WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth shot 70 percent from the floor in the second quarter in outscoring Eastern Connecticut State University by 23 points over those ten minutes and eased to a 92-54 Little East Conference women's basketball victory Wednesday evening at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.

Eastern (3-5, 1-1 LEC), which had won six of the previous eight in the series with UMass Dartmouth (6-1, 1-0 LEC), allowed 52 points in the paint and shot just 31 percent from the floor in allowing the most points and sustaining its largest losing margin (38) in the 93-game series. Eastern's previous largest losing margin was 20 points in an 81-61 loss 35 years ago at the  Tripp Athletic Center on the UMD campus.

The Corsairs entered play as the No.-ranked offensive team in the conference (79.5) and were facing the lowest-ranked defensive team (67.6), and the game bore this out.

UMass never trailed in the game, shooting over 50 percent to move out to an eight-point lead after one quarter, and taking control with a 15-2 burst over the first four minutes of the second quarter as the lead ballooned to 31 points, 54-23, at the half.

In 18 minutes off the bench,  junior guard Amaris Mills scored ten of her team's points in the second quarter and sophomore guard Tyah Pettaway added nine to power the Corsairs, who shot 71 percent in the quarter and forced seven turnovers that led to a 13-0 scoring margin on miscues in the quarter.

Mills led UMass to its third win in three road games this year with 19 points. She was 8-of-10 from the floor, including 3-of-3 from distance. Mills was one of her team's four double-digit scorers, with 6-foot-2 inch senior Carly Whiteside scoring 18 points (7-of-9 FG) and senior guard Teja Andrews adding 15 points (4-of-6 FG) and six rebounds and Pettaway chipping in 13 points (6-of-7 FG). Andrews and Whiteside combined on 11-of-11 from the foul line.

In the game, UMD shot 52.3 percent from the floor and was 17-of-23 from the foul line and 7-of-16 from distance.

Junior forward Taylor Salato (East Haven) matched Mills with 19 points as Eastern's only double-digit scorer, and added five rebounds. First-year point guard Nevaeh Clark (Cromwell) added nine points. In her second appearance, first-year sophomore guard Claudia Koiva (Willimantic) scored her first career points with a basket and added two rebounds, while junior guard Elayna Comella (Warwick, RI) had four blocked shots, three rebounds and two assists in ten minutes off the bench.

Eastern visits the University Southern Maine Saturday at 1 p.m. in a conference game.