BOSTON – The University of Southern Maine Huskies used a balanced scoring attack to improve to 10-0 in the Little East Conference in an 86-43 women’s basketball victory over the UMass Boston Beacons Tuesday night.

The Huskies moved to within one victory of their 25th consecutive 20-win season.

Tiffany Jones scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the winners and Katie Frost added 12 points. Lisa Welch added nine points while Ashley Marble and Trish Sylvain had eight apiece.

Donna Cowing and Megan Myles each chipped in with five assists for the winners.

Lydia Coverdale paced the Beacons with 12 points and Kristen Reske netted nine.

Southern Maine (19-2) 86

Marble 2-4-8, Myles 3-0-7, Cowing 2-2-6, Sibley 0-3-3, Frost 4-1-12, Ly. Welch 0-2-2, Thibaudeau, Bryant 1-0-2, Ross 1-0-3, Sylvain 3-1-8, Jones 5-0-13, Martin 0-1-1, Kynoch 1-3-5, Li. Welch 4-1-9, Krausse 3-1-7, Samuelson

UMass Boston (4-17) 43

Towne 1-1-3, Ridge 3-3-9, Matel 1-0-2, Reske 4-0-10, Coverdale 5-1-12, Beatty, Smoyer, Bennett, Ouellette, Darville, Gelaw, Jones 1-2-4, Johnson 1-0-2, Querusio 0-1-1

3-pt. goals: Myles, Frost 3, Ross, Sylvain, Jones 3; Reske 2, Coverdale

Halftime: Southern Maine 41-25

Colby 68, Newbury 50

At Brookline, Mass., Wendy Bonner notched 18 points and 11 rebounds for the White Mules of Waterville in the win.

Katie McCabe tossed in 13 points, Kate Riley 11 and Regina Wohl 10 for Colby.

Randi Hardiman paced Newbury with 18.

Colby (6-15) 68

Wohl 3-2-10, Riley 4-0-11, Rice 3-1-7, Bonner 7-4-18, McCabe 6-1-13, Williamson, Chanin 1-0-3, Harris 2-0-5, Davis 0-1-1

Newbury (6-14) 50

Laliberty 2-4-8, Mitchell 1-7-9, Larrabee 2-0-6, White 2-0-4, Hardiman 7-0-18, Laws 1-0-2, Gagnon 1-0-3

3-pt. goals: Riley 3, Wohl 2, Chanin, Harris; Hardiman 4, Gagnon, Larrabee 2

Halftime: 23-23

Men’s basketball

Unity 74, NMCC 66

At Unity, Jeremy Kervin tallied 22 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, three steals and seven blocks to power the Rams in a Yankee Conference quarterfinal.

Joey Bearce added 17 points and eight assists for Unity. Tyler Furguson scored 14 points and Grant Harter added 12. Jared Erskine had nine rebounds.

Craig Durost and Peter Bates each poured in 20 points for Northern Maine Community College. Rusty Nadeau scored 11.

NMCC (4-13) 66

Layway 1-0-2, Worster 3-3-9, Hogan 2-0-4, Poisson, Durost 6-8-20, Bates 8-4-20, Nadeau 3-4-11

Unity (8-14) 74

Erskine 4-2-8, Olson, Giroux, Belonic 1-0-2, Curry, Harter 5-1-11, Bearce 6-2-17, Kervin 9-3-22, Furguson 6-1-14

3-pt. goals: Nadeau; Bearce 3, Kervin, Furguson

Halftime: NMCC 40-33

UMass Boston 70, USM 66

At Boston, Tony Barros poured in 23 points to lead the Beacons past the Huskies.

Roger Perry added 13 points for UMass Boston.

Jason Levecque poured in 22 points for Southern Maine, while Josh Daniels had 14 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.

Southern Maine (8-13) 66

Garland 2-0-4, McKinnell 4-1-9, Francoeur 3-2-9, Levecque 6-10-22, Daniels 5-3-14, Oakley, Donar, Hebert, Favis, Sayward, Hardwick 4-0-8

UMass Boston (7-15) 70

Paniagua 5-0-10, Doran, Summerville 3-4-11, Perry 5-2-13, Barros 9-1-23, Titus, Howe 1-0-2, Yuan 1-0-2, Hall 2-5-9

3-pt. goals: Francoeur, Daniels; Barros 4, Summerville, Perry

Halftime: UMass Boston 42-31