GORHAM, Maine – Senior Sophia Guerrier scored a game-high 24, including nine points in the pivotal fourth quarter, to lead the Rhode Island College Anchormen to a 62-53 win over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a women's basketball game Wednesday night at Hill Gymnasium.

            The win extends Rhode Island College's unbeaten streak to eight games and puts the Anchormen at 8-0 on the season.  Southern Maine is 0-2. Southern Maine travels to the University of New England for its next contest on Saturday (1:00 pm).  The Huskies will host the Noreasters on Sunday (1:00 pm).  Fans are not permitted in attendance.

            Guerrier was 11-for-17 from the field for her game-high 24 points, adding five rebounds, four assists, and four steals.  Senior Brooke Young added 11 points as the only other RIC player in double figures, knocking down 4-of-8 from the field, including three three-pointers. Sophomore Neleesha Meunier added eight points off of the bench.

            Junior Victoria Harris (Altus, Okla./Lewiston) led the Huskies in scoring and rebounding for the second straight game. Harris had 17 points, six rebounds, a steal and a blocked shot on a 7-for-12 effort from the floor.  Senior Mary Toman (Gardiner, Maine) added nine points and five rebounds, while senior Kristen Curley (Gorham, Maine) had eight points, four rebounds, four assists, a steal and a blocked shot.  Junior Michelle Rowe (Gorham, Maine) added nine points and six boards. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Trailing the Huskies 11-10 after the first quarter, RIC outscored USM 21-12 in the second frame. RIC shot an outstanding 55.6 percent (10-of-18) in the second quarter, led by Guerrier's six points, and four points each from Meunier and junior Willcia McBorrough.
• The Huskies trailed RIC by as many as 20 points, 48-28, following a jumper from the Anchormen's Young with 4:10 left in the third, before mounting a furious come-back effort. After the Young bucket, USM closed out the third on a 13-2 run to trail by three possessions, 50-41 heading into the fourth.
• Harris had six points in the third quarter run, while Rowe had four, and Curley had three points, and two assists.
• USM continued its torrid pace into the fourth outscoring RIC 9-2 in the opening five minutes to cut its deficit to two, 52-50, with 5:32 left in the game.  Harris scored the first seven points of the half for the Huskies, while Toman canned a mid-range jumper on a driving dish from Curley to close out the run.
• With its lead cut to a single possession, RIC relied on Guerrier and she responded scoring the next six points of the game to extend her team's lead to 58-50 with 3:37 to go.  Curley stopped the RIC run with a three to make it 58-53 with under two go, but RIC scored the final four points of the game for the 62-53 final.

 
NOTES

• With two steals in the game, senior Jackie Luckhardt (Londonderry, N.H.) recorded her 250^th career steal.  She is presently ninth in USM career records.  Luckhardt added three assists in the contest and now has 254 in her career.  The 5-4 guard has 764 points, 424 rebounds, 254 assists and 250 steals.
• Curley has 861 career points.