KEENE, N.H. 1/24/04 - Katie Lunnin (South Boston, Mass.) had a game-high 29 points, including a pair of key three-pointers in the closing minutes of play to lead the UMass-Dartmouth women's basketball team to a come-from-behind 70-68 Little East Conference victory over host Keene State College on Saturday.

It was the fourth straight loss for the Owls (7-9, 2-4) while UMass-Dartmouth (7-9, 3-3 LEC) posted its first win ever against KSC.  The Owls had won the previous 12 meetings against the Corsairs since joining the LEC in the 1997-98 season.

Andrea Arsenault (Dover, N.H.), who hit seven-of-nine shots from the field, had 17 points to lead the Owls.  Sarah Begnoche (Millville, Mass.) added 16 points and a team-high eight rebounds, Cathy Mechare (Falls Village, Conn.) scored 11 points, and Stacey Morse (Lebanon, N.H.) finished with 10 points and seven rebounds. 

KSC led by as many as 14 points (19-5) early in the game.  Bridget Bowes (Mansfield, Mass.) hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to give UMD a 36-35 lead at the break.

Arsenault gave KSC a four-point lead (66-62) with 2:37 to play.  But Lunnin, who netted seven of her 10 shots behind the arc., hit back-to-back treys to put the Corsairs up 68-66 at the 1:25 mark.  Arsenault's lay-up tied the game 68-68 with 25 second to go.  KSC' s Brittany Faulkner (Lebanon, N.H.) fouled Casey Ridge (Quincy, Mass.).  Ridge hit both her free throws with 13 second left to put UMD up for good (70-68).

Keene State had a chance to tie the game in the closing seconds, but Faulkner missed a lay-up and Morse couldn't hit a follow up shot as time expired. 

Keene State hosts eighth ranked Eastern Conn. State University in a LEC contest on Tuesday (5:30 p.m.).