Kingston, R.I. -- The University of Maine women's basketball team extended its win streak to 12 in a row with a 61-47 victory on Friday evening at Rhode Island. The win marked Maine's 800th victory in program history.

The Black Bears featured a balance scoring attack with four players reaching double-figure scoring efforts on the evening. Anne Simon, who tallied 10 points in the first quarter, finished with a game-high 16 to go along with seven rebounds and two assists. Dor Saar chipped in 14 points with four triples, four assists and three boards while Blanca Millan added 12 points for her 78 double-digit scoring performance of her career. For the second-straight night, Abbe Laurence posted a double-digits with 10 points.

Freshman Alba Orois, who logged 29 minutes in her second career game, tallied nine points and four assists for the Black Bears.

Maine, which assisted on 14 of its 22 buckets, won the rebounding battle for the second-straight night, outrebounding the Rams by a slim 30-28 margin.

The Black Bears, who went 10-for-23 from the floor in the first half, finished the game 22-of-47 from the field (46.8). Maine knocked down 8-of-22 from 3-point range while forcing 17 Rhode Island turnovers and outscoring the Rams 20-8 in points off turnovers.

The contest featured two ties and one lead change over the opening 5:24 before the Black Bears took the lead and never looked back. With the game knotted at 8-8, Saar knocked down her first of four triples to put Maine up by three. The bucket started an 8-1 run for Maine, as the visitors raced out to a seven point edge late in the first.

A 9-4 run by the Black Bears followed, leading to Maine's first double-digit lead of the contest when a trey from Orois put Maine up 10. The Black Bears grabbed their largest lead of the half just minutes later when Saar connected on a triple, pushing the lead to 12 late in the second.

Maine opened the second half on a 7-0 run when a three from Millan and back-to-back buckets from Laurence swelled the lead to 37-22.

Rhody answered, cutting the deficit to 11, before Maine responded with an offensive burst of its own. A bucket from Millan followed by five-straight points from Saar gave Maine a 17-point cushion, 46-29, with 1:42 remaining in the third.

The Black Bears would take their largest lead of the contest, a 19-point advantage, early in the fourth. Rhode Island would close the gap to 11 once more before Maine glided to a 61-47 victory.

Maine returns to action on Sunday, Dec. 20 when it travels to meet Northeastern. Tip-off for that contest is set for noon.

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