PLYMOUTH, N.H.—UMass Boston women's basketball used a huge second quarter and a 6-1 run to end the game, to down host Plymouth State University 57-52 on Saturday afternoon at Foley Gymnasium. 

THE BASICS
UMass Boston 57, Plymouth State 52
(UMass Boston 6-10, Little East Conference 5-5) 
(Plymouth State 1-14, Little East Conference 0-10) 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Sophomore Rayla Gonzalez (Boston, Mass.) led four Beacons in double-figures with 13 points, to help UMass Boston get back to .500 in Little East Conference play (5-5). 
 
Gonzalez finished 5-11 from the field and pulled down a career-high nine rebounds-including four on the offensive end. 
 
Freshman Paige Ollivierre (Newton, Mass.) added 12 points of her own, as she knocked down all six of her free throws. She hit the go-ahead free throws in the final minute and two key free throws with under five seconds to go to ice the game.  
 
Senior Meg Dixon (Hanover, Mass.) chipped in a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds and hit three of the Beacons eight 3-pointers. Keriann Farina (Arlington, Mass.) tacked on 12 points, a game-high five assists and four rebounds while playing all 40 minutes. 
 
Plymouth State's Alessia Salzillo matched Gonzalez with a game-high 13 points and Farina with five assists. 
 
Lauren Keller (10 rebounds), Jessica Ruiz and Sabrina Vlahovic all joined Salzillo in double-figures with 10 points apiece. 
 
After a Gonzalez 3-pointer on the Beacons' opening possession of the game, Plymouth State would control the rest of the quarter. The hosts took the lead with 4:12 to go in the quarter and closed out the stanza on a 12-4 run to take a 14-8 lead into the second quarter. 
 
The Beacons would turn the game on it's head with a dominating performance in the second quarter. 
 
UMass Boston scored the first six points of the quarter to tie the game at 14-14 behind three quick points from Gonzalez and a deep 3-pointer from Dixon. Vlahovic briefly gave Plymouth State the lead back at 16-14, only for the Beacons to outscore the hosts 12-4 over the final 4:15. Farina led the charge with five points, including an old-fashioned 3-point play that opened up UMass Boston's biggest lead of the half at 26-18. 
 
The second half would be much more even, with the Beacons leading by four to 10 points for much of the half. 
 
After going down 10 with 5:06 left in the fourth quarter, Plymouth State mounted a 10-0 run to tie the game at 51 with 1:34 to go. The Panthers had a chance to take the lead on their next possession but Dixon had a key block and Gonzalez grabbed the rebound. 
 
Ollivierre was fouled on a fast break going the other way and gave the Beacons the lead for good with two free throws with 55 seconds to go. UMass Boston forced another missed shot by Plymouth State and Farina went 2-4 from the free throw line to make it 55-51 with 19 seconds left. 
 
Natalie Harris cut the deficit to 55-52 with five seconds left but she missed the second free throw on purpose and Ollivierre grabbed the rebound and hit both free throws to seal the win. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• UMass Boston shot 32.7 percent (17-52) from the field, 8-25 (32 percent) from distance and 78.9 percent (15-19 from the free throw line. 
• Gonzalez and Ollivierre each reached double-figures in points for the three time in their collegiate career. 
• The Beacons earned a huge advantage from beyond the 3-point line. The Beacons went 8-25 and held Plymouth State to a 1-13 mark (7.7 percent). 
• With the win, UMass Boston improved to 29-47 all-time against the Panthers and earned their ninth-straight win over Plymouth State. 
• UMass Boston (5-5 LEC) is comfortably sitting in fifth place out of nine teams in the Little East Conference with six games to play. The Beacons still have two games left against both fourth-place University of Southern Maine (4-3 LEC) and seventh-place Keene State College (3-8 LEC). 

WHO'S NEXT 
 
UMass Boston will travel to take on Castleton University on Wednesday night at 5 p.m.