BALTIMORE – UMBC women's basketball opened up the 2025-26 season on Monday night with a 90-49 victory over Stevenson inside Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena.

UMBC used a 16-0 first-quarter run to build an 18-4 lead at the 3:27 mark as Alaina Williams grabbed an offensive rebound and put it back up and in for her first bucket of the night. The Retrievers held Stevenson scoreless for a stretch spanning 5:41 as they built a 25-7 lead after the opening 10 minutes.

Candice Hill's program extended its 18-point lead to 27 at the break, thanks to a hot-shooting quarter that saw the Retrievers knock down 50 percent of their shots. In her Retriever debut, Jade Tillman put up 19 points in the first half.

The third quarter was all Retrievers as they outscored Stevenson 27-11, growing the lead to 43 before it reached 51 in the fourth quarter.
Tillman added three points in limited time in the second half, finishing with 22 for the game, 14 points more than her previous career-high of eight at East Carolina. She was joined in double figures by Heidi Williams (16), Alaina Williams (13), and Tiara Bellamy (11).

Heidi Williams was tremendous in her collegiate debut, shooting 7-11 from the field and adding four rebounds, while Alaina Williams finished just two points shy of her career high and added eight rebounds.

Veterans Delaney Yarborough (nine points, 11 rebounds) and Carmen Yánez (10 assists) provided strong contributions, as well as freshman Kennedy Austin (nine points, four steals). Yánez became the first Retriever since 2017 to reach double-digit assists in a contest.

The Retrievers totaled 47 points off 36 Stevenson turnovers, and dominated in the paint, outscoring the Mustangs 50-14. UMBC scored 25 points in a quarter four times in 2024-25, but did so in two separate quarters tonight. 

UMBC travels to #10 Maryland on Thursday evening for a non-conference tilt inside the XFINITY Center.