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WBB Team Huddle vs. PSU
Cullen McIntyre
58
Southern Me. USM 5-13,5-5 Little East
65
Winner UMass Boston UMB 7-11,6-6 Little East
Southern Me. USM
5-13,5-5 Little East
58
Final
65
UMass Boston UMB
7-11,6-6 Little East
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Southern Me. USM 13 20 15 10 58
UMass Boston UMB 15 9 17 24 65

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

UMass Boston Slips Past Southern Maine

BOSTON  –  With the score tied at 56, Paige Ollivierre hit a go-ahead three and the UMass Boston Beacons followed through on the free throw line down the stretch to pick up a 65-58 comeback win over the University of Southern Maine Huskies Thursday night in Little East Conference women's basketball action.
 
Ollivierre finished with 16 points, while Meg Dixon had 1, and Jasharee Green added 12 as UMass Boston outscored USM 24-10 in the fourth quarter to overcome a double-digit deficit and earn the win.
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The Records: 
Southern Maine (6-13, 5-5 Little East)
UMass Boston (7-11, 6-6 Little East)
 
Series History:  Today's game was the 80th meeting between the Huskies and the Beacons. With the win, UMass Boston picks up its 10th against the Huskies. Southern Maine leads the series 70-10.
 
Standout Huskies:  Senior Victoria Harris (Altus, Okla./Lewiston) 14 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks; sophomore Franny Ramsdell (Wells, Maine) 14 points, 8 rebounds; graduate student Jackie Luckhardt (Londonderry, N.H.) 12 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal; sophomore Tamrah Gould (Manchester, N.H.) 10 points.
 
Standout Beacons: Dixon 19 points, 9 rebounds; Ollivierre 16 points, Greene 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals; Keriann Farina 6 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks.
 
How It Happened: 
  • Down 33-24 at the half, UMass Boston chipped away at the Huskies lead in the third quarter and trailed Southern Maine 48-41 heading into the fourth quarter.
  • Southern Maine's Harris and sophomore Amy Fleming (Berwick, Maine) scored the first two buckets of the fourth – both layups – to give the Huskies a 52-41 lead with 9:16 to play. However, after Flemings layup Southern Maine went cold from the field and the Beacons tore off a 9-0 run over the next two minutes to trail by a bucket, 52-50, with 6:53 to play. UMB was 4-for-4 during that stretch and Greene scored four of UMB's nine.  USM was 0-for-3.
  • Luckhardt interrupted the Beacon run with a layup at the 6:37 mark for a 54-50 Husky advantage.  After nearly 90 seconds without either team scoring Dixon scored in the paint to again make it a one bucket game before Ollivierre hit the first of her two fourth quarter threes to give the Beacons a 55-54 lead.
  • Ramsdell scored for USM at the 3:59 mark to give USM a 56-55 lead before Farina tied it up with one of two free throws at the 3:39 mark for a 56-56 game.
  • The game remained tied for the next 1:10 before Ollivierre sank the go-ahead three for a 59-56 Beacon lead with 2:20 to go.  The score remained unchanged for the next two minutes as USM went 0-4 and had a turnover on its next five possessions while UMB was 0-for-2 with a turnover.
  • With just 29 seconds to play, USM was forced to foul and Farina, Dixon and Ollivierre went 6-for-6 down the stretch to complete the 65-58 win.  
Inside the Stats: 
  •  Ramsdell's 14 points are her second highest total this season and marks her fifth game in double-figures scoring. Her eight rebounds are a career-high. Gould's 10 points are a career-high. 
  • Luckhardt has averaged 13.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 3.33 steals per game over the last three games for the Huskies.
 
Up Next: 
Southern Maine remains in Little East Conference action and travels to Eastern Connecticut on Saturday (1:00 pm).  The Huskies then return to home to Hill Gymnasium and will host Eastern Connecticut on Monday (5:30 pm).  Monday's game will mark the Huskies sixth game in 10 days.
 
 
 
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