Fresh off its first #AEHoops-opening win since 2015-16, the UMBC Women's Basketball team hits the road for a tough two-game road trip at the top two teams in the conference. The Retrievers will play Vermont, owners of the most wins in the Conference, on Sunday afternoon for a 2 p.m. contest. They then travel to Upstate New York to face defending America East champion UAlbany on Wednesday night

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Last Time Out:

• UMBC graduate student guard Keelah Dixon led four Retrievers in double figures with 19 points, as the Retrievers opened America East Conference play with a 73-69 victory over Binghamton at "The Peake."
• The Retrievers (4-8, 1-0 AE) won their America East opener for the first time since the 2015-16 season. Binghamton fell to 7-7, 0-1.   
• Playing her 100th collegiate game, Dixon hit 7-of-10 shots from the floor and all three shots from behind the arc.
• Classmates KK White and Scoop Smith added 16 and 11 points respectively and both contributed a team-best seven rebounds. Graduate student forward Kiara Bell, also playing in her 100th game, added 10 points, while sophomore guard Laycee Drake stuffed the stat sheet with six points, a career high seven assists, five rebounds and four steals.   
• The key sequence of the contest occurred early in the fourth quarter when the Retrievers went on an 11-0 run. Dixon and White hit back-to-back treys on assists from Drake to open the run. Drake then swiped the ball on back-to-back plays, resulting in her own driving layup and a dish to Smith for a bucket and free throw. That gave the hosts a 65-56 lead with 6:31 remaining.
• UMBC hit 46.9 percent from the floor, knocking down 30-of-64 field goal attempts and held Binghamton to 42.6 percent shooting.
• UMBC snapped a three-game slide and four-game home losing streak to the Bearcats.
• Dixon scored in double figures for the first time since Nov. 17, when she scored 13 versus Richmond.

Scouting Vermont:

• UAlbany jumped out to a first quarter lead and despite a dominant third quarter comeback Vermont could not overcome the early deficit, falling 60-46 at McDonough Sports Complex Thursday night. 
• Maria Myklebust, scored double figures for the third time this season with 10 points off the bench. Vermont is 2-1 when Myklebust scores in double digits.
• Emma Utterback  scored in double figures for the eighth straight game finishing with 10 points and two assists. 
• America East Pre-Season All-Conference selection Anna Olson  finished with seven points, four rebounds and three assists.
• First year Paula Gonzalez registered five points, two rebounds, one assist and two steals off the bench in the loss.