BOSTON – Tiffany Jones scored 17 points Tuesday night to lead the University of Southern Maine to a 78-42 Little East Conference victory over UMass Boston.

It was the Huskies’ 12th straight victory.

Jen Webster scored 12 points and Donna Cowing contributed 10 for the University of Southern Maine of Gorham.

Southern Maine (15-1) 78

Jones 5-6-17, Webster 4-4-12, Cowing 2-6-10, Myles 4-0-8, Thibaudeau 3-0-7, Kynoch 3-1-7, Pariseau 3-0-6, Welch 2-0-5, Samuelson 2-0-4, Sibley 0-2-2, Marble

UMass Boston (4-8) 42

Mitchell 5-0-15, Ridge 3-1-7, Darveill 2-2-6, Reske 3-0-6, Towne 1-2-5, Greene 1-0-2, Matei 0-1-1, Ouellette, Bertolini

3-pt. goals: Welch, Thibaudeau, Jones; Mitchell 5, Towne

Halftime: Southern Maine 36-17

Colby 59, Saint Joseph’s 43

At Standish, the White Mules received 18 points from Wendy Bonner in beating the Monks.

Colby (8-8) 59

Bonner 4-10-18, Williamson 3-0-8, Rice 3-0-6, Nale 3-0-6, Riley 2-1-5, Kelly 2-1-5, Balboni 2-0-4, Emery 2-0-4, Bourque 1-0-2, Blanchard 0-1-1

Saint Joseph’s (7-7) 43

Regan 3-2-9, Pelkey 2-2-8, Brownlee 3-2-8, Tetrault 0-6-6, Rice 1-3-5, Coffin 2-0-4, Rauscher 0-3-3, Blauvelt

3-pt. goals: Williamson 2; Pelkey 2, Regan

Halftime: Colby 26-21

Bowdoin 58, Bates 43

At Brunswick, Lora Trenkle scored 12 points and Eileen Flaherty added 11 to lead the Polar Bears by the Bobcats of Lewiston.

It was second-ranked Bowdoin’s 34th straight win at home.

Olivia Zurek paced Bates with 15 points.

Bates (9-6) 43

Taylor 1-0-2, Coffin 4-0-8, Zurek 6-3-15, DuBois 2-0-5, Hochadel 3-1-7, Fitzgerald, Decato, Nafe, Olson 0-2-2, Antinarelli, Whiting 1-2-4, Blakeley

Bowdoin (14-0) 58

Pouravelis 4-0-8, Russell 1-1-3, Trenkle 5-2-12, Flaherty 4-3-11, Smith 3-2-8, Withey 1-0-2, Bramwell 2-0-5, Trotta 0-2-2, Fugate 2-0-5, Nickerson 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: DuBois; Bramwell, Fugate

Halftime: Bowdoin 22-11

Men’s basketball

Bowdoin 69, UM-Machias 51

At Brunswick, the Polar Bears placed five players in double figures while beating the Clippers.

Kyle Petrie led Bowdoin with 17 points and T.J. McLeod scored 13. Mark Yakavonis and Jon Farmer tallied 11 points each and Kevin Bradley added 10.

Gary Dussard led UMaine-Machias with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Bayi Handy scored 10.

UMaine-Machias (13-7) 51

Munro 0-1-1, Dussard 4-1-10, Handy 4-2-10, Midgley 3-0-6, Morgan 1-1-3, Holyfield, Garrett 2-0-6, Gayle 2-0-4, Johnson 3-1-7, Simmons 2-0-4, Cerimagic

Bowdoin (8-7) 69

Petrie 8-0-17, McLeod 3-6-13, Bradley 3-2-10, Yakavonis 5-1-11, Farmer 5-0-11, Walker 1-2-5, Ordway 1-0-2, Gildart, Phillips, Lawler, Lopez, Goodridge, Arbor

3-pt. goals: Dussard, Garrett; Petrie, McLeod, Bradley 2, Farmer, Walker

Halftime: Bowdoin 41-26

UMass-Boston 94, USM 85

Southern Maine (6-10) 85

Bigelow 1-0-3, Lovely 1-2-4, Francoeur 2-1-7, Levecque 9-3-22, Fulcher 5-0-15, Ouellette, Garland 2-3-8, McKinnell 7-2-16, Casterella, Sayward 3-2-8, Hardwick 1-0-2

UMass-Boston (4-11) 94

Ramos 6-5-17, Pierribia 1-0-3, Perry 7-11-30, Summerville 11-2-29, Barros 4-0-10, Proulx, Yuan, Hall 1-3-5

3-pt. goals: Fulcher 5, Francoeur 2, Bigelow, Levecque, Garland; Summerville 5, Perry 5, Barros 2, Pierribia

Halftime: UMass-Boston 38-37