Bethlehem, Pa. – The visiting UMBC Retrievers shot a sizzling 55 percent and cruised to an 88-62 victory over the Lehigh Mountain Hawks on Saturday afternoon at Stabler Arena.
 
Senior Jacob Boonyasith continued to have the hot-hand as the wing paced UMBC with 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including 4-for-6 from behind the arc. Senior forward Yaw Obeng-Mensah produced 15 points and nine rebounds and graduate student Colton Lawrence added 15 points. Lawrence also picked up his 1,000^th career point on an early second-half jumper.
 
How It Happened (First Half)
- UMBC  (5-4) raced out to an 18-3 lead at the 11:44 mark and were never seriously challenged again. Boonyasith scored seven of his 12 first-half points to key the spurt.
- Lehigh (4-5) was able to close within 21-11 after guard Evan Taylor's layup at the 9:31 mark but UMBC rattled off 10 straight points to up their lead to 20 points with 6:47 left in the stanza. Obeng-Mensah scored the first seven points of the run and junior guard Matteo Picarelli converted three free throws after he was hit on a long-distance attempt.
- The Retrievers widened their lead to 27 points and led 48-21 at the half. Picarelli hit an off-balance trifecta at the buzzer to put a stamp on a red-hot half, in which they shot a season-best 60 percent overall.
 
How It Happened (Second Half)
- It was more of the same in the final stanza as UMBC widened their lead to 35 points over the first 4:54. Boonyasith drained a triple and senior guard Craig Beaudion II followed with a steal and a layup, which forced the hosts to call their final timeout of the game.
- The only drama left was Lawrence's milestone which occurred when he hit a turnaround jumper in the paint at the 12:45 mark.

Notes
- UMBC outrebounded Lehigh by a 42-22 margin.
- The Retrievers hit 11-of-27 (40.7 percent) from long range.
- UMBC scored 36 points in the paint and held the Mountain Hawks to just 10 in the interior.
- Boonyasith led the Retrievers in scoring for the second straight contest after netting a season-best 24 against Coppin State on Wednesday.
- UMBC has reached double-digits in 3-point field goals in five straight contests.

Quotable
"I thought we looked really connected today," stated Head Coach Jim Ferry. "We took what we did the other night against Coppin State and improved on it defensively. We really protected the basket and the lane. Offensively, after the first couple of minutes we really flowed and played off each other. We shared the basketball and that's what we are trying to do. Each day at practice we try to get a little better."

Up Next
-UMBC will travel to Columbia on Tuesday evening.