WORCESTER, Mass.  -- Melanie Presseau finished with a team-high 13 points while Alana Keating added 12 points leading WPI to a 75-59 win over Coast Guard in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game

The Engineers (12-7, 2-2 NEWMAC) finished shooting 53.3 percent from the field while out rebounding the Bears 42-32 on the day. Coast Guard drops to 13-7 overall and 2-3 in the NEWMAC standings.

Jacqueline Ward paced the Bears with 17 points, including an 11-of-12 effort from the charity stripe, while also pulling down four rebounds. Kyra Hartman finished with five points and a game-high nine rebounds for the Bears.

The WPI bench combined for 43 of the team's 75 points, as nine bench players connected for at least one basket on the day while the Crimson and Gray pulled down 32 defensive rebounds as the Bears finished just 18-of-59 on the day (30.5 percent) from the field.  

A trey by Bailey Savage and an 8-0 run towards the end of the first quarter gave WPI a sizable 17-9 advantage after the first eight minutes of play, a lead that would extend to 11 thanks to a Presseau 3-pointer with seconds remaining in the first quarter.

Coast Guard used a trio of baskets to get within five to start off the second quarter, but at the end of the second 10 minutes of action, the Engineers had extended their lead to 14, an advantage that grew to 22 points by the end of the third quarter.

WPI maintained that lead and more in the final frame eventually finishing with the 75-59 victory.

The Bears are back in action on Wednesday night when they host Wheaton in a NEWMAC game at 7:00 as Coast Guard will play four of its final five games at home.