KEENE, N.H. 12/13/03- Senior forward Andrea Arsenault (Dover, N.H.) scored a season-high 18 points and pulled down nine rebounds to lead the Keene State College women's basketball team to a 86-54 Little East Conference victory over UMass-Boston in Keene on Saturday.

Halting a two game losing streak, KSC improves to 4-2 (1-0 LEC) while UMB falls to 4-3 (0-2 LEC).

The Owls outscored the Beacons 15-5 over the final 3:44 of the first half to take a 40-24 lead into the locker room.
 UMB closed the deficit to 14 points (42-28) on a basket by Lauren Bertolli (Danville, Vt.) early in the second half, but KSC pulled away from there. Arenault hit a lay-up to push the lead to 25 (60-35) at the 12:04 mark.

Although each team struggled from the field, Keene State hit 23-of-25 shots from the line and caused 29 Beacon turnovers in the game.

Bekka Hopkins (Oxford, Mass.) had 11 points and Stacey Morse (Lebanon, N.H.) and Brianne Barnes (Merrimack, N.H.) finished with 10 points each to lead KSC, which scored a season-best 86 points.

Bertolini finished with 12 points; Kristen Reske (Duxbury, Mass.) had 11 points, and Agata Matel (Dorchester, Mass.) chipped in with 10 points for UMB.

Keene State is off until it travels to Phoenix, Arizona for the Grand Canyon Classic when they face Wisconsin-Stout on Dec. 29.