UPDATED 2/14. 3:00 PM with new game time for First Round game on Tuesday, Feb. 15.

WATERVILLE, Maine – The University of Maine at Farmington women's basketball team doubled up on host Thomas College in the fourth quarter to complete a 52-47 win come-from-behind over the Terriers, in a North Atlantic Conference East Division matchup on Saturday afternoon at Larry Mahaney Gym.

UMaine-Farmington improved to 10-9 overall with the victory, 5-5 in the NAC East Division standings, while Thomas slipped to 2-18, 0-9 NAC East.

The victory sends the Beavers into next week's 2022 NAC Women's Basketball Tournament as the NAC East Division no. 4 seed, and UMaine-Farmington will host NAC East no. 5 seed Northern Vermont-Lyndon in a first round game on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at Dearborn Gym.

Game time has been set for 6:30 p.m.

In Saturday's regular season finale, the Beavers outscored the Terriers 16-7 in the final stanza after trailing 40-36 at the end of the third.

Senior McKenna Brodeur scored nine of her game-high 17 points in the fourth quarter, with Alex Bessey adding four points in the fourth on her way to a 12-point afternoon. She also logged a team-high three steals. Brodeur hauled down a team-high five rebounds.

Makayla Wilson rounded out the Beavers' fourth quarter scorers with a conventional three-point play a the 7:04 mark of the frame, giving UMaine-Farmington a lead it would hold the rest of the way.

Kaylee Ravagli led Thomas with 16 points while Anna Piirainen charted nine points for the Terriers. Brianne Benecke led Thomas on the glass with eight rebounds to pace a Terrier squad that outworked the Beavers on the boards, 39 to 24.

UMaine-Farmington shot 41.3 percent (19-of-46) from the field, its best single-game shooting percentage over its last five outings, while holding Thomas to a 23.6 percent (13-of-55) shooting clip. The Terriers generated most of their offense from beyond the three-point arc, where they were 7-of-19 led by Ravagli's three treys.

In next week's NAC Women's Basketball Tournament, Maine Maritime Academy and Husson University earned the NAC East no. 1 and no. 2 seeds respectively, and earned byes through the first round and straight into the quarterfinals. UMaine-Presque Isle earned the NAC East no. 3 seed and will host no. 6 seed Thomas College in a first-round game.