Saturday, December 10 at Holy Cross (1 p.m.)
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LOWELL, Mass. -- The UMass Lowell women's basketball team goes for back-to-back wins on the season and against Holy Cross, when the two teams take the court at the Hart Center tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m.

Last Time Out
Behind 23 points in the fourth quarter, UMass Lowell picked up its first win of the season, 61-55, against Fairleigh Dickinson. Nicole Hayner (Bedford, N.H.) drained the game-winning three with 34.5 seconds left in regulation. Kayla Gibbs (Teaneck, N.J.) scored 14 points, and Megan Hendrick (Alexandria, Va.) added 10. Katherine Smith (Fort Wayne, Ind.) scored all 10 of her points in the fourth, shooting 4-of-5.

Leading the Flock
In the midst of reaching double-digits in six consecutive games, Kayla Gibbs leads the team with 11.6 points, and is snagging a team-high 6.2 boards per game, while Tyshay Britten (Norristown, Pa.) has a team-high seven blocks. Nicole Hayner and Asia Mitchell-Owens (Roxbury, Mass.) have 18 total assists to rank atop the team, and Katherine Smith has dished out 15 helpers. UMass Lowell is shooting at a 38.2 percent clip (172-450) from the field, and connecting on 41-of-145 (28.3%) from three-point range.

SCOUTING HOLY CROSS
The Crusaders (1-7) are losers of their last four games, to add to their three-game skid to begin the season. Holy Cross hosted Penn State on December 7, and faced a 84-48 setback in its last time out. Infiniti Thomas-Waheed leads the squad with 14.1 points, while Lauren Manis is adding 10.8 points per game in support. Manis also controls the glass for the Crusaders, grabbing 8.3 boards, while Amy Hasenauer has recorded 13 blocks. As a unit, Holy Cross is shooting 35.3 percent (159-450) from the floor and is 40-of-144 (27.8%) from beyond the arc.

Feeding the Kat
Coming off the bench in the fourth quarter, Katherine Smith went 4-of-5 shooting and scored 10 points in the final 10 minutes in the win against Fairleigh Dickinson.

Free Points
The River Hawks went 20-of-22 (90.9%) from the free throw line at Columbia. That was the most free throws UMass Lowell has hit in a single game since going 21-of-26 against UMBC in 2014.

H Squared for Three!
The sharpshooting duo of Megan Hendrick and Nicole Hayner have combined for 30 of UMass Lowell's 41 three-pointers, shooting 33.3 percent from beyond the arc. Hendrick's five triples at Towson were the most in a single contest since Hayner hit five last season against Maine. In 2015-16 Hayner led the team with 46 three-pointers and a 39.7 percentage. She ranked third in the America East with in percentage and fourth in triples made per game with 2.0.

Do you Even Bench? 
Through eight games, the River Hawks' reserves have scored 181 points and have outscored the opponents' bench five times. Last season the River Hawks' bench scored 341 points, and outscored opponents 12 times. 

Starting Fresh
The River Hawks have used five different starting lineups through the first nine games of the season.

Spreading the Wealth
The River Hawks have had three players with 10 or more point in three of their last four contests. Last season, the River Hawks had 13 games with three or more scorers in double figures. In three of the 13, UMass Lowell had four players with 10 or more points. 

Sharing is Caring
Through nine games, the River Hawks have recorded 104 assists to rank sixth in the conference with 11.6 per game. In the season-opener at Towson, the River Hawks dished out 20 assists, led by Katherine Smith's career-high six. Last season's team only had 20 or more helpers in one game, in the final game at UAlbany.