MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UNIVERSITY OF MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Maine (17-8, 10-2AE) at Stony Brook (14-11, 6-6 AE) Feb. 11, 2018 at 2:00 PM EST • Island Federal Credit Union Arena ESPN3 - Stony Brook, N.Y. @BLACKBEARSWBB - [email protected] | 207-581-3596 | WWW.GOBLACKBEARS.COM 7 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 14 All-America Honors • 21 America East Championships Maine (17-8, 8-2) at Stony Brook (14-11, 6-6) 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 1 Feb. 11, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. EST Stony Brook, N.Y. - Island Federal Credit Union Arena 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, 20-18 30 at Toledo L, 64-65 (OT) Streak: Maine +2 DECEMBER (3-3) Last Meeting: Maine 64, SBU 56 (1/3/18) 3 at #8 Ohio State L, 70-83 Last Victory: Maine 64, SBU 56 (1/3/18) 5 MAINE MARITIME ACAD. W, 89-49 First Meeting: SBU 68, Maine 57 (1/11/01) 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.) 12.3 3.4 2.1 G 15 Dor Saar (5-6, Fr.) 5.3 2.4 2.6 JANUARY (7-2) F 22 Blanca Millan (6-1, So.) 17.8 5.3 1.6 3 STONY BROOK* W, 64-56 G 23 Tanesha Sutton (5-10, R-Jr.) 10.8 7.0 3.1 6 BINGHAMTON* L, 62-66 (OT) F 51 Fanny Wadling (6-1, So.) 7.0 5.5 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.) 1.9 0.8 0.8 24 at New Hampshire* W, 56-46 F 5 Maeve Carroll (5-11, Fr.) 1.6 2.0 0.5 28 UMBC* W, 69-36 G 12 Parise Rossignol (5-8, Jr.) 4.1 2.2 1.0 31 at UMass Lowell* W, 69-51 G 20 Kelly Fogarty (5-9, Fr.) 2.9 0.4 0.1 F 32 Kira Barra (6-3, Fr.) 0.9 0.9 0.5 FEBRUARY (3-0) F 33 Kirsten Johnson (6-2, Sr.) 1.8 3.2 1.2 3 at Binghamton* W, 61-38 5 HARTFORD* W, 59-56 8 NEW HAMPSHIRE* W, 77-46 Interim Head Coach: Amy Vachon (Maine ‘00) - 7th season at Maine/1st head coach 11 at Stony Brook* 2:00 p.m. School Record: 28-15/2nd season (19-8 AE); Career: 28-15/1st 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.) 7.8 9.2 1.0 G 11 Jerell Matthews (5-9, Jr.) 14.5 4.0 1.5 All times are Eastern - Home games at Cross Insurance Center G 15 Shania Johnson (5-1, Jr.) 15.6 4.1 5.4 unless noted G 21 Aaliyah Worley (5-11, Sr.) 6.7 3.2 1.3 CAPS denote home games * - Denotes America East contest F 22 McKenzie Bushee (6-1, Fr.) 4.8 4.5 0.5 ^ - Tip-Off Tournament (Memorial Gym - Orono, ME) % - Miami Tournament (Coral Gables, FL) Head Coach: Caroline McCombs (Youngstown St. ‘98) - 4th season GAME 26 • at Stony Brook2012-13Five • Stony Maine Time Brook, SoConWomen’s N.Y. Champions Basketball • Island Federal • • Page CreditPage 1 1Union Arena • Page 1 MAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Pronunciations: #4 - Maddy McVicar (Mick-vicker) MAINE GOES FOR SEASON SWEEP OF STONY BROOK #10 - Julie Brosseau (Bross-oh) The University of Maine women’s basketball team, currently with the nation’s 17th #12 - Parise Rossignol (Pah-reese Ross-IG-nall) longest active win streak, goes for its ninth straight win on Sunday afternoon at #15 - Dor Saar (Door S-are) - rhymes with ‘r’ Stony Brook. The Black Bears, who defeated Stony Brook 64-56 earlier this season, #22 - Blanca Millan (Mill-lawn) look for their third consecutive win against the Seawolves. #32 - Kira Barra (Key-ra Bar-rah) #51 - Fanny Wadling (Fawn-knee Wod-ling) A LOOK AT THE BLACK BEARS: The Black Bears are coming off a dominant victory over the America East preseason Amy Vachon (Vash-on) favorite New Hampshire. Maine handed the Wildcats a 77-46 defeat, marking the Black Bears second 30+ point victory in league play (UMBC, 69-36). The win, which propeled the Black Bears into sole possession of first place in the league, America East Standings marked Maine’s eighth straight win, moving it to 9-2 at home. Tanesha Sutton America East ALL collected her fourth double-double (12 pts/11 rbs) in the win and was joined in W L W L double-digits by Julie Brosseau (19), Blanca Millan (16) and Fanny Wadling (15). Maine 10 2 17 8 Maine moved to 13-1 overall and 8-0 in league play when outrebounding its op- UAlbany 9 3 20 5 ponents after a 40-29 advantage over UNH on the boards. Defensively, Maine Binghamton 8 4 17 8 held its 10th opponent of the season under 50 points. Hartford 6 5 14 10 Millan, who has posted double-digit scoring performance in each of her last 24 New Hampshire 6 6 15 10 games, checks in fourth among league leaders at 17.8 points per game and ranks Stony Brook 6 6 14 11 fourth with a 36.1 percent mark from 3-point range and fifth in three-point field Vermont 5 6 8 16 goals per game (2.1). In league action, Millan, the reigning America East Player of UMBC 2 9 3 21 the Week, ranks second in the league at 18.7 points per game with 5.8 rebounds UMass Lowell 0 11 3 21 and an impressive 3.2 steals. Her 178 total field goals place her 25th in the nation while she is the 54th highest point scorer (444) in the NCAA this season. Defen- Statistical Comparison sively, Millan ranks 12th in the nation with 76 steals and 15th at 3.0 steals per game, both tops among America East leaders. Over her last five outings, Millan is MAINE CATEGORY SBU averaging 19.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 steals. Julie Brosseau is adding 12.3 17-8, 10-2 RECORD/CONF. 14-11, 6-6 points, including double-digits in each of her last three outings and five 3-pointers in each of her last two. Brosseau ranks second in the league with 2.6 three-point 64.5 POINTS PER GAME 63.1 field goals per game against league opponents and second in overall three-point field 54.9 OPPONENTS PPG 57.6 goal percentage (37.2). Tanesha Sutton, coming off her fifth career double-double, +9.6 SCORING MARGIN +5.5 is adding 10.8 points and ranks fourth in the league in rebounding (7.0), sixth in steals (2.1) and sixth in assists (3.1). Dor Saar, who was named the America East 41.7 FG % 41.0 Rookie of the Week on Monday, has posted double-figures in five of her last nine 33.3 3-POINT FG % 33.0 games and ranks 10th in the league at 2.6 assists per game. 66.8 FT % 67.4 Maine’s defense now ranks 10th in the nation, allowing just 54.9 points per game. 36.5 REBOUNDS PER GAME 38.0 In league play, the Black Bears have held America East foes to just 51.0 points per +2.7 REBOUND MARGIN +3.9 game while forcing 17.0 turnovers. The Black Bears, who totaled their second- highest assists total (25) of the season in their game against UNH, rank second in 15.1 ASSISTS PER GM 13.7 the league at 15.1 assists per game. Maine, averaging 64.5 points per game, rank 14.6 TURNOVERS PER GM 17.6 28th nationally with 202 three-point field goals, 22nd in three-point attempts 2.2 BLOCKED SHOTS PER GM 2.9 (606), 47th in three-point makes per game (8.1) while shooting 33.3 percent from downtown, all America East highs. 9.6 STEALS PER GM 8.5 SCOUTING STONY BROOK: The Seawolves enter action winners of three of their last four America East contests CAT LEADERS after most recently defeating UMass Lowell, 63-60. Stony Brook’s defense ranks B. Millan (17.8) POINTS S. Johnson (15.6) second in the league, allowing 57.6 points per game. The Seawolves feature one of T. Sutton (7.0) REBOUNDS C. Clark (9.2) the top 3-point defenses in the nation, ranking sixth among NCAA leaders hold- ing their opponents to a 26.1 percent mark from beyond the arc. Shania Johnson T. Sutton (3.1) ASSISTS S. Johnson (5.4) leads the way for Stony Brook as she ranks fifth in the league in scoring (15.6), B. Millan (3.0) STEALS C. Clark (1.8) second in assists (5.4) and 21st nationally with 3.1 three-point field goals per game.