BANGOR, Maine -- In a game which featured 16 ties and 13 lead changes, the University of Maine women's basketball team outscored visiting Binghamton 14-4 in overtime to capture a 75-65 victory on Sunday afternoon at the Cross Insurance Center.

Maine, which tallied its third consecutive victory, improved to 7-4 in league play after outscoring the Bearcats 40-26 in the paint. Maeve Carroll racked up her seventh double-double of the season, and her sixth in America East play, with a career-high 24 points while matching her single-game career-high with 15 boards. Dor Saar, who moved into seventh on Maine's all-time assists list at 372 helpers, added her second career double-double with 21 points and 13 assists while going 5-of-8 from 3-point range. Anne Simon chipped in 23 points and five steals, marking the fifth time in her last six outings in which she's surpassed double-figures and her second consecutive 20-plus point scoring performance.

The Black Bears put the game away in overtime, shooting 5-of-6 from the floor and a perfect 3-of-3 from the free throw line, to seal the deal on win number 11 on the year.

Neither team led by more than five points until the overtime period.

After falling behind by four early, Maine flipped the script to close out the first quarter. Trailing 10-6, Maine pieced together an 8-0 run to nab its own four-point lead with 2:10 left in the opening stanza.

Binghamton responded with a 9-0 run, carrying over into the second quarter where Carly Boland's triple gave the Bearcats their largest lead of the game 19-14, with just 19-seconds gone in the second quarter.

An 8-0 run by Maine followed as back-to-back triples from Saar tied the game before eventually giving Maine a 24-21 lead with 6:26 to play in the half.

Binghamton fought back to take a three point lead and would not relinquish the advantage for the remainder of the first half, carrying a 34-33 edge into the break.

Maine would outscore Binghamton 7-3 out of the break as the Black Bears went back on top on another triple from Saar early in the third. The Black Bears held the lead until Binghamton slipped back up by one before staging a 6-0 run to go up by five. Saar ended the run with yet another triple, cutting the deficit back to two. However, Maine would enter the final quarter of regulation facing a 51-47 deficit.

The see-saw continued throughout the fourth as the quarter saw four ties and three lead changes over the game's final 10-minutes of regulation.

Carroll's tough bucket in the paint off a feed from Saar gave Maine a 53-51 lead early in the fourth before Binghamton pieced together another 6-0 run. The stretch put the Bearcats up by four with 3:51 on the clock.

Coming down the stretch, the Black Bears trailed by a pair with just under three minutes to play. Back-to-back buckets from Simon regained the lead for the Black Bears, 61-59, with two minutes remaining.

Neither team was able to score over the next minute until Kai Moon worked her way to the free throw line, hitting a pair to tie the game with 52-seconds left. After a Maine turnover, Moon's last second heave came up short as the game would enter overtime.

The Black Bears opened the overtime period with a 12-2 run, with no bigger shot coming during the run than Anna Kahelin's corner three to extend the lead to five. Buckets from Carroll and Simon followed as Maine found itself up by 10 with 1:43 left.

Binghamton was unable to shrink the deficit under eight the rest of the way as Maine captured the 75-65 victory.

The Black Bears wrap up their three game homestand with another big league game when they take on UMass Lowell on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m.

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