Bangor, ME - The Eagles' women's basketball team put away the Beavers of the University of Maine-Farmington, 70-58 at Newman Gymnasium on Thursday night. With the win, Husson improves to 8-1 in the North Atlantic Conference (8-6 overall), while UMF drops to 4-10 (3-5 NAC) in the loss. 

Husson saw three players in double digits, led by Brianna Hanscom (Mattawampkeag, ME) who scored 14 on the night and led the team with seven boards. Stephanie Comstock (Bangor, ME) was close behind, scoring 13 and pulling down 6 rebounds. Kelli Murray (Shawmut, ME) rounded out the leading scorers with an even 10 points. As a team, Husson shot 46.3% from the field, and an even 30% from behind the arc as every Eagle who touched the floor found their way into the scoring column.

For the Beavers, Emma Morrison (Saco, ME) led all scorers with 16 points and was a perfect 10-10 from the charity stripe. Lindsay Ranquist (Owls Head, ME) was the other Farmington player to reach double digits by scoring 11, while center Paige Saunders (Surry, ME) just missed a double-double, scoring eight points to go along with a game-high 10 boards. UMF led the rebounding battle 39-31, but were hurt from deep, missing all 15 trifectas they attempted. 

Despite dropping behind for the first five minutes, the Eagles seemed to have the game in hand midway through the first half, but UMF continued to fight from start to finish to keep the game interesting. Husson took a 33-26 lead into the break, and led by as many as 19 with 7:25 to play before the Beavers went on an 8-0 run to claw back into it, getting to within 10 with just over three minutes to play. In the end UMF was unable to complete the comeback, and Husson took home the W, 70-58.

The Eagles return to action on Saturday January 21st, when they travel to Waterville, ME to take on the Thomas Terriers at 2:00 pm. UMF will return home on Saturday to take on Maine Maritime Academy at 1:00 pm.