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Bates College's men's basketball team is led by head coach Jon Furbush, and in 2015 he led the team to the semi-finals of the NCAA Division III Basketball Championships. He is the youngest head coach in the history of the team and was named the 2014–15 Maine Coach of the Year by the Maine Men's Basketball Coaches and Writers Association.
Garcelon Field is the outdoor stadium and field of Bates College, located in Lewiston, Maine. It is the home field for the Bates Bobcats football, soccer, and lacrosse teams, and is also used for various other sports.
Bates had played 7-man hockey for all but one game over the previous two years but, as most of their opponents had bent to the 6-man trend, Bates had to follow suit. The team spent a month getting into shape and welcomed their old foe Bowdoin after returning from the winter break. The first half was played with a rover and the second without.
Two goals in the first staked Bates to a lead they would not relinquish and the Bobcats pulled even in the state series with a win over Colby. [2] Poor weather prevented the team from practicing ahead of their road trip south and the Bobcats' condition was a relative unknown as they took on Army.
A return match with the Aggies ended up being the wildest game of the season. Cogan opened the scoring for Bates but the team was quickly buried under an avalanche of Aggie goals. down 1–4 at the start of the second, the Bobcats came roaring back with two goals from Johnson in the second and a trio of Cogan marker in the third.
Only one goal was scored in the game and it came from the stick of a Polar Bear. The loss placed Bates at the bottom of the state rankings and gave the Garnet a terrible result despite an otherwise strong season. Bates ended is season on a high note, however, as the team travelled down to Providence and came away with a 4–2 win. Cogan was the ...
The Wildcats fired several long shots on goal and the defense was unable to get control of the puck time and again. The offense for Bates was apparent, however, the opposing goaltender played a masterful game and only allowed a single goal to the Garnet. The following week, Bates was again on the road, this time facing the UMass Aggies. The ...
As did many college teams at the time, Bates was in the process of switching from a 7-player team to a 6-player team as the position of rover was being abolished, though they did play with the extra man during the season. [2] Bates' first game came against Boston College and the team looked lost against the Bostonian outfit. Bates was whipped 0 ...