MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UNIVERSITY OF MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Maine (15-8, 8-2AE) vs. Hartford (14-9, 6-4 AE) Feb. 5, 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 (15-8, 8-2) vs. Hartford (14-9, 6-4) 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 1 Feb. 5, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. EST Bangor, Maine - Cross Insurance Center NOVEMBER (4-3) 10 TULANE^ L, 34-42 Radio: 1230 WGUY (Don Shields) 11 HARVARD^ W, 76-51 Live Video: ESPN3 14 BRYANT W, 70-68 (OT) Live Audio: GoBlackBears.com 16 UMAINE FORT KENT W, 100-40 Live Stats: GoBlackBears.com 24 at Miami% L, 70-80 26 vs. Kennesaw St.% W, 75-39 All-Time Series: Maine leads, 45-28 30 at Toledo L, 64-65 (OT) Streak: Maine +5 Last Meeting: Maine 59, Hartford 44 (1/18/18) DECEMBER (3-3) 3 at #8 Ohio State L, 70-83 Last Victory: Maine 59, Hartford 44 (1/18/18) 5 MAINE MARITIME ACAD. W, 89-49 First Meeting: Maine 71, Hartford 53 (1/13/86) 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 3.3 2.0 G 15 Dor Saar (5-6, Fr.) 5.1 2.5 2.4 JANUARY (7-2) F 22 Blanca Millan (6-1, So.) 17.8 5.3 1.7 3 STONY BROOK* W, 64-56 G 23 Tanesha Sutton (5-10, R-Jr.) 11.0 6.9 3.1 6 BINGHAMTON* L, 62-66 (OT) F 51 Fanny Wadling (6-1, So.) 6.9 5.6 1.8 10 at UMBC* W, 64-50 13 at UAlbany* L, 54-68 15 VERMONT* W, 64-55 --Reserves-- 18 at Hartford* W, 59-44 G 4 Maddy McVicar (5-4, Jr.) 2.1 0.9 0.9 24 at New Hampshire* W, 56-46 F 5 Maeve Carroll (5-11, Fr.) 1.7 2.1 0.5 28 UMBC* W, 69-36 G 12 Parise Rossignol (5-8, Jr.) 4.3 2.2 1.0 31 at UMass Lowell* W, 69-51 G 20 Kelly Fogarty (5-9, Fr.) 3.1 0.5 0.1 F 32 Kira Barra (6-3, Fr.) 0.8 0.8 0.5 FEBRUARY (1-0) F 33 Kirsten Johnson (6-2, Sr.) 1.7 3.2 1.2 3 at Binghamton* W, 61-38 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: 26-15/2nd season (17-8 AE); Career: 26-15/1st 14 UMASS LOWELL* 7:00 p.m. 22 at Vermont* 7:00 p.m. HARTFORD PPG RPG APG 25 UALBANY* 1:00 p.m. G 4 Jade Young (5-11, Fr.) 7.0 4.3 2.0 G 5 Lindsey Abed (5-8, Jr.) 13.3 4.7 3.9 All times are Eastern - Home games at Cross Insurance Center F 15 Darby Lee (6-0, Sr.) 11.3 4.0 1.0 unless noted G 23 Alexia Douglas (5-7, Jr.) 7.5 2.7 1.7 CAPS denote home games * - Denotes America East contest F 33 Janelle Harrison (6-0, Sr.) 12.1 6.0 1.2 ^ - Tip-Off Tournament (Memorial Gym - Orono, ME) % - Miami Tournament (Coral Gables, FL) Head Coach: Kim McNeill (Richmond ‘00) - Second season GAME 24 • vs.2012-13 HartfordFive Maine Time • Bangor, SoConWomen’s Maine Champions Basketball • Cross Insurance • • Page Page 1Center 1 • Page 1 MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Pronunciations: #4 - Maddy McVicar (Mick-vicker) MAINE PUTS SIX-GAME WIN STREAK ON THE LINE #10 - Julie Brosseau (Bross-oh) The University of Maine women’s basketball team looks to extend its win streak to #12 - Parise Rossignol (Pah-reese Ross-IG-nall) seven straight when it hosts Hartford on Monday evening at the Cross Insurance #15 - Dor Saar (Door S-are) - rhymes with ‘r’ Center. The Black Bears have won five in a row against the Hawks, including a #22 - Blanca Millan (Mill-lawn) 59-44 victory earlier this season in Hartford. #32 - Kira Barra (Key-ra Bar-rah) #51 - Fanny Wadling (Fawn-knee Wod-ling) A LOOK AT THE BLACK BEARS: Amy Vachon (Vash-on) The Black Bears ran their season-long win streak out to six game after avenging an early season loss to Binghamton with a convincing 61-38 road victory against the Bearcats on Saturday. The win lifted Maine to 8-2 in league play and into a tie atop America East Standings the America East standings with UAlbany. Blanca Millan poured in a game-high 20 points, marking her 22nd consecutive game in double-digits and her ninth time America East ALL besting 20 points. Tanesha Sutton returned from injury after missing Maine’s game W L W L at UMass Lowell to add 15 points and nine boards. The Black Bears dominated play UAlbany 8 2 19 4 down low, outscoring Binghamton 28-12 in the paint, while holding the Bearcats Maine 8 2 15 8 to a season-low 38 points. Binghamton 6 4 15 8 New Hampshire 6 4 15 8 Millan, who has now posted nine performances of 20+ points, including five in Hartford 6 4 14 9 league play, continues to lead the way for the Black Bears. Millan checks in fourth Stony Brook 5 5 13 10 among league leaders at 17.8 points per game. In conference only action, Millan Vermont 3 6 6 16 ranks second in scoring at an impressive 18.9 points per game against leagues foes. UMBC 2 8 3 20 The sophomore guard has played a large part in Maine’s defensive success as she UMass Lowell 0 9 3 19 ranks 14th in the nation in steals (68) and 19th nationally at 3.0 steals per game. Millan has recorded three or more steals in each of her last four games, includ- ing five at Binghamton. Tanesha Sutton, averaging 11.0 points per game, ranks Statistical Comparison fourth in the league in both rebounding (6.9) and steals (2.3) while checking in MAINE CATEGORY HARTFORD seventh at 3.1 assists. Julie Brosseau joins the duo in double-figures at 11.7 points 15-8, 8-2 RECORD/CONF. 14-9, 6-4 per game. Brosseau and Millan rank fourth and fifth, respectively, in three-point makes per game (2.2). 64.2 POINTS PER GAME 64.9 55.2 OPPONENTS PPG 59.9 Maine’s defensive efforts continues to climb in the rankings. The Black Bears check +9.0 SCORING MARGIN +5.0 in with the 13th best scoring defense in the nation, allowing just 55.2 points per game - an America East best. Maine has held four of its last five opponents to under 41.0 FG % 40.2 50 points and are surrendering just 51.0 points per game to league opponents. 32.5 3-POINT FG % 28.7 The Black Bears’ three-point threats have them atop the league in three-point field 67.4 FT % 70.3 goals per game (7.9), three-point makes (182) and attempts (560). Maine’s 560 tries from beyond the arc are 28th most nationally. Maine, averaging 64.2 points 36.5 REBOUNDS PER GAME 32.1 per game, has forced 15 or more turnovers in 20 of its last 21 games. +2.2 REBOUND MARGIN -6.9 SCOUTING HARTFORD: 14.9 ASSISTS PER GM 13.5 The Hawks recently had their two-game win streak snapped with a 66-58 loss to 14.3 TURNOVERS PER GM 14.4 Stony Brook on Saturday. The loss, coming on the heels of a dominating 85-49 2.1 BLOCKED SHOTS PER GM 1.5 victory over New Hampshire, slipped the Hawks back to 6-4 in league play. Hart- ford’s strong suit has been in the turnover game where they check in fifth in the 9.7 STEALS PER GM 13.4 nation with a +7.83 turnover margin and 13th nationally at 22.2 turnovers forced per game. The majority of the takeaways have come via the steal where Hartford is CAT LEADERS second in the NCAA with 309 total steals and fifth with 13.4 per game. Defensively, Hartford is holding opponents to 59.9 points per game. Individually, the Hawks B. Millan (17.8) POINTS L. Abed (13.3) are led by Lindsey Abed who checks in at 13.3 points per game and ranks fifth in T. Sutton (6.9) REBOUNDS J. Harrison (6.0) the league at 3.9 assists per game. Abed’s 89.3 percent mark from the free throw T. Sutton (3.1) ASSISTS L. Abed (3.9) line is 11th nationally. Janelle Harrison is adding 12.1 points and a team-best 6.0 rebounds while Darby Lee (11.3) joins the duo in double-digits. The Hawks have B. Millan (3.0) STEALS J. Harrison (2.7) been without point guard Sierra DaCosta after the sophomore suffered an injury B. Millan (0.7) BLOCKS B. Wilborn (0.8) on Dec. 28 against Fordham. Career Stats vs. Hartford A GLIMPSE INTO THE HARTFORD SERIES: Player G PPG RPG APG Maine and Hartford will meet for the 74th time in history.