The Youngstown State women’s basketball team bounced back from a tough loss to Florida International on Friday with a 72-69 victory over UMass on Saturday to close out the FIU Holiday Classic.

The Penguins now enter the holiday break with an 8-4 record after the win over the Minutewomen, who were 8-1 and ranked 63rd in the NCAA’s NET rankings coming into the contest.

Sarah Baker led the Penguins with 17 points while going 7-of-9 from the field, and she scored five points in the final 1:10 as YSU fought off UMass. She scored on the block on one of Sophia Gregory’s six assists to put the Penguins up four with 1:10 left, and she went 3-for-4 from the free-throw line in the final 12 seconds.

In addition to Baker’s 17 points, Casey Santoro scored 16 on the strength of five 3-pointers, and Danielle Cameron made three 3s in a 15-point outing. The Penguins went 11-for-25 from beyond the arc, and Cameron was 6-for-6 from the free-throw line as YSU was 13-for-16 as a team.

Yahmani McKayle scored a career-high 25 points and made five 3s for UMass, which was ranked 12th in the CollegeInsider.com Women’s Mid-Major Top 25.

Both teams shot 42.9% from the field, with UMass making three more field goals than the Penguins. YSU made three more 3-pointers and outscored the Minutewomen 13-7 at the free-throw line.

Youngstown State’s next game will be at Cleveland State on Dec. 29. Tipoff for the Horizon League contest at the Wolstein Center will be at 4 p.m.