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70
UMBC UMBC 9-12,6-4 America East
80
Winner Binghamton Bingha 12-11,5-5 America East
UMBC UMBC
9-12,6-4 America East
70
Final
80
Binghamton Bingha
12-11,5-5 America East
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UMBC UMBC 15 17 19 19 70
Binghamton Bingha 19 12 21 28 80

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Late Run Pushes Binghamton Past Women's Basketball

Vestal, N.Y. – Ashia McCalla (Greenbelt, Md.) scored 17 points, Nia Staples (Cincinnati, Oh.) tallied 12 and Kiara Bell (Santa Rosa, Calif) had 10 points, 10 rebounds and a season-high five blocks, but host Binghamton went on a 20-6 run in the final four minutes to defeat the UMBC Women's Basketball team, 80-70, on Wednesday night.

Laycee Drake (Hancock, N.Y.) added 11 points, and KK White (Indianapolis, In.) added 10 as the Retrievers dropped to 9-12 overall and 6-4 in the America East. 

How it Happened:
  • UMBC jumped out to an early 13-6 lead, but Binghamton (12-11,5-5 AE) outscored the Retrievers 13-2 in the final 5:30 of the quarter to take a 19-15 lead into the second. 
  • Both teams struggled from the floor to start the second frame, but a Drake three with just over six minutes left cut the Bearcat lead to 23-22. 
  • BU quickly stretched the lead back out to five, at 27-22, but UMBC went on a big 10-0 run over the next 4:24.
  • First Staples made a jumper and followed it up with a layup moments later to cut the lead to 27-26
  • McCalla made a layup and got fouled to put the Retrievers up 28-27 with 2:46 left.
  • A pair of free throws and a Keelah Dixon (Boston, Mass.)  layup gave UMBC a 32-27 lead with just over a minute left.
  • The Bearcats would end the quarter on a 4-0 run to send the game into the half with UMBC up 32-31.
  • The teams struggled from distance in the first half, going a combined 2-16 from the floor, but the Retrievers shot 13-25 from two in the half.
  • The teams traded baskets to start the third, but a layup and back-to-back threes from Binghamton put the hosts up 44-40 midway through the frame
  • The Bearcat lead grew to 49-42, before a McCalla three and a White layup cut the deficit to 49-47 with 2:15 to go
  • After the hosts pushed the lead back to four, Staples hit a pair of jumpers to tie it up at 51 with 43 seconds left. BU would split a pair of the late free throws to take a 52-51 lead into the final quarter
  • Bell hit a quick layup to give UMBC a 53-52 lead right off the bat in the fourth, but Binghamton answered moments later with a layup of their own to reclaim the lead, and would push the lead to 57-53 before McCalla hit another three to make it 57-56
  • After BU made it 59-56, McCalla and Staples each hit shots to give the Retrievers the lead back, at 60-59, with 5:23 left
  • A Drake steal and layup put UMBC up 64-60 with just over four minutes left, but BU would score 11 points on their next four possessions over a two minute stretch to go up 71-66 with just under two minutes left.
  • The Bearcats would hit their free throws from that point on to ice the game
UMBC returns to The Peake to host first place Maine on Saturday at 2 p.m.
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