DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The 2021-22 women's basketball season came to a close as they were handed a 91-51 loss by UMass Dartmouth in the quarterfinal round of the Little East Conference Tournament Tuesday evening at the Tripp Athletic Center.
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 51, UMass Dartmouth 91
UMass Boston (8-15)
UMass Dartmouth (18-7)
HOW IT HAPPENED
With the win UMass Dartmouth advances to the semi-final round of the LEC Tournament which will be played on Thursday.
For seniors
Meg Dixon and
Sarah St. Surin their Beacon careers came to a close in Tuesday's tournament game.
St. Surin appeared in her 50
th career game as a Beacons on Tuesday, and was the final member of the 2018 LEC Championship team. For Dixon, she added her name to another record as she now stands as the program's all-time leader in made 3-pointers in a season. With her five long range field goals, the Hanover native now boasts 64, breaking the record of 59 set by Indya Mitchell (2003-04) and Kendra Mosley (2010-11).
On the night, Dixon led all scorers with 21 points on 7-of-21 shooting. She also grabbed 10 rebounds to earn the final double-double of her comeback season. Jasharee Green led the Beacons with 13 rebounds to go along with eight points.
Vienna Monestime dropped in 11 points in her final game of the year.
Jordan Moretti led the Corsairs with 19 points, while Teja Andrews finished with 14 in the tournament win.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Tuesday's contest was the Beacons first tournament game under head coach Heather Jacobs
- All-time the Beacons are now 31-54 against UMass Dartmouth
- Beacons are now 2-1 against UMass Dartmouth in their last three postseason meetings with the Corsairs
- Beacons led 44-43 on the glass and shot 27.5% from the field and 18.2% from 3-point range
- The Corsairs shot over 50% from the field and 33% from 3-point range and 75% at the line
