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John Squires received First Team All-State honors from the Maine Men's Basketball Coaches and Writers Association. (File photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen)

Squires selected First Team All-State; Safford All-Rookie

The Bates men’s basketball team had two players receive all-state honors on Friday, with the release of the Maine Men’s Basketball Coaches and Writers Association’s year-end awards. Senior forward John Squires received First Team All-State honors, and first-year guard Graham Safford was named to the All-Rookie Team.


Squires named All-NESCAC in men’s basketball Bates senior forward John Squires was named to the NESCAC Men’s Basketball All-Conference Second Team, announced Wednesday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.

Men’s basketball season ends with NESCAC semifinal loss at Amherst The Bates men’s basketball team’s foray into the semifinals of the 2012 NESCAC Men’s Basketball Championship came to an end with Saturday’s 97-74 loss to No. 2 nationally ranked and top-seeded Amherst.

Men’s hoops to battle the odds, and Amherst, in NESCAC semifinal Bates and No. 2 nationally ranked Amherst tip off at 5:30pm Saturday at Amherst’s LeFrak Gymnasium, in the Bobcats’ second NESCAC semifinal appearance in three years.

Squires earns his third Maine Player of the Week award Senior forward John Squires was named NESCAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, after leading Bates to its 57-54 victory at Tufts in Saturday’s conference quarterfinals.



Latest Results

Men’s Basketball 74 Amherst 97 (NESCAC Championship Semifinals)

2012-02-25 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 57 Tufts 54 (NESCAC Championship Quarterfinals)

2012-02-18 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 76 St. Joseph's (Maine) 49

2012-02-14 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 62 Hamilton* 72

2012-02-12 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 61 Rhode Island College 77

2012-02-09 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 73 UMaine-Farmington 80

2012-02-07 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 60 Trinity* 59

2012-02-04 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 54 Amherst* 67

2012-02-03 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 62 Tufts* 67

2012-01-28 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 75 Husson 78

2012-01-25 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 77 Wesleyan* 60

2012-01-21 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 84 Connecticut College* 80 (OT)

2012-01-20 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 81 Bowdoin* 60

2012-01-14 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 66 Colby* 55

2012-01-13 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 47 Williams* 67

2012-01-07 | Stats

Men’s Basketball 57 Middlebury* 79

2012-01-06 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 74 U. of New England 54

2012-01-03 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 72 Brandeis 86

2011-12-30 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 48 Bowdoin 69

2011-12-11 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 63 Colby 36

2011-12-10 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 74 Fisher 65

2011-12-07 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 69 Emerson 65 (OT)

2011-12-05 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 72 Thomas 63

2011-11-29 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball 59 Southern Maine 62

2011-11-22 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball Bates Tipoff Classic: Bates 55 Wentworth 66

2011-11-20 | Stats | Story

Men’s Basketball Bates Tipoff Classic: Wentworth 61 UMaine-Fort Kent 43

2011-11-19 | Stats

Men’s Basketball Bates Tipoff Classic: Bates 71 UMaine-Fort Kent 69

2011-11-18 | Stats | Story

* (asterisk) indicates a NESCAC opponent

Schedule

Men’s Basketball Bates Tipoff Classic: Bates vs UMaine-Fort Kent

2011-11-18
at 7pm
Alumni Gym

Men’s Basketball Bates Tipoff Classic: Wentworth vs UMaine-Fort Kent

2011-11-19
at 1pm
Alumni Gym

Men’s Basketball Bates Tipoff Classic: Bates vs Wentworth

2011-11-20
at 1pm
Alumni Gym

Men’s Basketball at Southern Maine

2011-11-22
at 7:30pm

Men’s Basketball vs Thomas

2011-11-29
at 8pm
Alumni Gym

* (asterisk) indicates a NESCAC opponent