Guard Olivia Rockwood scored a season-high 20 points and the University of Maine women’s basketball team had five players score in double figures en route to a 96-39 victory over NCAA Division III Bates College of Lewiston on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Gym in Orono .

UMaine ended a three-game losing streak and improved to 4-7, while Bates, which reached the final 16 of the NCAA Division III tournament a year ago and went 24-6, fell to 7-3. It was the first time the two teams met since 1981. UMaine is now 4-0 against the Bobcats.

Rockwood shot 7-for-8 from the floor, including 6-for-7 from beyond the 3-point arc. The graduate student hit a three-pointer to open the game and then made a layup to give UMaine a 5-0 lead that the Black Bears never relinquished. Both came on passes from senior guard Paula Gallego, who finished the game with eight assists.

Sophomore forward Caroline Dotsey had 14 points, four assists and three rebounds for the Black Bears. Junior guards Jaycie Christopher and Asta Blauenfeldt each scored 13 points and senior guard Sera Hodgson scored 11.

Christopher also grabbed six rebounds; Hodgson had two rebounds and Blauenfeldt dished out five assists. In addition to her eight assists, Gallego had seven rebounds, five points and two steals.

Sophomore Emmie Streams contributed a career-high eight points, three rebounds and two assists, and freshman Ona Alarcon scored the first seven points of her career. She also had three assists and two rebounds.

Doctoral student and forward Caroline Bornemann recorded eight rebounds, five points, two assists and two steals.

Sophomore guard Sarah Hughes led the Bobcats with 17 points and seven rebounds. Senior guard Alexandra Long had 10 points and four assists and junior center Elsa Daulerio grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds to go along with nine points.

UMaine will play again next Saturday and Sunday against host school Fairleigh Dickinson (New Jersey) at 4 p.m. and Coppin State (Maryland) at 1 p.m.

Bates will return to action on Sunday, January 5th against Wheaton (Massachusetts) at 5 p.m