WASHINGTON, D.C. – Whitney Allen scored 16 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as George Washington University earned a 57-47 women’s basketball victory over the University of Maine at the Smith Center on Saturday afternoon, sending the Black Bears to their fifth straight defeat.

Trailing by nine points late in the first half and 23-17 at intermission, Maine went on a 9-2 run and took its first lead, 26-25, on a layup by Katie Whittier with 16:25 to play. GW eventually took the lead for good at 32-30 two minutes later on a basket by Kenan Cole and stretched out that margin to as many as 15 points.

Whittier finished with 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the field for Maine, while Ashley Underwood scored 10 points, Bracey Barker scored nine, and Abby Schrader contributed eight points and 11 rebounds.

Maine shot 50 percent from the field (20 of 40), but George Washington had 30 more field goal attempts and forced Maine into 28 turnovers as the Black Bears had a season low in points scored.

GW also outrebounded Maine 40-32.

Sarah-Jo Lawrence came off the bench to score 14 points for George Washington, which won its fourth straight game and is now 5-3 on the season. Jessica Simmonds finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Colonials.

Maine (2-5) returns to action at 5 p.m. Dec. 28, when the Black Bears play Mississippi in the first round of the Hurricane Holiday Classic at Miami, Fla.

COLONIALS 57, BLACK BEARS 47

Maine (2-5) G. Washington (5-3)

Player G AG F AF TP Player G AG AF TP

Whittier 7 9 2 2 16 Allen 7 15 16

Barker 4 9 1 1 9 Simmnds 4 11 11

Schrader 4 7 0 2 8 John 0 2 0

Undrwood 3 7 1 2 10 Beck 2 12 7

Elderton 0 3 0 0 0 Cole 4 10 9

Younan 0 0 0 0 0 Kern 0 0 0

Hgstd-Vaa 1 3 0 0 2 Peters 0 3 0

Bryant 1 2 0 0 2 Adair 0 2 0

Turner 0 0 0 0

Mitchell 0 0 0

Lawrence 6 15 14

Bates 0 0 0 0

Totals 20 40 4 7 47 Totals 23 70 10 14 57

Maine 17 47

George Washington 23 57

3-pt. goals – Maine (3-9): Underwood 3-7, Barker 0-2; George Washington (1-13): Beck 1-8, Peters 0-2, Cole 0-3

Attendance: 587

Salem State 71, USM 61

At Salem, Mass., Lindsey Watkins scored 25 points and had 11 rebounds to help lead Salem State College past the University of Southern Maine of Gorham on Saturday.

Michelle Gosselin had 19 points and four steals for the Vikings.

Ashley Marble led the Huskies with 19 points and 11 rebounds and Megan Myles added 15 points and three blocks.

Southern Maine (8-1) 61

Marble 5-8-19, Frost 3-1-7, Myles 7-0-15, Cowing 1-2-4, Sibley 1-3-5, Ross 1-0-2, Sylvain 0-1-1, Kynoch 4-0-8, Santa Fe, Samuelson

Salem State (6-1) 71

Gosselin 5-5-19, Watkins 8-9-25, Kuilan 3-1-7, Macchi 1-0-3, Murphy 0-5-5, Giammalvo 1-1-4, Lunnin 1-0-2, Funk, Vaccaro

3-pt. goals: Marble, Myles; Gosselin 4, Macchi, Giammalvo

Halftime: Salem State 35-28

Men’s basketball

Salem State 92, USM 91

At Salem, Mass., Eric Downie scored 32 points and had 11 rebounds to lead Salem State College by Southern Maine on Saturday.

Dylan Holmes had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Vikings and Marty Harrington added 12 points. Wilkins Victor and Alex Finn both had 11 points.

Josh Daniels led the University of Southern Maine with 24 points. Bill Hardwick and Foster Oakley both scored 13 points. Jesse McKinnell had 11 points and 10 rebounds and Walter Phillips had 10 points and 10 assists.

Southern Maine (5-4) 91

McKinnell 4-3-11, Phillips 3-3-10, Hardwick 5-0-13, Frost 4-0-8, Daniels 9-3-24, Oakley 5-0-13, O’Neill 1-0-2, Moustrouphis, Randall, Hebert, Coppenwrath

Salem State (6-4) 92

McCombs 2-3-7, Downie 11-8-32, Holmes 7-5-19, Finn 4-0-11, Victor 4-3-11, Harrington 4-2-12, Demosthene

3-pt. goals: Hardwick 3, Daniels 3, Oakley 3, Phillips; Finn 3, Downie 2, Harrington 2

Halftime: Salem State 50-36