Augusta, ME --  The Owls (2-3) could not overcome the rebounding advantage the home standing Maine-Augusta Moose worked to achieve, losing 80-57 Monday evening.

The Moose grabbed 25 offensive rebounds to the Owls 4 and scored 27 second chance points off those caroms to secure the victory.

"We did not play well, coming back from a draining comeback win the day before in Boston," said Owl head coach Doug Carter. "That said, nearly every statistical category was even, shooting, steals, turnovers, points off those turnovers, everything except our inability to secure the misses we work so hard to create and those killer second and third point-blank shots." 

Point guard Darby Toth had her second outstanding game in two days, leading the Owls with 21 points and 4 assists and sophomore Sydney Churchill dropped 15 points, including three long –range bombs from downtown.  Churchill added 6 boards and co-captain Rebecca Campbell garnered her third straight double-double, with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

"Certainly, we are undersized, anyone can see that, but all five players out on the court must make it a priority to rebound or we will continue to let opportunities to overachieve slip through our grip," said Carter.

Augusta (7-4) was led by Jamie Plummer with 23 points and Washburn native Carmen Bragg had 21 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.

The Owls will next play at Thomas College, Saturday, December 13, before taking a break for finals.  The Matchup between UMPI and Thomas is part of a men's/women's doubleheader, action starts at 1pm with the women's game.