BOSTON, Mass.—Behind a single-game program record 35 points from Meg Dixon (Hanover, Mass.), UMass Boston women's basketball dominated Castleton University 78-55 on Monday night at the Clark Athletic Center Gymnasium. 

THE BASICS
UMass Boston 78, Castleton University 55
(UMass Boston 4-8, Little East Conference 3-3) 
(Castleton University 8-6, Little East Conference 2-4) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Dixon finished 11-20 from the field, 4-10 from distance and hit all nine of her free throws to break the previous program record of 33 points. The senior also pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds and added three assists, one block and one steal in 37 minutes and 51 seconds of action. 
 
Sophomore Jasharee Greene (Boston, Mass.) was the only other Beacon in double-figures. Greene finished with 17 points on 5-13 shooting and added 12 rebounds (nine offensive) and two steals. 
 
Kerianna Farina (Arlington, Mass.) and Vienna Monestime (Framingham, Mass.) each chipped in eight points apiece. Farina paced the Beacons with four assists in the victory. 
 
Castleton junior Elise Magro paced the visitors with 18 points on 8-21 shooting. Graduate student guard Kelly Vuz tacked on 16 points and Delaney Whitehead and Ryleigh Coloutti each finished with eight points. 
 
UMass Boston put together one of their best team performances of the season as they led from start-to-finish and never let the Spartans get back into the game. 
 
The Beacons used a 10-3 run over the final 4:29 of the first quarter to open up a 20-10 advantage after 10 minutes. Dixon scored the first seven points during the flurry, with Greene (two) and Farina (one) each adding free throws to cap off the run. 
 
UMass Boston carried their momentum into the second quarter. After Castleton opened the quarter with a Coloutti layup, UMass Boston scored the next 11 points to open up a 31-12 advantage with 6:06 to play in the half. Dixon and Monestime combined for nine of the Beacons 11 points during the flurry and Farina added a fastbreak layup. 
 
Castleton cut the deficit to 13 late in the half, but Dixon added a layup with just over a minute to go to cap off a 24-point, 10-rebound first half. 
 
The second half would be more of the same, as any time Castleton would cut into the deficit UMass Boston would answer with a run of their own. The Beacons put the game away early in the fourth, when they used a 7-0 spurt to grab a 66-45 lead. 
 
Dixon set the program record for points in a single-game with 5:19 to go when she knocked won a pair of free throws for her record-setting 34^th and 35^th points of the evening. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Dixon broke the previous program record of 33 points in a single-game that had stood since the second year of the program's existence. Carolyn Lewis ('82) set the mark on December 10, 1981 against Nasson. Jamila Gales ('03), Olivia Murphy ('16) and Grace Geary ('16) all matched Lewis' mark in the past 20 years. 
• The Beacons finished the game shooting 41.0 percent (25-61) from the field, 5-19 (26.3 percent) from deep and 71.9 percent (23-32) from the free throw line. 
• Dixon's previous career-high came on November 13, when she finished with 28 points in a loss against Mitchell College. Dixon has recorded 20 or more points six times this season. She is now just 11 points from reaching 500 career points in less than 2.5 seasons. 
• With the win, UMass Boston snapped a three-game losing streak against the Spartans and improved to 2-3 all-time against Castleton. 
• The Beacons earned a 52-21 edge in rebounds, 22-6 lead in offensive boards and 25-8 advantage in second-chance points. 

WHO'S NEXT 
 
UMass Boston will look to earn back-to-back wins for the first time this season, when they travel to take on WestConn on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The Beacons downed WestConn 70-44 in Boston on December 7.