MEDFORD, MASS.  1/22/04 - Stacey Morse (Lebanon, N.H.) scored 15 points and Andrea Arsenault (Dover, N.H.) finished with 14 points, but that wasn't enough to prevent the Keene State College women's basketball team from dropping a 64-47 non-conference game to Tufts University on Thursday night.

It was the third straight loss for KSC (7-8), which was facing the Jumbos (9-3) for the first time.

Tufts pulled way from the Owls late in the first half.  Trailing by just three points  (24-21) with 7:30 to play in the first half, KSC went on a scoring drought the rest of the period as Tufts built up a 40-21 advantage at the half.  Jenny Muller, who led the Jumbos with 18 points, netted three, three-pointers during that stretch.  Tufts were 15-for-27 from the field (57%) and six-of 10 (60%) from behind the arc in the first half. 

Sarah Begnoche (Millville, Mass.) and Bri Barnes (Merrimack, N.H.) had seven points each for KSC. Begnoche pulled down a team-high seven rebounds.

Erin Buckley and Allison Love scored 10 points each for Tufts.  Love had a game-high nine rebounds. Tufts had a wide 47-34 advantage on the boards.

Keene State will be looking to get back on the winning track when it hosts UMass-Dartmouth in a LEC game on Saturday (1 p.m.).

Tufts receiving votes in most recent d3hoops.com Top 25 poll (Jan. 18)