KEENE, N.H. 1/29/05 - Bekka Hopkins (Oxford, Mass.) and Stacey Morse (Lebanon, N.H.) finished with 17 points each to lead the Keene State College women's basketball team to a 70-39 Little East Conference victory over UMass-Boston at Spaulding Gym on Saturday.

With the victory, KSC (12-7, 6-3 LEC) snapped its two game losing streak. UMass-Boston (4-14, 1-7 LEC) has dropped its last seven games.

"I thought our intensity and focus was there for the whole game," said KSC Coach Keith Boucher. "We also executed our offense and played well at both ends of the court. We hit our first few shots and our confidence built from there."

The Owls hit six of their first eight three-point attempts on the way to opening up a 37-22 halftime lead. Hopkins had 14 first half points including four three-pointers for KSC.

Sarah Begnoche's (Millville, Mass.) lay-up midway in the second half extended the lead to 20 points as the Owls coasted to the victory. Begnoche finished with 11 points and six rebounds.

Lydia Coverdale (Malden, Mass.) and Alicia Querusio (Sommerville, Mass.) scored seven points each to lead the Beacons.

KSC had a 52-34 rebound advantage and held UMB to a 25% shooting average from the floor.

Keene State hosts Tufts University in a non-conference game on Tuesday (5:30 p.m.) at Spaulding Gym.