MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UNIVERSITY OF MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Maine (7-6, 0-0 AE) vs. Stony Brook (8-5, 0-0 AE) Jann. 3, 2018 at 7:00 PM EST • Cross Insurance Center ESPN3 - Bangor, Maine @BLACKBEARSWBB - [email protected] | 207-581-3596 | WWW.GOBLACKBEARS.COM 7 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 14 All-America Honors • 21 America East Championships Maine (7-6, 0-0 AE) vs. Stony Brook (8-5, 0-0) 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 1 Jan. 3, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. EST NOVEMBER (4-3) Bangor, Maine - Cross Insurance Center 10 TULANE^ L, 34-42 Radio: 1230 WGUY (Don Shields) 11 HARVARD^ W, 76-51 Live Video: ESPN3 (Bryan Stackpole, Sandy Thomas) 14 BRYANT W, 70-68 (OT) 16 UMAINE FORT KENT W, 100-40 Live Audio: GoBlackBears.com 24 at Miami% L, 70-80 Live Stats: GoBlackBears.com 26 vs. Kennesaw St.% W, 75-39 All-Time Series: Maine leads, 19-18 30 at Toledo L, 64-65 (OT) Last Meeting: Maine 78, SBU 71 (2/12/16) - OT DECEMBER (3-3) Last Victory: Maine 78, SBU 71 (2/12/16) - OT 3 at #8 Ohio State L, 70-83 First Meeting: SBU 68, Maine 57 (1/11/01) 5 MAINE MARITIME ACAD. W, 89-49 9 at Dartmouth W, 64-51 17 at #5/3 Mississippi St. L, 43-83 PROJECTED STARTERS 19 at #14/14 Duke L, 39-69 MAINE PPG RPG APG 28 at Boston College W, 61-40 G 10 Julie Brosseau (5-8, So.) 11.7 3.7 1.8 G 15 Dor Saar (5-6, Fr.) 4.3 1.5 0.8 JANUARY (0-0) F 22 Blanca Millan (6-1, So.) 16.9 4.8 1.8 3 STONY BROOK* 7:00 p.m. G 23 Tanesha Sutton (5-10, R-Jr.) 10.6 7.5 3.2 6 BINGHAMTON* 1:00 p.m. F 51 Fanny Wadling (6-1, So.) 6.5 5.8 1.8 10 at UMBC* 11:00 a.m. 13 at UAlbany* 2:00 p.m. 15 VERMONT* 1:00 p.m. --Reserves-- 18 at Hartford* 7:00 p.m. G 4 Maddy McVicar (5-4, Jr.) 2.8 1.2 1.3 24 at New Hampshire* 7:00 p.m. F 5 Maeve Carroll (5-11, Fr.) 2.6 2.6 0.5 28 UMBC* 1:00 p.m. G 12 Parise Rossignol (5-8, Jr.) 4.3 1.5 0.8 31 at UMass Lowell* 11:00 a.m. G 20 Kelly Fogarty (5-9, Fr.) 4.6 0.6 0.1 F 32 Kira Barra (6-3, Fr.) 1.2 1.1 0.3 FEBRUARY (0-0) F 33 Kirsten Johnson (6-2, Sr.) 1.7 3.2 1.3 3 at Binghamton* 1:00 p.m. 5 HARTFORD* 7:00 p.m. 8 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 7:00 p.m. Interim Head Coach: Amy Vachon (Maine ‘00) - 7th season at Maine/1st head coach 11 at Stony Brook* 2:00 p.m. School Record: 18-13/2nd season (9-6 AE); Career: 18-13/1st 14 UMASS LOWELL* 7:00 p.m. 22 at Vermont* 7:00 p.m. STONY BROOK PPG RPG APG 25 UALBANY* 1:00 p.m. F 2 Cheyenne Clark (5-11, Jr.) 8.2 9.9 1.2 G 11 Jerell Matthews (5-9, Jr.) 12.8 4.1 1.5 All times are Eastern - Home games at Cross Insurance Center G 15 Shania Johnson (5-1, Jr.) 13.2 3.5 4.9 unless noted G 21 Aaliyah Worley (5-11, Sr.) 6.4 2.8 1.6 CAPS denote home games * - Denotes America East contest F 33 India Pagan (6-1, Fr.) 6.4 3.8 0.5 ^ - Tip-Off Tournament (Memorial Gym - Orono, ME) % - Miami Tournament (Coral Gables, FL) Head Coach: Caroline McCombs (Youngstown St. ‘98) - 4th season GAME 14 • vs. Stony2012-13Five Brook Maine Time • Bangor, SoConWomen’s MaineChampions Basketball • Cross • Insurance • Page Page 1 Center 1 • Page 1 MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Pronunciations: #4 - Maddy McVicar (Mick-vicker) MAINE HOSTS STONY BROOK IN AMERICA EAST OPENER #10 - Julie Brosseau (Bross-oh) After opening America East play on the road each of the last two season’s, the Black #12 - Parise Rossignol (Pah-reese Ross-IG-nall) Bears return home after a four-game road trip to host Stony Brook in the league #15 - Dor Saar (Door S-are) - rhymes with ‘r’ opener for both teams. The Black Bears are 11-10 in America East openers dating #22 - Blanca Millan (Mill-lawn) back to the league’s start in 1996-97. Maine is 22-2 at the Cross Insurance Center #32 - Kira Barra (Kie-ra Bar-rah) against league opponents over the past three seasons. #51 - Fanny Wadling (Fawn-knee Wod-ling) Amy Vachon (Vash-on) A LOOK AT THE BLACK BEARS: The Black Bears closed out non-conference play with a convincing 61-40 victory at Boston College, holding their fourth opponent of the season under a 30% field goal percentage (29.6). The Black Bears’ defense forced 21 turnovers, marking the fifth America East Standings time this season they’ve forced 20 or more mishaps. The victory marked Maine’s America East ALL first road win over a Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opponent since defeating W L W L Miami in 2007. Maine wrapped up non-conference play at 7-6, after taking on UAlbany 0 0 11 2 the 13th toughest schedule in the nation, including three games against Top-15 Binghamton 0 0 9 4 ranked opponents (at Ohio State, at Mississippi State and at Duke). New Hampshire 0 0 9 4 Hartford 0 0 8 5 Blanca Millan led all scorers in the win at Boston College after pouring in 18 Stony Brook 0 0 8 5 points for her 12th consecutive double-digit scoring performance. Julie Brosseau Maine 0 0 7 6 knocked down four 3-pointers and finished with 14 points while Tanesha Sutton, Maine’s leading rebounder, packed the stat line with nine points, 11 boards, six UMass Lowell 0 0 3 10 steals and four assists. Vermont 0 0 3 10 UMBC 0 0 1 12 Millan consistent play has helped pace the Black Bears through their early season successes. The sophomore guard, who ranks fourth in the America East at 16.9 Statistical Comparison points per game, has been posted impressive shooting numbers through the first half. Millan ranks second in the league from 3-point range (37.8) and fifth in MAINE CATEGORY SBU field goal percentage (48.6). As great as she’s been on the offensive end, Millan has 7-6, 0-0 RECORD/CONF. 8-5, 0-0 been equally as strong on the defensive side. Her 38 steals lead the league and rank 65.8 POINTS PER GAME 62.2 32nd nationally while she also leads the America East with 2.9 steals per game, which has played a hand in Maine’s third ranked 18.2 turnovers forced per game. 58.5 OPPONENTS PPG 55.2 Tanesha Sutton continues to be Maine’s ‘Swiss Army Knife’ helping out the Black +7.3 SCORING MARGIN +7.0 Bears in several ways. Sutton, who ranks fourth in the league with 7.5 rebounds 40.6 FG % 40.9 per game, is averaging 10.6 points to go along with a team-high 3.2 assists. The redshirt junior, who has posted three double-doubles this season, has bested 10 30.8 3-POINT FG % 28.6 points and six rebounds on seven occasions. Julie Brosseau has knocked down four 64.6 FT % 65.0 or more 3-pointers in four games this season and ranks fourth in the league with 2.2 three-point field goals per game. Overall, Brosseau is ninth in the league at 37.2 REBOUNDS PER GAME 39.2 11.7 points per game. +0.6 REBOUND MARGIN +6.7 15.5 ASSISTS PER GM 14.2 The Black Bears have held five opponents to 50 or fewer points this season and enter play with the 57th ranked defense, allowing 58.5 points per game. Maine 14.9 TURNOVERS PER GM 17.7 is second in the league with 126 steals and third with 9.8 takeaways per game. 2.5 BLOCKED SHOTS PER GM 3.8 Offensively, Maine is averaging 65.8 points per game. The Black Bears rank 28th 9.8 STEALS PER GM 9.2 in the country in 3-point attempts (344), 48th with 103 three-point makes and 47th in three-point field goals per game (8.2); leading America East in each of the three categories. CAT LEADERS SCOUTING STONY BROOK: B. Millan (16.9) POINTS S. Johnson (13.4) The Seawolves recently had their three-game win streak snapped when they dropped T. Sutton (7.5) REBOUNDS C. Clark (9.9) their final non-conference contest of the season by a 60-53 final at Harvard. Stony T. Sutton (3.2) ASSISTS S. Johnson (4.9) Brook, who enters action 3-4 on the road this season, is led by junior Shania Johnson who is sixth in the league averaging 13.4 points and second in America East at 4.9 B. Millan (2.9) STEALS S. Johnson (2.0) assists per game. Johnson is aided by Jerell Matthews who is adding 12.7 points. B. Millan (0.6) BLOCKS I. Pagan (0.7) Cheyenne Clark checks in at 8.2 points and is the top rebounder in America East, averaging 9.9 per game.