AMHERST, Mass. -- The University of Maine at Farmington men's basketball lost a double-overtime thriller to Endicott College 98-95 in Amherst College's Ken Wright Memorial Invitational consolation game today.

The Beavers (0-2) are scheduled to host St. Joseph's College for its home opener on Monday. The game is tabbed for a 7 p.m. tip-off.

Eric Taylor (Oakland, ME) powered Farmington's effort with 31 points and 12 rebounds, while Josh Tanguay (Gorham, ME) recorded a double-double with 18 points and 19 rebounds, Andrew Dean (Gorham, ME) added 13 points and Eric Lelansky (Portland, ME) threw in 12 points. Tanguay was selected to the all-tournament team.

The Endicott Gulls jumped out to an early 9-2 lead, forcing Farmington to call an early timeout at the 17:24 mark of the first half. Coming out the stoppage, the Beavers went on a 9-4 run to close the gap, before taking a 14-13 lead on a three by Dean with 13:15 to play in the half.

The pace of play increased through the middle of the first half, but the game remained tight and with a putback by Tanguay at the 5:38 mark the Beavers trailed just 24-22. Eric Callo responded for Endicott with back-to-back scores inside to open back up a 28-22 lead.  The Gulls ended the first half on a 10-6 run to take a 38-28 lead into the locker room.

Early in the second half, Farmington's Kevin Leary (Manchester, ME) was fouled shooting a three, and knocked down all three free throws to cut the lead to 40-33. After the Endicott lead grew to a dozen, back-to-back scores and then a triple from Roy Burdin (Guilford, ME) , cut the lead down to 49-41 with 13:06 to play in the second half.

The Beavers cut the lead down to just three points at 58-55 with 7:38 to play as junior Eric Taylor scored on consecutive possessions inside the paint. After a 1-for-2 trip to line by Callo, Taylor scored again to close the gap to 59-57. The Gulls responded with back-to-back three pointers by Aaron Karkow and Danquah Rawlins to open back up a 68-62 lead with less than five minutes to play. Rawlins made 1-of-2 at the line to finish the game at 98-95 in Endicott's favor.

A putback by Tanguay with 2: 34 to play closed the game to 68-66 in Endicott's favor, before Matt Bibeau answered inside for the Gulls. Despite missing on the next trip, the Beavers created a quick turnover in the backcourt leading to another Tanguay score. Lelansky scored on a tough drive to the right to close the gap to 72-70. The Beavers got a defensive stop, which led to Tanguay being fouled in the act of shooting with :17 seconds to play. Tanguay made the first, and after an Endicott timeout, drilled the second free throw to tie the game 72-72.

In the first extra session, a three from Karkow and a put-back from Callo opened up a 78-74 lead for Endicott. After a Beavers turnover, Jamie D'Amaral made another triple from the corner to put the Gulls up 81-74 with 2:08 to play. The 8-0 scoring run was not enough to put the Gulls up for good, as Farmington erased a five point deficit in the final :29 seconds of the first overtime. After Taylor was fouled while scoring, he missed the and-one attempt which set up a game tying three by Lelansky with :10 seconds to play. The score was the final of the frame, as the game went into a second overtime tied 84-84.

Midway through the second overtime, Taylor made a pair of free throws to put the Beavers ahead 91-88. After the two teams traded scores, Endicott's Chris Galbraith made a pair of free throws to close the gap to 93-92 in Farmington's favor. After the Beavers scored to go up three, Bobby Montrond nailed a three with just :49 seconds to play to tie the game 95-95.

After Tanguay missed a pair of free throws, the Gulls were able to hold for the last shot with the game still tied. D'Amaral drove into the middle of the lane, and dished to Galbraith on the right block for a layup with 3.1 seconds to play, putting Endicott back on top 97-95.

For the Gulls, Callo had 24 points and 15 rebounds in the win, while Karkow added 20 points with five three pointers. For their play, both Callo and Tanguay were selected to the All-Tournament Team.