COLLEGES
Basketball fans in southern Maine will get a chance to see Gorham native and Indiana University star Mackenzie Holmes in person this fall.
Holmes, a first-team all-American last season, will play 10 miles from her hometown, as the Hoosiers revealed Friday that they will play the University of Maine at Portland’s Cross Insurance Arena on Nov. 30.
A dream come true🥹🦞🫎 https://t.co/vR5dW47ccJ
— Mackenzie Holmes (@kenzieholmes_) July 21, 2023
Holmes is entering her final season at Indiana and has become one of the top college players in the country. The 6-foot-3 forward averaged 22.3 points per game last season to rank seventh in the nation, and also averaged 7.3 rebounds and 1.9 blocks. Her field-goal percentage of 68% was second-best in the country, and she led Indiana to a 28-4 record and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
BASEBALL
NECBL: Kevin Skagerlind was 3 for 4 with two runs scored and an RBI, but the Sanford Mainers lost 6-3 to the North Adams Steeple Cats in the continuation of a suspended game at Goodall Park.
The Mainers wasted a strong outing from Seamus Barrett, who allowed one unearned run and struck out eight over six innings.
SOCCER
LEAGUES CUP: Lionel Messi scored on a free kick from about 25 yards in the 94th minute, giving Inter Miami a 2-1 win over Mexican club Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Making his debut for Inter Miami, the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner checked in early in the second half. In the fourth minute of added time, he sent a left-footed shot over a wall of four Cruz Azul defenders and into the upper left corner of the net – unquestionably the greatest moment in Inter Miami’s brief history. Play resumed for roughly a minute before the referee’s final whistle blew.
CYCLING
TOUR DE FRANCE: Matej Mohorič edged Kasper Asgreen in a photo finish to win the 19th stage, while defending champion Jonas Vingegaard protected his commanding lead.
Both Mohorič and Asgreen were clocked at 3 hours, 31 minutes, 2 seconds for the 107-mile route from Moirans-en-Montagne to Poligny.
Yellow jersey holder Vingegaard finished among his Jumbo-Visma teammates and remained the clear favorite to claim his second Tour victory on Sunday. The Danish rider enjoys a lead of 7 minutes, 35 seconds over two-time champion Tadej Pogačar after taking control of the race in the Alps.
TRACK AND FIELD
DIAMOND LEAGUE: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon broke the women’s mile record by nearly five seconds at the Monaco Diamond League meet for her third world mark in the last two months.
Kipyegon, 29, finished in 4 minutes, 7.64 seconds to break the record of 4:12.33 set by Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan in 2019, also at Monaco.
Kipyegon set records in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters last month at meets in Florence, Italy, and Paris.
BASKETBALL
WNBA: Jonquel Jones scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu also had double-doubles and the visiting New York Liberty beat the short-handed Washington Mystics, 96-87.
Stewart finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds, and Ionescu added 16 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists.
Brittney Sykes scored 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Washington, which played without Elena Delle Donne (ankle), Ariel Atkins (ankle), Shakira Austin (hip) and Kristi Toliver (plantar fasciitis).
HOCKEY
NHL: The Seattle Kraken re-signed top defenseman Vince Dunn to a four-year, $29.4 million contract, locking up one of their core pieces coming off the best season of his career.
Dunn, 26, had a career-high 14 goals and 64 points in the regular season, playing in the top defensive pairing. Teamed with veteran Adam Larsson, Dunn enjoyed the breakout season many expected when he was taken by Seattle during the expansion draft before its inaugural season.
GOLF
LPGA: Cheyenne Knight and Elizabeth Szokol birdied six of the last eight holes in alternate-shot play at Midland, Michigan, for an 8-under 62 and a three-stroke lead in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, the LPGA Tour’s lone team event.
Knight made a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-3 18th in windy conditions at Midland Country Club to break the tournament record for an alternate-shot round, as well as the 54-hole scoring mark at 18-under 192.
Matilda Castren and Kelly Tan were second after a 68. They finished second last year.
Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Emma Talley were tied for third at 13 under with Celine Borge and Polly Mack. Shadoff-Talley shot 70, and Borge-Mack had a 68.
TENNIS
PALERMO OPEN: Top-ranked Daria Kasatkina lost 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to home favorite Jasmine Paolini in the quarterfinals in Italy.
Second-seeded Zheng Qinwen, third-seeded Mayar Sherif and unseeded Sara Sorribes Tormo also advanced.
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