February 16 vs. UMBC (1 p.m.)
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LOWELL, Mass. -- The UMass Lowell women's basketball teams goes for the season sweep against UMBC to the Tsongas Center for the program's Play 4 Kay contest

The River Hawks erased a 23-point deficit and took a 51-50 lead with a Ren'Cia Rolling (Lansing, Ill.) with 2:59 to play. but the Great Danes retook the lead for good 20 seconds later. UMass Lowell had a chance to send the game into overtime but the game-tying three at the buzzer would not fall in the 56-53 defeat. Brianna Rudolph (Lynn, Mass.) scored 24 points to match her career high in the effort.

A Win Would..
- Be the River Hawks first AE season sweep since 2014-15
- Snap UMass Lowell's eight-game skid

Halftime Adjustments
In conference play the River Hawks are outscoring opponents 181-154 in the third quarter. Highlights include:

Jan. 9 vs UNH:  Opened 3Q on a 16-0 run
Feb. 6 at UNH:  UML scored the first 10 pts of 3Q
Feb. 9 vs SBU:   9-3 run to start (18-9 in 3Q)
Feb. 13 vs ALB: Started on 9-0 run (22-8 in 3Q)

Rolling Up the Records
With her three assists at Vermont, Rolling took over as the program's Division I single-season assist leader. She currently has 109 helpers and is 38 assists away from setting the program's all-time single-season assist record, set in 2012-13 by Bianca Simmons (146).

1. Ren'Cia Rolling 109
2. Shannon Samuels 103
3. Melissa Frase 102

A Look at the River Hawks
-Brianna Rudolph is averaging 13.0 points and 5.7 rebounds per game
-Ren'Cia Rolling has recorded 109 assists and 43 teals
-Rolling, Kharis Idom and Linda Svenne have combined for 81 of the team's 103 three-pointers
-The River Hawks are shooting 37.3 percent from the field and 28.3 percent from beyond the arc

Scouting UMBC
-The Retrievers sit at 8-16 overall with a 1-10 mark in conference play
-Janee'a Summers leads the team with 11.8 ppg, 6.7 rpg and 18 blocks
-Tyler Moore and Dominika Skrocka have combined for 87 three pointers
-Paula Rubio has recorded 57 assists, while Te'yJah Oliver has 29 steals
-UMBC is shooting 38.0 percent from the field and 31.7 percent from three-point range.

Idom on the Mark
In her first career start against Binghamton, Kharis Idom (Orlando, Fla.) went 8-of-13 from the field and scored a career-high 21 points. The freshman has scored 38 points over the last two games and has connected on all eight of the River Hawks' three-pointers.

Checking the Boxes
The victory in Baltimore marked the River Hawks first win over an America East team other than Vermont since 2015, and was the first conference road win for the program since 2015, as well.

Fast Start
The 22 points scored by the River Hawks in the first quarter at Stony Brook (1.5), remains the highest output in the opening 10 minutes by UMass Lowell this season.

20-20 Vision
The efforts by Brianna Rudolph and Katherine Smith at UMBC marked the first time that the team had two players score 20 or more points in a single game since December 10, 2014. Shannon Samuels and Jasmine McRoy recorded 31 and 20, respectively, in a win against Bryant.

So Offensive
In the win against UMBC, UMass Lowell set season highs with 19 second chance points and 21 rebounds on the offensive glass.

Turning Mistakes into Points
The River Hawks matched their season high with 24 points off of turnovers in the win at Massachusetts. UMass Lowell out gained the Minutewomen, 24-3, for the team's largest advantage of the season.

10 Spot
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 three contests in 2018-19, a feat the team achieved four times in 2017-18.

Speeding Up the Fast Break
In the first 25 games of the season, UMass Lowell has already surpassed the team's total fast break output from last year, scoring 134 points on the break. In 2017-18 the River Hawks scored 97 and averaged 3.2 points per game.

Notables
The four points the River Hawks allowed in the third quarter against UNH marks a program low since switching from halves ... Garrick became third fastest coach in program history to pick up his first win with UMass Lowell.