MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UNIVERSITY OF MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Maine (14-13, 7-5 AE) vs. Stony Brook (10-14, 3-8 AE) Feb. 12, 2017 at 1:00 • Cross Insurance Center Bangor, Maine - ESPN3 @BLACKBEARSWBB - 7 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 14 All-America Honors • 21 America East Championships Maine (14-13, 7-5 AE) vs. Stony Brook (10-14, 3-8) 2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 1 Feb. 12, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. NOVEMBER (3-4) Bangor, ME - Cross Insurance Center 11 PURDUE W, 67-47 Radio: 1400-AM (Don Shields) 12 #10/10 MISSISSIPPI ST. L, 43-87 15 at Harvard L, 62-69 Live Video: ESPN3 20 vs. Saint Peter’s University+ W, 59-43 Live Audio: GoBlackBears.com 21 at #3/4 South Carolina+ L, 42-79 22 vs. Hampton+ L, 49-58 Live Stats: GoBlackBears.com 27 vs. UT-Chattanooga$ W, 49-39 All-Time Series: Series tied 18-18 Last Meeting: SBU 55, Maine 41 (1/14/17) DECEMBER (4-4) 2 at Clemson L, 61-69 Last Victory: Maine 51, SBU 48 (3/6/16) 7 NORTHEASTERN W, 68-49 First Meeting: SBU 68, Maine 57 (1/11/01) 10 DARTMOUTH W, 60-55 17 at Bryant W, 77-52 Streak: Stony Brook +1 19 vs. East Tennessee State# W, 61-48 20 at #11/12 Miami# L, 51-76 PROJECTED STARTERS 28 at Tulane L, 62-77 MAINE PPG RPG APG 30 at Boston College L, 53-64 F 22 Blanca Millan (5-11, Fr.) 8.6 2.6 1.7 G 23 Tanesha Sutton (5-10, R-So.) 7.3 5.1 2.7 JANUARY (4-4) 4 at Vermont* L, 52-55 F 31 Anita Kelava (6-3, Fr.) 3.4 2.4 1.0 7 UMBC* W, 72-40 G 42 Sigi Koizar (5-8, Sr.) 12.6 3.7 2.3 11 at UMass Lowell* W, 65-44 F 51 Fanny Wadling (6-1, Fr.) 4.7 3.4 1.2 14 at Stony Brook* L, 41-55 16 HARTFORD* W, 73-62 19 at New Hampshire* L, 44-50 --Reserves-- 22 UALBANY* W, 84-71 G 3 Naira Caceres (6-0, Fr.) 3.4 4.2 1.2 28 at Binghamton* L, 52-58 G 4 Maddy McVicar (5-4, So.) 0.9 0.5 0.2 F 5 Tihana Stojsavljevic (6-2, Fr.) 1.9 0.7 0.2 FEBRUARY (3-1) G 10 Julie Brosseau (5-8, Fr.) 7.0 1.8 1.4 1 VERMONT* W, 59-43 4 at UMBC* L, 62-66 F 13 Laia Sole (6-2, Fr.) 10.3 3.8 2.1 6 at Hartford* W, 66-60 F 21 Sheraton Jones (5-10, Sr.) 1.4 2.6 0.2 9 UMASS LOWELL* W, 76-50 F 33 Kirsten Johnson (6-2, Jr.) 0.7 1.0 0.4 12 STONY BROOK*~ 1:00 PM 15 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 7:00 PM Head Coach: Richard Barron (Kenyon College ‘91) - Sixth season at Maine 18 at UAlbany* 2:00 PM 26 BINGHAMTON* 1:00 PM School Record: 92-93/6th season (53-39 AE); Career: 243-232/17th season MARCH (0-0) STONY BROOK PPG RPG APG 4-5 America East Championships^ TBA G 1 Davion Wingate (5-6, So.) 11.9 3.0 1.4 All times are Eastern - Home games at Cross Insurance Center G 4 Christa Scognamiglio (5-9, Sr.) 8.0 5.6 1.3 CAPS denote home games G 5 Kori Bayne-Walker (5-5, Sr.) 11.0 3.1 4.4 * - Denotes America East contest G 21 Aaliyah Worley (5-11, Jr.) 5.2 4.6 0.6 ~ - Play4Kay game F 24 Elizabeth Manner (6-1, Sr.) 7.2 5.5 0.5 + - Naismith Mem. Hall of Fame Challenge (Columbia, S.C) $ - Naismith Mem. Hall of Fame Challenge (Springfield, MA) # - Miami Tournament (Miami, FL) Head Coach: Caroline McCombs (Youngstown State ‘98) - Third season ^ - Portland, ME GAME 28 • vs. 2012-13StonyFive Brook Maine Time • SoCon Women’sBangor, Champions ME Basketball • Cross Insurance • • Page Page 1 Center 1 • Page 1 MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Pronunciations: #3 - Naira Caceres (Ni-rah Ca-sair-iz) MAINE HOSTS STONY BROOK IN ANNUAL PLAY4KAY GAME #5 - Tihana Stojsavljevic (T-HAN-ah Stoy-Sahlv-yeah-vich) The University of Maine women’s basketball team (14-13, 7-5) goes for its third consecutive #10 - Julie Brosseau (Brew-so) win as it hosts Stony Brook (10-14, 3-8) in America East action at the Cross Insurance #13 - Laia Sole (Lie-ah So-lay) Center. The contest is Maine’s annual Play4Kay game in which the Black Bears will be #22 - Blanca Millan (Mill-lun) doning their special pink jerseys and raising money for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. #31 - Anita Kelava (Kay-lava) #51 - Fanny Wadlin (Fawn-knee Wod-ling) A LOOK AT THE BLACK BEARS: Amy Vachon (Vash-on) Maine enters action coming off its seventh-straight home win after it defeated UMass Lowell by a score of 76-50 on Thursday evening. Maine outscored UMass Lowell 31-3 on America East Standings points off turnovers as the Black Bears forced 24 River Hawks give aways. The Black Bears were impressive with taking care of the ball on their side, turning it over just three times America East ALL W L W L through three quarters before ending with eight mishaps. It marked the second time this New Hampshire 10 1 20 4 season Maine has limited itself to under 10 turnovers. Individually, Sigi Koizar led the way UAlbany 9 3 15 10 with 16 points while Anita Kelava turned in a career-high 14 points effort. All 13 Black UMBC 7 4 12 12 Bears scored in the meeting. Maine 7 5 14 13 Binghamton 7 5 12 13 Koizar, who has tallied double-digit scoring performances in 14 games this season, leads Hartford 5 6 14 10 Maine at 12.6 points per game; good for eighth best in the America East. With four Vermont 4 8 7 17 3-pointers against UMass Lowell, Koizar surpassed Missy Traversi and moved into third Stony Brook 3 8 10 14 place on Maine’s all-time 3-point list (176). Koizar has been Maine’s bright spot from the UMass Lowell 0 12 3 22 free throw line where she checks in third among league leaders at 80.0% and ranks fifth in 3-point field goals (1.9 per game) with a total of 45. Laia Sole continues to roll through Statistical Comparison conference action in just her first season as a Black Bear. Sole, who is averaging 10.3 points MAINE CATEGORY SBU overall, ranks 10th in the America East in conference only scoring, averaging 12.7 points. 14-13, 7-5 RECORD/CONF. 10-14, 3-8 Sole, checking in with 4.8 rebounds in league play, ranks third with a 52.0% mark from the field against America East opponents. Blanca Millan, averaging 8.6 points overall, has 59.6 POINTS PER GAME 57.3 also stepped up her game in league action. Millan ranks 17th in conference only scoring 58.0 OPPONENTS PPG 57.7 (10.7), sixth from the floor (49.0) and 12th from 3-point range (33.3). Defensively, Mil- +1.6 SCORING MARGIN -0.3 lan leads Maine with 49 steals. Julie Brosseau is the leading deep threat for a Maine team 40.6 FG % 38.4 which is shooting 30.7% from beyond the arc. Brosseau leads Maine with 50 makes from 30.7 3-POINT FG % 29.1 3-point range and ranks 12th in the league with a 33.3% mark. 63.6 FT % 68.6 34.7 REBOUNDS PER GAME 34.0 Maine, winners of three of its last four, is limiting opponents to just 58.0 points per game -0.2 REBOUND MARGIN -0.7 overall and rank second in the league in conference defense at 54.5 points allowed. The 14.1 ASSISTS PER GM 10.9 Black Bears check in third among league leaders with a 40.6% mark from the floor. Maine’s 14.7 TURNOVERS PER GM 16.3 173 makes from 3-point range are second in the league and its 564 total attempts from 3.3 BLOCKED SHOTS PER GM 2.3 outside are 40th best in the nation. 7.5 STEALS PER GM 8.2 SCOUTING STONY BROOK: CAT LEADERS The Seawolves recently snapped a six-game losing skid with an 86-44 win at UMass S. Koizar (12.6) POINTS D. Wingate (11.9) Lowell back on Monday, Feb. 6. Stony Brook was led by four double-digit scorers in the T. Sutton (5.1) REBOUNDS Scognamiglio (5.6) win, highlighted by Davion Wingate’s 21 points. Stony Brook is second in the league T. Sutton (2.7) ASSISTS Bayne-Walker (4.4) on the defensive end, allowing just 57.0 points per game and leads the league in 3-point B. Millan (1.8) STEALS Scognamiglio (2.0) defense (26.6%). A. Kelava (0.9) BLOCKS Scognamiglio (0.5) Wingate ranks 11th in the league in both scoring (11.9) and steals (1.7). Senior Kory Bayne-Walker ranks 15th in the league at 11.0 points per game, seventh in field goal percentage (46.5) and fourth in assists (4.4). Christa Scognamiglio leads Stony Brook in Career Stats vs. SBU rebounding at 5.6 per game while averaging 8.0 points per game. The Seawolves are 3-8 Player G PPG RPG APG on the road this season, including a 1-5 conference road mark.