Philadelphia, Pa. -- Anne Simon and Adrianna Smith each recorded double-doubles to help lead the University of Maine women's basketball team to a 58-48 victory at La Salle on Thursday evening.

Simon finished the contest with a game-high 20 points to go along with 10 rebounds and four assists. Simon, who notched the ninth double-double of her career, moved into 10th on Maine's all-time scoring list with 1,368 points. Smith, who ended the night with 12 points and 15 boards, posted the 17th double-double of her career while stretching her double-digit scoring streak to 23 in a row.

Caroline Bornemann added 11 points and seven boards to round out Maine's trio of double-digit scorers in the win.

Maine's defense, which held La Salle to just six points in the third quarter, limited the Engineers to a 29.5 percent mark from the floor while forcing 17 turnovers.

After jumping out to a seven point lead following a 7-0 run capped by a layup from Smith, the Black Bears would see their lead shrink to just one, 21-20, after the first quarter of action.

La Salle rallied early in the second quarter to take a three point edge before the Black Bears answered with a 12-2 run.

Back-to-back buckets from Simon keyed the run before Borenmann's bucket with 2:36 left in the half put Maine back on top by seven, 33-26.

Maine's lead would stand at 34-32 at the break.

The Black Bears, still leading by two late in the third period, ended the quarter with a 7-2 run. Simon started the spring with a triple before buckets from Smith and Sarah Talon raced Maine's lead out to 45-38 after three.

Maine's offense continued to roll into the fourth as a 7-0 run, started by a triple from Bornemann to put her into double-figures on the evening, gave the Black Bears their largest lead of the game at 57-41 with 4:32 remaining.

The Black Bears cruised down the stretch, scoring their first win of the season by a final of 58-48.

Maine opens the home portion of its schedule on Sunday, Nov. 12 when it hosts UMass at 1 p.m. at Memorial Gymnaisum.

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