AMHERST — Hailey Leidel couldn’t miss. She shot a perfect 11-for-11 as the UMass women’s basketball team won 121-38 over Fisher College. The sophomore guard made 10 three-pointers to set a new program record, as the Minutewomen broke the previous record for points in a game, 114.

Leidel, the reigning A-10 Rookie of the Year from Brownstown, Michigan, had no idea she broke the team record for three-pointers when she hit her 8th on the first possession of the second half. But she figured something important was happening when her teammates cheered much louder than usual.

“It was just my night, I guess. it was a good night,” Leidel said.

UMass coach Tory Verdi recruited Leidel when he was at Eastern Michigan. He said he wouldn’t be surprised if she broke her new three-point record down the line in her career.

“I knew that she’s capable of doing something like this, but going 10-for-10 is going to be pretty hard to beat,” Verdi said. “But if there’s one person who could beat it, I think she could beat it.”

Senior center Maggie Mulligan won the opening tip-off for UMass (6-4) and found Genesis Rivera driving to the hoop. The junior forward finished at the rim five seconds into the game and the Minutewomen never relinquished that lead. Fisher (5-6) plays in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and the Falcons were under-sized and over-matched at all five positions at the Mullins Center.

“We had to try and keep our standards high and not sink to their level,” senior guard Leah McDerment said. “But obviously to score that many points, it doesn’t matter who you’re playing, that’s still an achievement in itself.”

In addition to setting new records for three-pointers and points scored in a game, UMass laid down new markers for the most points in a quarter (39), in a half (70), and most assists in a game (34). The Minutewomen won two out of three in last week’s Texas road trip, but McDerment said Verdi has been on the team about consistency in recent games.

“We’ve been lackadaisical in the fourth quarter, and we’ve taken our foot off the gas,” she said. “I think that we all knew tonight that we had to maintain our structure and not let up because we’re going to play games where we’re not up by that much.”

UMass certainly did not lift the pedal from the floor. Leidel had a career-high 34 points, just shy of the program’s record of 38 set by Melissa Gurile against Providence on Dec. 11, 1993. Genesis Rivera had 18 points and six rebounds, and Bre Hampton-Bey added nine points and eight assists for the Minutewomen.

UMass started the game in a suffocating full-court press. On one of the occasions Fisher broke through and got a shot off, Mulligan swatted the ball out of bounds. The score was 39-6 after the first quarter.

With 56 seconds left in the half, Fisher’s Meghan Chase drove into the lane. Leidel took a charge that sent her flying across the floor. On the Minutewomen’s next time down the court, Leidel found space in the corner and Jessica George kicked it out to her. She swished a 3.

UMass switched to a zone defense in the second half but continued to hassle the Fisher guards and clog their passing lanes inside. Jessica George’s layup with 8 seconds left in the third quarter sent the Minutewomen into triple digits on the night, as they led 101-35. They had no problem breaking down the Fisher zone, whether it was guards driving and kicking outside or simply finishing at the rim themselves. UMass had the height advantage but didn’t need it with the way it were shooting from the perimeter.

“I just want to tell people in our community to come and watch us play because I think we’re fun to watch,” Verdi said. “You know, you look at our style of basketball, we have players who can shoot the ball, we have inside game. I think we’re pretty balanced and we’re growing this thing.”

The next opportunity to watch the Minutewomen at the Mullins Center comes Sunday at 2 P.M. as they take on Saint Peter’s.