BUZZER BEATER: Zarko The Maine Man For Black Bears

Starting the season 0-5 is no fun and the Maine Black Bears needed a win Tuesday night against Wagner.

Enter Zarko Valjarevic whose catch and shoot buzzer beater in overtime gave the Black Bears their first win of the season 82-81.




“Our guys trusting me, putting me in that spot, I just have to make it this time and it went in, so it’s good — first win,” Valjarevic was quoted in the Banger Daily News.

Valjarevic ended the game with 17 points.

“I like the pressure. I like the challenge,”  Valjarevic said on taking the last shot.

UMaine Women's Hoops In Bus Crash

((HT: WLBZ-TV Bangor))

The University of Maine women's basketball team was involved in a bus accident on its way to their game in Boston against BU, but school officials say no players have been seriously injured. One basketball player was treated for a broken hand while Head Coach Richard Barron also was treated for cuts on his face.

Massachusetts State Police say the driver of the bus was the only person seriously hurt.
He was air lifted to a Boston hospital.

The bus was headed south when it crossed both the median and northbound lanes. At that point, the bus went off the highway into a nearby woods.

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