Keene then outscored USM 9-3 over the next two minutes to lead 84-74 with 2:32. 
    

USM rallied to pull within two of the Owls, 84-82, with an 8-0 run capped by a running jumper from Isaac with 1:13 to play.  KSC sophomore forward Steve Boudreau (North Andover, Mass.) snapped the Owl drought with a lay-up with 57 seconds to play and the Owls held on to win the game at the free throw line sinking 6-of-6 down the stretch. 
     

Keene State faces the Penn College of Technology at the PNC Bank Holiday Invitational hosted by the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pa. 

(Courtesy USM Sports Information)