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HighlightsLOWELL, Mass. — The UMass Lowell women's basketball team had their six-game home win streak snapped against Albany, 78-50, at Costello Athletic Center on Sunday afternoon.
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Junior forward
Lindsey Doucette (Hopkinton, Mass.) scored a team-high 13 points for the River Hawks who fell to 7-8 overall and 1-2 in America East play. The Great Danes climb to 10-6 overall and remain unbeaten in the AE at 3-0.
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The reigning America East Conference champions dominated the paint with 48 points, anchored by last seasons AE Player of the Year Shereesha Richards who scored 26 points (10-14 FG) and had eight rebounds.
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Doucette got going early, scoring the teams' first four points as the River Hawks held a 7-6 edge at the first media timeout. The Great Danes responded with eight unanswered and never looked back, closing the half on a 34-11 run. Freshman guard
Jontay Walton (Buffalo, N.Y.) scored five of her eight points during the UA run, including the first of her two made three-pointers with the shot clock expiring.
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UAlbany continued the run into the second half when they scored the first ten points, pushing their lead to 48-18. Doucette connected on a three-pointer to end the run and ultimately spark a 20-11 run for the Blue and Red who shot 46.4 percent from the field in the second half.
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Senior
Jasmine McRoy (Gaithersburg, Md.) carried over her 4-for-4 shooting performance from deep against UMBC, connecting on three of her six attempts against the Great Danes. McRoy finished second on the team in scoring with 10.
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The team will travel to Orono, ME for a 7 p.m. tilt against the Black Bears on Wednesday night.