Harvard thumps turnover-prone UMaine women’s basketball

The good news for the University of Maine women’s basketball team is that reigning America East Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year Anne Simon returned to the lineup against Harvard on Sunday afternoon after missing eight games with a high ankle sprain.

The bad news is the Black Bears returned to their old ways, turning the ball over 21 times that led to easy transition points, and the Crimson cruised to an easy 84-56 victory at Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Harvard outscored UMaine 25-6 in points off . . .