Gorham, ME — LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Freshman Vanessa Vaughan (Hantsport, Nova Scotia) led four players in double figures as the University of Southern Maine Huskies defeated the Montclair State University Red Hawks 64-47 in a non-conference women's basketball game at the 2022 D3Hoops.Com Classic at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas. Coming off of a career-high 20 points in the Huskies first game of the D3Hoops.Com Classic, Vaughan poured in 15 points on 4-of-6 from the field and 7-of-10 from the free throw line, adding a career-high nine rebounds, three assists and a blocked shot to her stat line. Sophomore Maria Degifico (South Portland, Maine) added 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting to go along with four rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal, while freshman Mackenzie Roderick (South China, Maine/Erskine Academy) added a career-best 12 points, canning 3-of-4 from beyond the three-point line. Junior Amy Fleming (Berwick, Maine/Noble) added 11 points, five rebounds, and four steals. The Records: Southern Maine (3-6) Montclair State (5-6) The meeting is the first between the two programs in women's basketball action. How It Happened: Southern Maine scored the first basket of the game, a jumper in the paint from Fleming, and led wire-to-wire to pick up the win. Fleming scored five of her 11 points in the opening quarter as the Huskies raced out to a 17-12 lead. In the second quarter, Vaughan and Degifico each scored seven points as the Huskies outscored the Red Hawks 18-12 in the frame, making 6-of-13 from the field and 5-of-8 from the free throw line. Led by a fast break layup from Degifico off of a feed from Vaughan to start the quarter, USM scored the first six points of the second to lead 23-12 with 7:12 until halftime. A three from freshman Emma Haskell (Hampden, Maine/Hampden Academy) and a bucket in the paint from Degifico (off of a feed from Haskell) gave USM its largest lead of the first half, 35-19, with 1:17 to play before the Red Hawks scored five unanswered points to trail 35-24 at the break. Montclair State's Isabella Orlando scored all five of her team's points in the closing run. Montclair State continued its run in the second half, scoring the first three points of the third, cutting its deficit to eight, 35-27, with 7:38 to go in the quarter, but Southern Maine responded with a 10-0 run to balloon its lead to 45-27 with 5:40 on the clock. Roderick started the run with a jumper and then followed with a three for five quick Husky points, before Haskell canned her second three of the game and Degifico finish eh fun with a jumper in the paint. Staying hot, Roderick hit two more threes before the end of the third, and USM led by 21, 54-33, at the end of the third after Vaughan converted a jumper in the paint after an offensive rebound from junior Ashlee Aceto (South Portland, Maine). Southern Maine remained comfortably in front of the Red Hawks in the fourth, and snagged its largest lead of the game, 60-37, on a pair of free throws from Degifico with just over four minutes to play. An offensive rebound from sophomore Gabby Green (Manchester, Maine) kept a late possession alive for the Huskies, and Fleming scored her final basket of the game at 1:06 to play for a 22-point lead, 64-42, before Montclair State scored five straight for the 62-47 final. Inside The Stats: Forcing Montclair State into 19 turnovers, Southern Maine scored 18 of its 64 points off of Red Hawk miscues. The Huskies also outscored the Red Hawks in the paint 30-26. Led by Roderick's career-best effort, Southern Maine scored 20 points off of the bench. Vaughan, Degifico, and junior Tamrah Gould (Manchester, N.H.) each had three assists for the Huskies. Finishing the game 21-for-49 from the field (42.9 percent), the Huskies had an assist on 14 of 21 baskets. Up Next: Southern Maine returns to action at home on January 4 (5:30 pm) against Little East Conference opponent Plymouth State University. The Huskies are 1-2 in LEC contests.