Women's Basketball Daily Update: December 16, 2007

Women's Basketball Daily Update: December 16, 2007

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Every day throughout the 2007-08 season, America East will provide a women's basketball update that features notes on that day's matchups as well as recaps of the previous days' action. Be sure to download the PDF for the complete daily update.

Recent Results


Saturday, December 15
at Northeastern 78, New Hampshire 71

Rookie Denise Beliveau notched her first career double-double with a team-high 22 points and 10 rebounds... Classmate Jacinda Williams dished out the ball for a team-high four assists.

Friday, December 14
at St. John's 80, Maine 50

Sophomore Brittany Boser posted her third double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds... Rookies Tanna Ross and Christina Mosher each chipped in 10 points.

at Stony Brook 65, Dartmouth 48
Senior Aly Young had a near triple-double with 20 points, nine rebounds and seven steals for a career night... Senior Dana Ferraro pulled down 12 rebounds and posted 12 points for a double-double.

Thursday, December 13
at Villanova 78, Binghamton 51

Laura Franceski led the Bearcats in scoring (16 points) and rebounding (six boards)... Senior Laura Sario also scored in double-digits with 10 points... The game marked the last road game for the Bearcats leading into a five-game homestand.

Wednesday, December 12
Louisville 87, at Vermont 52

The Catamounts held the nation's top scorer, junior Angel McCoughtry (25.4 ppg) to a game-high 19 points... Sophomore Courtnay Pilypaitis finished with a team-high 13 points and five assists.

Central Connecticut 61, at Stony Brook 59
Senior Aly Young and freshman Kirsten Jeter each netted 12 points... Senior Dana Ferraro and Misha Horsey both tallied five assists...The conference's top blocker, senior Morgan Patrick, rejected four shots.

at Iona 92, New Hampshire 79

The Wildcats fell in a 20-point hole by halftime, but outscored (52-45) and outrebounded (17-10) the Gaels in the second stanza... Sophomore forward Candace Williams posted a career-high 22 points, 18 of which came in the second half.

Hartford 49, at Marist 32
The Hawks snapped Marist's 10-game win streak (second longest in the nation) and 26-game home win streak... Sophomore Diana Delva tied her career high with 16 rebounds... In the first half, the Hawks shot just 25% from the field while the Red Foxes shot 23.8%.


Upcoming Action


Sunday, December 16
Harvard at Vermont 1 p.m.

The Catamounts are 1-0 against the Ivy League this season after not playing any Ivies in 2006-07... Vermont leads the conference in assists averaging 15.44 per game.

Colgate at Binghamton 2 p.m.
The Bearcats will try to get back on track against a Red Raider squad they defeated 79-54 last year in Hamilton... Senior Laura Sario's .875 free throw percentage is tied for second-best in America East.

Maine at St. Francis N.Y. 2 p.m.
Black Bear Tanna Ross posted single-game conference highs last time out with six three-pointers and a three-point field goal percentage of .750... Maine is second in the conference with a rebounding margin of +1.5.