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The University of Maryland Baltimore County used its long-range shooting accuracy to surge past the University of Maine men’s basketball team 63-53 in an America East encounter at the UMBC Event Center in Baltimore on Saturday afternoon. UMaine dips to 6-15 overall and 2-5 in conference play while UMBC scored its second straight America East victory to improve to 9-12 overall, 2-4 in the league. UMaine, now 1-11 on the road, led 31-28 at halftime and still maintained a 45-44 edge on a basket by senior forward Andrew Fleming with 8:18 left in the game. UMBC took control by running off 10 consecutive points, nine coming on three 3-point goals. R.J.