BIDDEFORD – Lisa Nejezchleba scored 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the University of New England won its own Pepsi Knight Classic with a 72-59 win over Roger Williams College of Bristol, R.I., here Sunday.

Laurie Marcucci added 13 points for the 10-4 winners.

For the RWC Hawks, Maureen Gradley scored 17 points while Lauren Servais posted 10.

Nejezchleba was named the tournament’s MVP while Gradley was named to the all-tourney team. Other all-tourney selections were Coral Snowdeal of UNE, Jen Sullivan of Lyndon State, and Heather Weeks of Johnson State, who scored 13 points to lead her team to a 67-50 consolation game victory.

U-New England (72)

Nejezchleba 13(1), Marcucci 5(1), Bailey 2, Mauger, Bickford 3(1), Trudeau 1, Hilton 3, Snowdeal 2(2), Cahill 3, Chute (1) Roger Williams (59)

Gradley 8, Servais 5, Levesque 2(2), Bearse 3(2), Macher 1, Zilka 3, Vachon 2(5)

3-pt. goals: Marcucci 2; Gradley, Bearse

Halftime: UNE 37, Roger Williams 35