tyson mchatten - MAINE woMEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT Feb. 16, 2019 - at UAlbany - game notes OFFICE: (207) 581-3596 | CELL: (207) 992-7746 | [email protected] @Blackbearswbb #BlackBearNation SCHEDULE/RESULTS Maine TALE OF THE TAPE UAlbany DATE OPPONENT WATCH TIME/RES. 18-7/11-1 record/conf. 11-13/8-3 11/10 TOLEDO ESPN+ W, 73-59 67.3 points per game 54.0 59.1 opponent points per game 58.0 11/13 at Bryant NEC Front Row W, 74-57 +8.2 scoring margin -4.0 11/15 #20 DUKE ESPN+ L, 63-66 43.1 field goal percentage 38.5 11/20 at Wis. Green Bay ESPN+ L, 39-70 34.1 3-point field goal percentage 28.5 70.4 free throw percentage 59.9 11/24 vs. North Carolina A&T# W, 58-52 33.1 rebounds per game 36.6 11/25 vs. Penn# -- W, 47-46 -1.1 REBOUND MARGIN +1.9 12/2 at North Carolina ACC Net. Ex. W, 85-73 16.8 ASSISTS PER GAME 12.5 11.7 TURNOVERS PER GAME 17.6 12/4 at Harvard ESPN+ W, 67-60 2.7 BLOCKS PER GAME 3.3 12/8 BROWN ESPN+ W, 102-96 (OT) 8.8 STEALS PER GAME 7.1 12/15 at #10 NC State ACC Net. Ex.L, 46-84 12/22 at Northeastern NUHuskies.com L, 55-63 HOW TO FOLLOW MAINE PROJECTED STARTERS 12/29 at Fordham^ ESPN+ L, 64-72 (OT) 12/30 vs. Chattanooga^ -- L, 61-66 12 - G - PARISE ROSSIGNOL - Van Buren, ME - 5’8” 1/2 NEW HAMPSHIRE* ESPN+ W, 67-46 SEFCU ARENA 12.5 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 1.5 APG | 50.0 FG%, 45.4 3PT%, 62.9 FT% *Set school-record with eight 3-point field goals against UMass Lowell (1/30)* 1/5 UMBC* ESPN+ W, 84-44 *2x America East Player of the Week in 2018-19* *2018 America East Sixth Player of the Year, AE All-Tournament Team* 1/9 at Vermont* ESPN3 W, 63-51 15 - G - DOR SAAR - Ma’anit, Israel - 5’6” 1/12 UALBANY* ESPN3 W, 76-65 8.4 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 5.3 APG | 33.7 FG%, 37.9 3PT%, 87.8 FT% 1/16 at Hartford* ESPN3 L, 46-49 96.1 Wguy-FM Brian Sullivan *2018 America East Rookie of the Year, All-Rookie Team* 1/19 at Stony Brook* ESPN3 W, 68-54 GoBlackBears.com 1/27 BINGHAMTON* ESPN+ W, 95-66 22 - G - BLANCA MILLAN - Santiago de Compostela, Spain - 6’1” GOBLACKBEARS.COM 1/30 UMASS LOWELL* ESPN+ W, 79-45 17.2 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 2.1 APG, 2.9 SPG | 42.7 FG%, 28.1 3PT%, 66.6 FT% *Tallied her 1,000th point on Dec. 4 at Harvard - 2/2 at New Hampshire* ESPN3 W, 69-45 *Ranks 10th all-time in scoring at UMaine *4x AE Player of the Week in 2018-19* 2/6 VERMONT* ESPN+ W, 66-45 *2018 America East First Team, AE All-Defensive Team, AE Tournament MVP @Blackbearswbb 2/9 at UMBC* ESPN3 W, 58-45 23 - G - TANESHA SUTTON - Philadelphia, PA - 5’10” 2/13 HARTFORD* ESPN+ W, 78-58 13.5 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 2.7 APG | 49.0 FG%, 25.8 3PT%, 75.0 FT% * 2018-19 Navy Classic MVP, 2018 America East Second Team* 2/16 at UAlbany* ESPN3 2:00 p.m. *Four double-doubles this season, 10 for her career* 2/24 STONY BROOK*% ESPN+ 1:00 p.m. 2/27 at UMass Lowell* ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. 51 - F - Fanny Wadling - Nacka, Sweden - 6’1” 3/2 at Binghamton* ESPN3 12:00 p.m. 7.0 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 3.1 APG | 48.9 FG%, 18.2 3PT%, 47.8 FT% *Missed 10 games due to injury, returned to action Jan. 2 vs. UNH* # - Denotes Navy Classic (Annapolis, MD) ^ - Denotes Fordham Holiday Classic (Bronx, N.Y.) the maine line The University of Maine women’s basketball team takes its seven game win streak on the road to * - Denotes America East contest face UAlbany, who enters with a four-game win streak of its own, on Saturday afternoon at SEFCU % - Denotes game to be played in Augusta, ME Arena. Over its current seven game win streak, the Black Bears are averaging 73.3 points per game and holding opponents to 51.1 for a scoring margin differential of +22.1. LAST TIME OUT: Four Black Bears finished in double-digits as the University of Maine women’s basketball team (18- 7, 11-1) avenged its loss to Hartford (16-9, 9-2) by handing the Hawks a 78-58 victory on Senior Night at the Cross Insurance Center. The win, Maine’s seventh in a row, moved the Black Bears into sole possession of first place atop the America East standings while also clinching an America East quarterfinal home game. @BlackBearsWBB | #BLACKBEARNATION The final point spread marked the seventh time this season in which the Black Bears have defeated a conference foe by 20 or more points this season. Tanesha Sutton and Parise Rossignol each recorded memorable senior nights, both finishing in double-figures. Sutton, who stands just six points from 1,000 in her collegiate career, led all scorers #BlackBearNation 1 2018-19 MAINE BLACK BEARS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown/Last School 2 Sierra Tapley Jr. G 5-8 Bar Harbor, ME / Mount Desert Island 4 Maddy McVicar Sr. G 5-4 Calais, ME / Calais 5 Maeve Carroll So. F 5-11 Oakton, VA / Georgetown Visitation Preparatory 10 Doga Alper Fr. G 5-11 Istanbul, Turkey / Florya Doga Anataolian - Fenerbahce S.K. 12 Parise Rossignol Sr. G 5-8 Van Buren, ME / Van Buren 15 Dor Saar So. G 5-6 Ma’anit, Israel / Israeli Basketball Academy 20 Kelly Fogarty So. G 5-9 Walpole, MA / Walpole 22 Blanca Millan Jr. G 6-1 Santiago de Compostela, Spain / Colegio M. Peleteiro 23 Tanesha Sutton R-Sr. G 5-10 Philadelphia, PA / Ss. Neumann and Goretti 31 Kat Williams So. C 6-5 Coral Springs, FL / Marjory Stoneman Douglas 32 Kira Barra So. F 6-3 Dillingen, Germany / Theo-Koch-Schule 33 Alex Bolozova Jr. F 6-2 Poprad, Slovakia / Murray State College 51 Fanny Wadling Jr. F 6-1 Nacka, Sweden / Lulea Head Coach: Amy Vachon (Maine ‘00 | 8th season at Maine, 2nd season as head coach) Assistant Coach: Courtney England (Maine ‘15 | 2nd season) Assistant Coach: Gary Fifield (Vermont ‘74 | 1st season) Assistant Coach: Tom Biskup (Maine ‘12 | 1st season) Assistant Sports Performance Coach/Director of Operations: Matt Peyton pronunciation guide with 24 points, on 9-of-14 shooting, to go along with nine rebounds while Rossignol went 6-of-9 from 3-point range to finish with 18 points, six boards and four assists. Rossignol has now posted double-digit scoring efforts in each of her last six outings. #10 - Doga Alper (Dough-AH ALP-er) The duo was joined in double-figures by Blanca Millan and Dor Saar. Saar posted a career-high #12 - Parise Rossignol (Pah-reese Ross-ig-noll) 19 points with six assists while Millan filled the stat sheet with 15 points, three assists, four steals and career-high five blocks. Millan’s point total moved her into 10th on Maine’s all-time scoring list with 1,300 career points while her steal total advanced her to fourth on the Black Bears’ career #15 - Dor Saar (Door S-arr) steals list with 233. Fanny Wadling tallied 10 rebounds and five assists on the evening, her fifth double-digit rebounding effort of the season. #22 - Blanca Millan (Mill-Lawn) Maine finished 28-of-55 from the floor, good for its second-best shooting performance of the #32 - Kira Barra (Key-ra Bar-rah) year (50.9) while it knocked down 11 triples while going 11-of-13 from the free throw line. The Black Bears, who shot 53-percent or better in three of the four quarters, sealed the game by going 9-of-13 (69.2) in the final stanza. #33 - Alex Bolozova (Ball-o-zoh-vah) For the fifth time in its last six games, Maine was able to tally 20 or more assists as it notched 20 #51 - Fanny Wadling (Fawn-knee Wod-ling) helpers on 28 field goals. Defensively, the Black Bears forced 18 Hartford turnovers and outscored the Hawks 25-13 in points off those mishaps. Amy Vachon (Vash-on) A LOOK AT THE BLACK BEARS: The Black Bears, coming off their seventh-straight win, moved to 8-1 at home after handing the league’s second place team, Hartford, a 78-58 defeat. Tanesha Sutton, on her senior night, tallied Black bears vs. HARTFORD 24 points and enters action at UAlbany just six points away from 1,000 points in her collegiate career, factoring in the 28 she scored her freshman season at Duquesne. Player G PPG RPG APG Four players are avearaging double-digit scoring efforts over the seven game win streak including Millan 6 16.0 4.3 2.2 Millan (17.1), Rossignol (16.0), Sutton (12.2) and Saar (11.0). Saar continues to control the Sutton 5 13.6 4.8 3.8 point as she has produced an impressive 41 assists to just eight turnovers in the seven game stretch. Wadling 6 8.7 5.3 2.8 Millan picked up a pair of career milestones in the win over Hartford, tallying her 1,300 career Saar 3 8.7 1.3 6.7 point to move her into 10th place on Maine’s all-time list while her five steals moved her into sixth on Maine’s all-time register.