La Salle
Result not recorded
6 points3 rebounds
A brief first-season appearance before injury curtailed the year.
About this record
Evidence: retrospective feature.
THE BASKETBALL YEARS, IN DETAIL
Beyond
the highlights.
The games preserved in the family’s collection tell a season’s fuller story: breakthroughs, close losses, injuries, changing roles and teammates making the difference. This is a record of the games represented in the archive, rather than a complete university schedule.
49 distinct game accounts · Original reports linked throughout
1985–86
1986–87
Michigan State
Maine win
2 points4 rebounds
The preview recalls a Maine upset; a later development feature recalls Coco’s limited individual production.
About this record
The two points and four rebounds come from the retrospective feature’s account of his second season, rather than a surviving game box score. Evidence: retrospective mentions.
Utica
Maine loss
7 points15 rebounds
Rebounding stood out even as finishing remained inconsistent.
About this record
Evidence: preview retrospective.
Boston College
Maine 59 · Boston College 76
An early action caption records Maine’s defeat.
About this record
The caption securely supplies the opponent and 76–59 score. The 1986–87 season placement follows the players and surrounding coverage; the precise date remains uncertain.
Southern Maine
Maine 59 · Southern Maine 65
Coco is pictured attacking against Bill Hartley in a defeat.
About this record
The 1986–87 season placement is contextual, and the precise date remains unconfirmed.
Boston University
Maine 63 · Boston University 62
A one-point Maine win recalled in the later tournament report.
About this record
Evidence: incidental retrospective.
Colgate
Maine 83 · Colgate 66
17 points11 rebounds
Offensive rebounds helped Maine start quickly; Coco’s then personal scoring high impressed the opposing coach.
Central Connecticut
Maine win
17 points10 rebounds
A strong game recalled as evidence of promise in an inconsistent second season.
About this record
Evidence: retrospective feature.
Boston University
Maine loss
An earlier road defeat recalled in the tournament report.
About this record
The later tournament report recalls an earlier heavy road defeat. The damaged scan leaves the leading digit of Boston University’s score uncertain. Evidence: incidental retrospective.
Boston University
Maine 57 · Boston University 76
Maine’s season ended at 10–18 as the team struggled to establish a reliable inside attack.
About this record
A handwritten 1988 annotation conflicts with Jim Boylen’s final season and the matching 1987 result. The game is dated March 3, 1987.
1987–88
Lowell
Maine loss
An early-season defeat recalled in the fan column.
About this record
Evidence: incidental retrospective.
Michigan State
Maine loss
A heavy early-season defeat recalled before the January improvement.
About this record
This is a different game from the 1986–87 Michigan State meeting. Evidence: incidental retrospective.
Fairleigh Dickinson
Maine 64 · Fairleigh Dickinson 70
2 points
Strong shared interior defence could not overcome poor finishing; Coco missed two late free throws.
About this record
Coco and Gomis combined for five blocks and fifteen defensive rebounds; these are shared totals.
Fairleigh Dickinson
Maine 60 · Fairleigh Dickinson 74
Coco and Guy Gomis were absent on Senegal national-team duty in Tunisia.
Siena
Maine 76 · Siena 93
17 points11 rebounds
A last-minute place in the starting lineup produced a double-double in defeat.
Northeastern
Maine 54 · Northeastern 60
15 points6 rebounds
Maine lost a first-half lead, and Coco fouled out with 1:05 remaining.
Canisius
Maine 94 · Canisius 84
27 points15 rebounds
Coco scored twenty points after halftime and helped turn the game through repeated inside baskets, immediately after Chappelle’s retirement announcement.
About this record
The brief award notice gives a conflicting weekday; the fuller contemporary reports establish Saturday, January 16.
Bears win one for the Skipper 94–84 ↗Barry’s 27 key to Maine win over Canisius ↗Barry’s 27 key to Maine win — second scan ↗Basketball action with original caption ↗Chappelle’s gamble pays off as Barry comes into his own ↗Players channel retirement feelings into positive action ↗Chappelle’s gamble pays off — second scan ↗Players channel retirement feelings — second scan ↗Barry named player of the week ↗
Hartford
Maine 48 · Hartford 50
12 points12 rebounds
Maine led 48–45 with 2:04 left but conceded the final five points.
Central Connecticut
Maine 80 · Central Connecticut 64
Foul trouble limited Coco; Robertson contributed eight points and six rebounds in relief.
Siena
Maine 74 · Siena 94
18 points13 rebounds
Coco produced another double-double, while Siena’s 58–36 team rebounding edge helped decide the result.
Colgate
Maine 78 · Colgate 63
Maine won on the Saturday before its Sunday loss at Dartmouth.
Dartmouth
Maine 76 · Dartmouth 94
17 points9 rebounds
Coco and Banks supplied strong scoring, but Maine lost on the second day of a two-game weekend.
Canisius
Maine 99 · Canisius 96 · 2OT
16 points
Maine’s first win at Canisius required two overtimes; Banks and Forester each scored twenty-seven, and Rossignol supplied key final free throws.
Niagara
Maine 78 · Niagara 90
13 points
A foul and technicals involving Coco and Chappelle helped trigger Niagara’s second-half run.
Colgate
Maine 80 · Colgate 66
21 points12 rebounds
Coco’s inside basket gave Maine a 39–37 lead it never surrendered.
About this record
The February 16 contemporary report describes a Monday game. A later institutional schedule gives a conflicting day.
Vermont
Maine 75 · Vermont 74
14 points13 rebounds
Forester led with twenty-eight points as Maine survived a close finish.
Vermont
Maine 85 · Vermont 80
14 points13 rebounds
Maine protected an eroding twenty-point lead at the foul line and completed a three-win week.
Boston University
Maine 91 · Boston University 75
17 points11 rebounds
Balanced scoring and a late team response defeated BU; Coco scored fifteen points in the first half.
About this record
The eleven rebounds and fifteen first-half points appear in the later Betts feature.
Boston University
Maine 70 · Boston University 67
10 points
Coco fouled out with 8:12 left; teammates completed Maine’s fifth consecutive win.
New Hampshire
Maine 86 · New Hampshire 68
Coco’s inside baskets opened and completed a decisive 13–0 run in the sixth straight win.
About this record
The full point total for Coco cannot be securely reconstructed from the damaged box score.
Northeastern
Maine 80 · Northeastern 90
12 points14 rebounds
The six-game winning streak ended despite second-half resistance and Coco’s rebounding.
Hartford
Maine 74 · Hartford 82
13 points
Hartford fronted the interior players and turned Maine turnovers into points during Chappelle’s farewell home tribute.
1988–89
Chicago State
Maine win
The season-opening win is recalled in the tournament report.
About this record
Evidence: incidental retrospective.
De Paul
Maine loss
An early-season loss recalled as part of Maine’s difficult preparation.
About this record
Evidence: incidental retrospective.
Wisconsin
Maine loss
An early-season loss recalled as part of Maine’s difficult preparation.
About this record
Evidence: incidental retrospective.
Providence
Maine loss
20 points9 rebounds
The performance gave Coco confidence before his January shooting surge.
About this record
The original image confirms twenty points; OCR had incorrectly suggested twenty-five. The separate Providence photograph identifies Reggie Banks.
Hartford
Maine 61 · Hartford 55
12 points7 rebounds
Three late responses inside and at the foul line helped secure Maine’s first victory over Hartford.
About this record
Date from the Northeast Historic Film catalogue of the WLBZ game tapes (1458.0193–0195), which place the game at Bangor Auditorium on January 7, 1989; the clippings give only the month.
Boston University
Maine 68 · Boston University 83
17 points10 rebounds
A productive reserve performance in a team defeat.
New Hampshire
Maine win
22 points8 rebounds
Eight straight Coco points turned a 39–38 deficit into a 46–43 lead.
About this record
The two reports disagree on the final score, but both give Coco twenty-two points and eight rebounds. The saved reports give different final scores: 69–52 and 69–57.
Niagara
Maine 56 · Niagara 47
15 points8 rebounds
Twelve second-half points, including nine in the final 6:24, helped end a nine-game series losing streak.
Boston University
Maine 49 · Boston University 64
The caption records a separate Saturday defeat against Boston University.
About this record
The 64–49 caption records a different game from the January 11 loss, which ended 83–68.
Northeastern
Maine 73 · Northeastern 71
Coco hit late free throws and participated in the pick-and-roll setup for Higgins’s winning buzzer shot.
Canisius
Maine loss
A loss recalled immediately before Maine’s February 4 Colgate win.
About this record
Evidence: incidental retrospective.
Colgate
Maine 89 · Colgate 78
A balanced response in a must-win game brought Maine back to an even conference record.
About this record
Two saved tickets establish February 4. The two article scans preserve the same game.
Niagara
Maine 64 · Niagara 53
15 points7 rebounds
Maine’s first win at Niagara; Coco produced despite missing practice with a sinus infection.
Siena
Maine 49 · Siena 76
The measles game was played without the usual spectators.
About this record
The concern for a pregnant wife belongs to Matt Rossignol and Monique, not to Coco.
Siena
Maine 82 · Siena 92
Played at Utica College with no spectators during Siena’s measles quarantine. He came off the bench for six stints, scored five points on the broadcast, and drew the commentators’ verdict: “played very well.”
About this record
Evidence: the full WMHT/WMHX broadcast of the game (On film) and the tournament preview’s recollection of a recent ten-point loss. Five points are counted on the tape (one basket, three of four free throws); no printed box score has been found.
Vermont
Maine 83 · Vermont 81
15 points9 rebounds
Rossignol’s late free throws sealed a team win ending a six-game losing streak.
Northeastern
Maine 59 · Northeastern 65
Seven early Coco points helped build a lead; a second-half drought and a crucial late rebound ended Maine’s season.
About this record
The article describes seven early points without securely establishing Coco’s complete game total. The contemporary March 9 schedule and March 10 report differ from a later historical schedule. Varsity-letter records continue in 1989–90, so this was not the end of his college career.