UMBC

, Md.—Senior guard Ray Barbosa (Allentown, Pa.) scored a season-high 27 points as UMBC coasted to an 82-37 win over Goucher (Md.) College at the RAC Arena.

The Retrievers improved to 7-2 on the season, the best start in the school’s 22-year Division I  history. Goucher dropped to 2-5.

UMBC tied a school record by hitting 13 three-point field goals (13/23) in the contest. The last time a Retriever squad hit 13 was on Dec. 30, 1994 at LSU. The 45-point margin of victory was also UMBC’s largest since entering Division I, surpassing the 40-point win recorded over Shenandoah (109-69) in the 1989-90 season.

The Retrievers never trailed, opening up an early 7-0 lead 1:35 into the game. Goucher trimmed the deficit to 13-8 on a Marcus Cotton layup, but consecutive field goals by junior forward Darryl Proctor (District Heights, Md.) started UMBC on a 10-0 run which put the hosts ahead, 23-8 with 10:49 remaining in the first half.

UMBC built the lead to 25 points, at 40-15 at halftime, as the Gophers hit just six of 26 shots from the floor. The Retrievers blistered the nets by hitting eight of 10 from behind the arc in the second half as all ten players in uniform saw at least seven minutes of action.

Barbosa, who was struggling from behind the arc in recent games, hit five of nine attempts and was 9 of 15 from the floor in just 27 minutes of action. Backcourt mate, senior Brian Hodges (Upper Marlboro, Md.) started slowly, but hit three second-half three-point goals in a 20-point effort. Hodges moved into ninth place on UMBC’s all-time scoring list with 1,249 points and is just five points shy of entering the eighth position.

Junior guard Jay Greene (Whitehall, Pa.) and junior forward Darryl Proctor (District Heights, Md.) each added 11 points. Greene dished out a game-high eight assists, while Proctor had a game-high nine rebounds.

Goucher was led by junior guard Darrin Boswell, who was the lone Gopher in double figures with 14 points.

UMBC plays its next two games on the road, at Central Connecticut State on Tuesday and at West Virginia on Saturday. The game vs. the Blue Devils will be televised live by the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network.