Carlee Cassidy recorded her first career double-double against the Black Bears. [Corey Johns- TRW]

It is very rare to see a victory when only five players manage to score in a game, but for the UMBC women’s basketball team those five players outscored the Maine Black Bears, 61-52, for their first conference victory.

Carlee Cassidy recorded her first double-double of the season with a game-high 19 points and game-high 11 rebounds. While Stern said she has been improving her shot selection over the course of the season, she shot an astonishing 57.4% in the game off an 8-14 performance from the field and 2-8 performance from three-point range.

Sophomore’s Michelle Kurowski and Erin Brown each added to their good starts to the seasons with 17 and 15 points, respectively. Brown also recorded seven rebounds and had a team high three three-pointers.

The two other players to score for UMBC were Topé Obajolu, who had six points and four rebounds, and Katie Brooks, who scored four points.

For a second straight game it was the defense that showed up big and kept the game in hand. While a slow start on offense nullified the defensive effort against Hartford, this time the offense was able to limit their turnovers and allowed the defense to lead them to a win.

While Kristin Baker scored 17 points for the Black Bears the Retriever defense only allowed 35 points from the rest of the team while Maine shot just 32.7% from the field.

With the win the Retrievers have evened their conference record and will travel to Albany on Wednesday January 13 to play in a 12:00 game.

Albany, who was picked to finish last in the America East in the pre-season polls, is coming off a rough loss to Vermont, but has certainly surprised everybody as they are 7-7 this season. They are a guard-oriented team that does not have a true number one scoring option, but rather they have a very balanced offense with six players able to take the reigns in a particular game.