December 12 at Dartmouth (7 p.m.)
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LOWELL, Mass. -- Before a nine-day layoff the UMass Lowell women's basketball team begins a three-game road swing with a quick trip to Hanover, N.H. for a matchup with Dartmouth on Wednesday night.

The River Hawks dropped a 71-47 decision on Saturday against the Providence Friars in the team's final home contest before the calendar flips to 2019. Brianna Rudolph (Lynn, Mass.) led the way with 14 points in the effort.

A Win Would..
-Give the River Hawks the first win in the all-time series
-Snap UMass Lowell's three-game skid
-Match last season's win total

Series Starter
The matchup at Dartmouth marks the third contest against a new opponent this season. UMass Lowell is 1-1 in the first time meetings so far with a loss at Butler and the win at LIU Brooklyn.

A Look at the River Hawks
-Brianna Rudolph is averaging 9.9 points and 4.7 rebounds per game
-Ren'Cia Rolling (Lansing, Ill.) has 56 assists and 19 steals
-Rolling and Linda Svenne (Riga, Latvia) have combined for 27 of the team's 43 three-pointers
-The River Hawks are shooting 40.0 percent from the field and 29.8 percent from beyond the arc

Scouting Dartmouth
-The Big Green sit at 4-4 with a 3-0 mark at home, and have won two in a row
-Isalys Quinones leads the team with 15.0 points and 7.1 rebounds per game
-Cy Lippold has registered 34 assists, with Elle Louie having 12 steals
-Dartmouth is connecting on 42 percent from the field and 32 percent from three-point range

Tri-State of Mind
Following the win in Brooklyn, the last two UMass Lowell road wins have occurred within 6.2 miles of each other. Last season the River Hawks knocked off Saint Peter's (Jersey City, N.J.).

Rolling All the Way to the Top
With her 10 assists against Fisher, Ren'Cia Rolling became the program' s DI single-game leader and the first player to reach double digit assists in a game since 2012.

Helping Each Other Out
The 25 team assists by UMass Lowell set a new Division I team high and is the most by a River Hawk team since 2016.

Stealing a Spot in the Records
With her six steals against Bryant, Brianna Rudolph now holds the Division I single-game mark. She now sits sixth in DI career history with 52 swipes.

Stealers and Helpers
The River Hawks have recorded 10+ steals and assists in two contests in 2018-19, a feat the team achieved four times in 2017-18.

Speeding Up the Fast Break
In the first 10 games of the season, UMass Lowell has scored 63 points on the break, nearly doubling last season's average (3.2). The 2017-18 River Hawks only eclipsed eight points three times and matched the output once.

Notables
Garrick became third fastest coach in program history to pick up his first win with UMass Lowell.