The UMBC Women's Basketball team returns home from a three-game road swing when it hosts Bryant on Thursday at 6 p.m.

Last time out, the Retrievers used a dominant second quarter and a complete team effort to knock off host NJIT, 72-61, on Saturday at the Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center.  

The Retrievers improved to 3-2 in America East road contests this season. They are now 7-12 overall, 3-4 in America East as they put to rest a four-game slide.

Making her first collegiate start, freshman wing Anne Adewumi amassed career bests with 14 points and six rebounds. Graduate student forward Anna Blount led
UMBC with 17 points, while classmate forward Jaden Walker added 12 points and a team-best seven caroms.

Walker led the way for UMBC's bench, which outscored NJIT's, 31-8.

UMBC outscored NJIT, 22-11, in the second quarter to lead, 37-23, at halftime and the Highlanders only closed to single digits once in the second half.

Scouting Bryant:

• On Saturday, the Bryant University women's basketball team fell 61-35 to Vermont in Burlington.
• Mariona Planes Fortuny tallied 10 points, and Megan Bodziony hit two three-pointers and had three steals.
• The Bulldogs didn't have a lead after the eight-minute mark of the first quarter.
• Fortuny posted 10 points.
• Scott hauled in eight boards.
• Bodziony had three steals and went 2-2 from deep.
• Gonzalez tallied seven points and hit a three-pointer.
• The Bulldogs shot 25% from the field, 18% from three, and 80% from the line.
• The Black and Gold were outrebounded 47-25.
• Fortuny recorded her 14^th 10+ point game of the season and fifth straight in conference play.
• Bodziony hit two three-pointers for the third time this year.

All-Time Series:

• UMBC and Bryant met for the first time ever last season, as the Retrievers took a pair of contests
• UMBC won 69-60 at The Peake on 1/17, and then defeated the Bulldogs, 75-69, in Rhode Island on 2/11
• In that game, graduate student guard Keelah Dixon led five Retrievers in double figures with 16 points