NORTH Dartmouth, Mass.  –  Despite a fast start and a 23-point, 10-rebound double-double from senior Victoria Harris (Altus, Okla./Lewiston) the University of Southern Maine Huskies fell to the UMass Dartmouth Corsairs 84-63 in a Little East Conference women's basketball game Saturday afternoon at the Tripp Athletic Center. The game is the third in four days for the Huskies – all on the road.
 
The Corsairs shot 55.6 percent (30-for-54) from the floor and 55 percent (11-for-20) from three in the win and had four players in double figures led by 15 points and six rebounds from Meagan Donovan.
 
Harris' double-double was her second consecutive and fourth of the season. Her 23 points led all scorers as she finished the game 10-for-14 from the field.  Sophomore Ashlee Aceto (South Portland, Maine) scored a career and season-high 14 points for the Huskies, making 3-of-4 from beyond the arc.
 
The Records: 
Southern Maine (5-11, 4-3 Little East)
UMass Dartmouth (13-5, 7-2 Little East)
 
Series History:  Today's match up marked the 79^th meeting between the two schools.  USM leads series 66-14.
 
Standout Huskies:  Senior Victoria Harris (Altus, Okla./Lewiston) 23 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 blocked shot; sophomore Ashlee Aceto (South Portland, Maine) 14 points, 5-for-8 FG, 2 rebounds;
 
Standout Corsairs:  Meagan Donovan 15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocked shots Jessica Carroll 14 points, 4 assists; Jordan Moretti 13 points, 9 assists; Shaelyn Carreiro 11 points.
 
How It Happened: 

•  Outscoring the Corsairs 20-13 in the first quarter thanks in part to six points from Harris and a perect 7-for-7 mark from the free throw line from senior Michelle Rowe (Gorham, Maine), Southern Maine scored the first eight points of the second quarter for a 28-14 lead.  Freshman Tamrah Gould (Manchester, N.H.) and sophomore Amy Fleming (Berwick, Maine) each hit threes to start and senior Jackie Luckhardt (Londonderry, N.H.) found Harris for a bucket in the paint in the opening 90 seconds.
• UMass Dartmouth overcame the 14-point defici, however,t using a 16-2 run as part of a 23-10 second quarter to snag a 37-30 halftime lead.
•  The Corsairs were 7-for-11 from the field (63.6 percent) from the field in the second quarter and were led by eight points from Carroll in the frame.
• In the third quarter, the Corsairs continued their hot-shooting sinking 67 percent (10-for-15) from the floor and led 62-43 heading into the fourth quarter.  
• The Huskies pulled to within 12 of UMass Dartmouth in the opening three minutes of the fourth with an 12-5 run to trail 67-55, but were unable to get closer the rest of the way.

 
Inside the Stats: 

• Graduate student Jackie Luckhardt (Londonderry, N.H.) now has 893 points, 499 rebounds, 309 assists and 292 steals in her career. Luckhardt's six assists in today's game matched her season-high.  Her career-high for assists in a game is seven.
• Harris now has 816 points, 427 rebounds, 57 assists, 132 steals and 84 blocked shots in her career.
• Sophomore Ashlee Aceto (South Portland, Maine) 14 points marked a career-high for the Husky first-year player.  She was 5-for-8 from the field and 3-for-4 from three-point range.

 
Up Next: 
Southern Maine remains in Little East Conference action and will play its fourth contest in the last five days when it hosts UMass Dartmouth on Sunday (1:00 pm).  The Huskies will honor and recognize two of its legendary alumnae: Allison Gagnon Gray '95 and Katariina Pulkkinen-Hoaas '93 at halftime of the contest.  Gray and Pulkkinen-Hoaas were both recently inducted into the Little East Conference Hall of Fame.
 
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