MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UNIVERSITY OF MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Maine (15-14, 8-6 AE) at UAlbany (15-11, 9-4 AE) Feb. 18, 2017 at 2:00 • SEFCU Arena Albany, N.Y. - ESPN3 @BLACKBEARSWBB - 7 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 14 All-America Honors • 21 America East Championships Maine (15-14, 8-6 AE) at UAlbany (15-11, 9-4) 2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 1 Feb. 18, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. NOVEMBER (3-4) Albany, N.Y. - SEFCU Arena 11 PURDUE W, 67-47 Radio: 1230-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: Maine leads 19-16 Last Meeting: Maine 84, UAlbany 71 (1/22/17) DECEMBER (4-4) 2 at Clemson L, 61-69 Last Victory: Maine 84, UAlbany 71 (1/22/17) 7 NORTHEASTERN W, 68-49 First Meeting: Maine 88, Albany 58 (1/12/01) 10 DARTMOUTH W, 60-55 17 at Bryant W, 77-52 Streak: Maine +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 2.5 1.7 G 23 Tanesha Sutton (5-10, R-So.) 7.4 5.0 2.7 JANUARY (4-4) 4 at Vermont* L, 52-55 F 31 Anita Kelava (6-3, Fr.) 3.2 2.3 1.0 7 UMBC* W, 72-40 G 42 Sigi Koizar (5-8, Sr.) 13.2 4.3 2.3 11 at UMass Lowell* W, 65-44 F 51 Fanny Wadling (6-1, Fr.) 4.7 3.4 1.3 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 1.1 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 0.3 FEBRUARY (4-2) G 10 Julie Brosseau (5-8, Fr.) 7.0 1.7 1.4 1 VERMONT* W, 59-43 4 at UMBC* L, 62-66 F 13 Laia Sole (6-2, Fr.) 10.3 3.8 1.9 6 at Hartford* W, 66-60 F 21 Sheraton Jones (5-10, Sr.) 1.5 2.7 0.2 9 UMASS LOWELL* W, 76-50 F 33 Kirsten Johnson (6-2, Jr.) 0.7 1.0 0.4 12 STONY BROOK*~ W, 78-71 (OT) 15 NEW HAMPSHIRE* L, 57-65 Head Coach: Richard Barron (Kenyon College ‘91) - Sixth season at Maine 18 at UAlbany* 2:00 PM 26 BINGHAMTON* 1:00 PM School Record: 93-94/6th season (54-40 AE); Career: 244-233/17th season MARCH (0-0) UALBANY PPG RPG APG 4-5 America East Championships^ TBA G 3 Khepera Stokes 3.2 1.8 3.2 All times are Eastern - Home games at Cross Insurance Center G 10 Bailey Hixson 8.4 4.2 1.1 CAPS denote home games G 12 Imani Tate 19.7 4.9 3.7 * - Denotes America East contest G 15 Jessica Fequiere 12.8 7.1 1.8 ~ - Play4Kay game F 22 Heather Forster 4.4 3.1 0.4 + - Naismith Mem. Hall of Fame Challenge (Columbia, S.C) $ - Naismith Mem. Hall of Fame Challenge (Springfield, MA) # - Miami Tournament (Miami, FL) Head Coach: Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (West Liberty ‘97) - First season ^ - Portland, ME GAME 302012-13 • atFive UAlbany Maine Time SoCon Women’s • Albany, Champions Basketball N.Y. • SEFCU • • Arena Page Page 1 • 1 Page 1 MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Pronunciations: #3 - Naira Caceres (Ni-rah Ca-sair-iz) MAINE LOOKS FOR SEASON SWEEP OF ALBANY #5 - Tihana Stojsavljevic (T-HAN-ah Stoy-Sahlv-yeah-vich) The University of Maine women’s basketball team (15-14, 8-6) returns to the site of last #10 - Julie Brosseau (BROSS-oh) season’s America East Championship game as it looks for the regular season sweep of #13 - Laia Sole (Lie-ah So-lay) UAlbany (15-11, 9-4) on Saturday at SEFCU Arena. Maine’s last regular season sweep of #22 - Blanca Millan (Mill-lun) the Great Danes came during the 2006-07 season. #31 - Anita Kelava (Kay-lava) #51 - Fanny Wadlin (Fawn-knee Wod-ling) A LOOK AT THE BLACK BEARS: Amy Vachon (Vash-on) Maine recently had its 21-game home conference win streak, and eight game overall home win streak, snapped after a 65-57 loss to the America East top-seed New Hampshire. Sigi Koizar led the way for the Black Bears, notching her fifth career double-double, and second America East Standings in as many games, after finishing with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Maine, which trailed America East ALL by as many as 15, closed the gap to four in the final quarter but failed to complete the W L W L comeback. Blanca Millan (14) and Laia Sole (10) joined Koizar in double-figure scoring. New Hampshire 12 1 22 4 UAlbany 9 4 15 11 Koizar continues to lead the way for Maine as she now stands just 22 points away from UMBC 9 4 14 12 becoming the seventh in Maine history to tally 1,600 career points. The senior guard, who Maine 8 6 15 14 is fifth in the league in scoring, has produced double-digit scoring efforts in 16 games this Hartford 7 6 16 10 season, including each of her last three. Koizar, averaging 18.7 points and 8.3 rebounds over Binghamton 7 6 12 14 her last three outings, leads the league in free throw shooting (83.1%). Looking outside, Vermont 5 9 8 18 Koizar is seventh among league leaders in 3-point field goals (1.8). Freshmen Laia Sole and Stony Brook 3 10 10 16 Blanca Millan have each stepped up their play in conference action. Sole, averaging 10.3 UMass Lowell 0 14 3 24 points overall, ranks ninth among league leaders in conference only action at 12.4 points. Sole, converting on 51.4% of her field goals in league play, has tallied nine double-digit Statistical Comparison scoring performances in Maine’s first 14 conference games. Millan, averaging 8.6 points MAINE CATEGORY UALBANY overall, ranks 20th among league only game scoring (10.3), hitting double-digits in seven of her 14 league games, including a career-high 26 points effort last time out against UAlbany. 15-14, 8-6 RECORD/CONF. 15-11, 9-4 Tanesha Sutton’s has produced solid efforts across the stat board all season for the Black 60.2 POINTS PER GAME 67.1 Bears. Sutton, averaging 7.4 points, leads Maine in rebounding (5.1) and assists (2.7) while 58.7 OPPONENTS PPG 64.2 checking in with a team-leading 48.0% from the field. Julie Brosseau is adding 7.0 points +1.5 SCORING MARGIN +2.8 and leads Maine in 3-point field goals (53). 40.9 FG % 41.7 30.3 3-POINT FG % 29.8 The Black Bears, who have held 10 opponents to 50 or fewer points, enter play with the 64.2 FT % 69.9 nation’s 56th ranked defense, allowing just 58.7 points per game and a 56.4 in league play. 34.7 REBOUNDS PER GAME 39.0 Maine is 42nd in the country with 400 assists, ranking fourth in the league at 13.8 per -0.5 REBOUND MARGIN +4.4 game. The Black Bears’ 1,006 total rebounds leads the America East while they rank 31st 13.8 ASSISTS PER GM 15.4 in the nation in 3-point attempts (594) and 62nd in 3-point makes (180). 14.4 TURNOVERS PER GM 19.8 SCOUTING UALBANY: 3.3 BLOCKED SHOTS PER GM 4.7 The Great Danes, who are 11-1 at home, recently had their six-game conference win 7.4 STEALS PER GM 10.5 streak snapped after falling by a score of 63-60 on the road to UMBC. Imani Tate, who has led the Danes in scoring in 16 of their 26 games, against led the way with 21 points CAT LEADERS and seven rebounds. Tate is the league’s scoring leader at 19.7 points per game while S. Koizar (13.2) POINTS I. Tate (19.7) ranking 15th in rebounds (4.9), fifth in assists (3.7) and fourth in steals (2.0). Tate is T. Sutton (5.0) REBOUNDS J. Fequiere (7.1) the league’s leader in field goal attempts (364). Junior Jessica Fequiere ranks sixth in the T. Sutton (2.7) ASSISTS K. Stokes (3.2) league at 12.8 points per game and leads the Danes in rebounding (7.1). Fequiere is also B. Millan (1.8) STEALS I. Tate (2.0) the league’s leader in offensive rebounding, averaging 2.9 boards per game on the offen- A. Kelava (1.0) BLOCKS T. Carter (1.4) sive end. Albany, averaging 67.1 poitns per game overall, leads all conference members in league only scoring, boasting 70.2 points per game against America East opponents. UAlbany is tops in the league in field goal percentage (41.7), rebounding (39.0), assists (15.4) and sits second in the league in steals (10.5).