PRESQUE ISLE, Maine - Senior women's basketball player Darby Toth scored the 1,000th point of her career on Sunday afternoon as the University of Maine at Augusta women's basketball team cruised to a 73-31 victory over the University of Maine at Presque Isle in non-conference action. Toth is the sixth women's basketball player in team history to reach that milestone. Junior Jamie Plummer was the most recent player to score 1,000 points, hitting the mark last season.
Toth (North Port, Fla.) came in to the game needing only two points to reach the milestone, which she scored on an ultimate three-point play, driving the lane for the lay-up with 3:19 remaining in the first quarter. Toth followed up the bucket by making good on the free throw in the three-point play.
The senior point guard, who is averaging just under 12 points a game on the season, finished the game with eight points and a pair of assists. UMA received a balanced attack on Sunday, with all seven players scoring and three players hitting double-digits. Plummer (Richmond, Maine) scored 19 points while Caitlin LaFountain (Topsham, Maine), and Morgan Card (Ellsworth, Maine) each turned in double-double performances. LaFountain scored 18 points and and grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds while Card scored 10 points with 11 rebounds. Freshman Lindsay Clark (Cornish, N.H.) came off the bench to score eight points and netted five rebounds.
The moment was all the more special for Toth, who was able to score the momentous point at UMPI, where she spent her first three years of collegiate ball before transferring to UMA this year. Toth's mother was on hand as well, making the trip from the family home in North Port, Fla.
The Moose are currently ranked fourth in the country in USCAA DII with a record of 15-6 and a perfect 8-0 mark in the Yankee Small College Conference. The women's team returns to action Wednesday night when the team travels to Southern Maine Community College in YSCC play.
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