BOSTON – Senior guard Jordyn Nappi (Southington) scored ten of her game-high 27 points when the Eastern Connecticut State University women's basketball team outscored the University of Massachusetts Boston by eight in the third quarter, and senior center Lexis Foster (Groton) broke two program records for blocked shots as the Warriors won their fourth straight Little East Conference game, 90-67, Saturday afternoon at the Clark Athletic Center.

Leading by six at halftime, Eastern (9-5, 4-1 LEC) shot 52.9 percent from the floor and limited UMass Boston (6-9, 2-3 LEC) to 28.6 percent in the third quarter, outscoring the Beacons 23-15 to take a comfortable 14-point lead into the final ten minutes.

The win is the ninth straight over UMass Boston for Eastern, which has defeated the Beacons in the LEC final each of the last two years at Geissler Gymnasium. The 90 points Saturday was the most by either team in the series since UMB won by a score of 93-86 in overtime ten years ago on its home floor.

Ranked eighth nationally in blocked shots per game (3.54) prior to the game, Foster broke her own program game record (by one) with eight blocked shots – recording at least one in each quarter. Her final block of the game gives her 54 in 14 games this season, one more than Ashley McFetridge in 29 games in 2008-09 and Sue Governo in 25 games in 1983-84, who had shared the record. Foster has 25 blocked shots in the last four games.

With the victory, the two-time defending LEC regular-season champion Warriors maintain a share of first place with Keene State College, which routed host Rhode Island College, 70-44, Saturday afternoon.

Nappi was 9-of-13 from the floor (3-of- 5 on three-pointers) and 6-of-9 from the foul line and also chipped in a game-high four assists. Foster and sophomore forward Kelsey Santagata (Stamford) combined to sink 12 of 23 shots from the floor, and each shared game-high rebounding honors with nine. Santagata had 18 points, Foster 14. Senior guard Julia DePoi (Brookfield) had eight points, three assists and two steals.

Freshman forward Mya Villard (Cromwell) came off the bench to contribute a career-high 19 points – 17 after the first quarter – and grab eight rebounds. Villard was 7-of-10 from the floor and 5-of-7 from the foul line. The Warriors outscored the Beacons by 16 from the foul line and outrebounded them by 11.

UMass season scoring leader Chantel Jordan (13.2 ppg.), a senior guard, was held to one field goal and three points. Junior guard Grace Geary came off the bench for a team-high 16 points, junior guard Katie Mathieu totaling 15 points and a team-high six rebounds.

Eastern visits Western Connecticut State University Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. The Colonials are 3-2 in the LEC and are coming off Saturday's 62-48 win over visiting Plymouth State University.