LEWISTON, Maine – Sophomore Mike Boornazian scored a game-high 21 points to lead Bates College men's basketball past the University of Maine at Farmington, 75-54, in Alumni Gym on Sunday afternoon in the final game of the Bates Tip Off Round Robin.

The Bobcats (2-0) never trailed in the game and held a lead as large as 24 points late in the second half against the Beavers (1-1). Bates defeated UMF after dropping the previous two meetings to Farmington.

Boornazian (Portland, Conn.) paced the Bobcats in scoring for the second time in as many games, shooting 9-of-14 from the field and 3-of-6 from beyond the arc while also grabbing eight rebounds. Junior Graham Safford (Hampden, Maine) – the only other double-figure scorer for Bates – totaled 12 points, a career-high eight assists, and six rebounds.

Also for the Bobcats, first-year forward Marcus Delpeche (Wilmington, Del.) chipped in with eight points – including two dunks – and six rebounds while junior Billy Selmon (Atlanta, Ga.) netted nine points, junior Adam Philpott (Gloucester, Mass.) recorded seven points and seven rebounds , and sophomore Mike Newton (Chapel Hill, N.C.) corralled eight rebounds.

For UMaine-Farmington, junior Pet Sumner (Cramerton, N.C.) scored a team-high 16 points, connecting on four 3-pointers in the process, and senior center Ben Johnson (Manchester, Maine) pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds.

Bates held advantages in points in the paint (32-18), points off turnovers (24-10), and second-chance points (21-7) while out-rebounding UMF, 55-35.

With the score tied at 19-19 midway through the first half, Boornazian scored the game's next eight points on a pair of 3-pointers and a layup to give the Bobcats a 27-19 lead with 6:17 left in the opening half. The Beavers remained within eight points at 32-24 before Bates closed the half with a 9-2 run to take a 41-26 edge into the break with Philpott converting on a pair of triples and Delpeche dunking during the streak.

Farmington pulled within 52-40 after a Johnson layup with 11 minutes remaining in the game, but Bates responded with a 10-0 run over the next two and a half minutes to capture a 62-40 advantage with 8:36 to play. Selmon scored five points and Delpeche threw down his second dunk as part of that stretch. The Bobcats maintained at least an 18-point cushion for the remainder of the game.

Next, Bates hosts Saint Joseph's College of Maine on Tuesday at 7 p.m. while UMF plays at Colby on Tuesday at 7 p.m.