The UMBC Women's Basketball team will look to get back to .500 in America East play when it faces host New Hampshire at Lundholm Gymnasium on Saturday at noon.
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Anna Blount had a team-high 13 points and seven rebounds, but host Maine defeated the UMBC Women's Basketball (6-11, 2-3 AE) team 76-47 on Thursday night.
Laura Lacambra started four-for-four from the field and finished with 10 points and three rebounds.
Grace Ceseretti made her first career start and hit a pair of three pointers, whileÂ
Jaliena Sanchez had five points andÂ
Trinity Palacio had four. Palacio also had a team-best four assists.
Jaden Walker also had two points, making her only shot attempt, whileÂ
Anne Adewumi came off the bench to chip in four points, as she hit both her shots
Riley Donahue also chipped in on after by draining a three .
UMBC held a 14-13 lead after the first quarter, but Maine opened the second on a 10-0 run and never looked back.
Scouting New Hampshire:
- The Wildcats won their first America East conference game over the visiting NJIT Highlanders, 56-50, on Thursday night
- Maggie Cavanaugh scored a career-high 13 points in the 'Cats win over NJIT
All-Time Series
- The all-time series is tied, 19-19, with UMBC having won the past three matchups
- The Retrievers won an OT thriller, 62-57, in Durham on 1/21/23, before blowing past the Wildcats, 90-43, on 2/18/23
- In that contest, UMBC made a program record 15 three pointers, shooting a blistering 55.6% from distance (15-27)
- They also clinched their first-ever America East Conference Quarterfinal home game in the win
- Graduate student guard KK White (7 rebounds) led four Retrievers in double-figures with 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting while graduate student guard Keelah Dixon (4-of-7 treys) contributed 14 points on 5-of-11 shooting.