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 29
Rhode Island 56, Stony Brook 55 3
A Rams layup with 20 seconds left in the game gave Rhode Island the victory... Rookie Kirsten Jeter led the Seawolves with 14 points and four rebounds... Senior Dana Ferraro hit eight points and grabbed eight boards.
St. Bonaventure 71, at Binghamton 65
Senior center Laine Kurpniece, the America East Player of the Game scored a team-high 20 points and pulled down seven rebounds... Junior Laura Franceski canned a career-high 19 points while blocking five shots, tied for a league game high.
Maine 55, at Miami (Fla.) 54 4
The Black Bears knocked off an ACC opponent after previously going 0-2 against the conference... It is the second time in two years that Maine has defeated an ACC team in a regular season tournament... Freshmen Emily Rousseau posted a team-high 12 points, two assists and a block.
Connecticut 70, Hartford 24 (CPTV)
The 24 points is the lowest scoring output in the history of the Hawks program... Senior Jamie McCabe finished with a team-high nine points... The Huskies have only been held to 70 or fewer points one other time this season.
Friday, December 28
Richmond 64, UMBC 51 2
Sophomore Carlee Cassidy netted a team-high 21 points... The Spiders went to the charity stripe 19 times, 12 times in the second half, while the Retrievers went to the line just three times.
at Albany 70, St. Francis (N.Y.) 63
Senior Gia Sanders recorded her third double-double of her season with 18 points and 11 rebounds, including her 500th career rebound... Sanders also tallied four steals, three blocks and two assists for the title of America East Player of the Game.
at Providence 73, New Hampshire 41
Sophomore Amy Simpson rejected a career-high four shots, while also posting seven points and nine rebounds... Senior Ashley Cerniglia scored a team-high 12 points.
at VCU 76, Boston University 65 1
Junior Jesyka Burks-Wiley improved her season averages with 20 points and nine rebounds, both team-highs... Burks-Wiley earned all-tournament honors alongside junior Christine Kinneary who dished out 17 assists over the two games (four against the host Rams).
Upcoming Action
Sunday, December 30
Stony Brook vs. Brown 3 1 p.m.
The game marks the consolation game of the Lehigh Tournament... Two America East teams, Boston University and Vermont, have already defeated the Bears this season.
UMBC at #5 Maryland 2 2 p.m.
The Retrievers take on the most highly-ranked opponent of the season in the Terps... Sophomore Carlee Cassidy is the leading scorer in America East (16.1 pgg).
Boston University at Kansas (Sunflower/ESPN360) 3 p.m.
The Terriers will be on the court for the third time in four days... Junior Jesyka Burks-Wiley has led Boston U. offensively in six-of-12 games and is second in the conference in both scoring and rebounding.
Vermont at Robert Morris 4:30 p.m.
Junior Amy Rosenkrantz has scored 20 or more points four times this season for the Catamounts... Vermont is 5-1 all-time in games in which Rosenkrantz hits 20 points or more... This is the first meeting for these two squads.
Maine vs. Toledo 4 7 p.m.
The Black Bears and Toledo meet for the Miami Hurricane Classic Championship game... Maine went 1-for-3 in tournaments last year, winning the Dead River Company Classic, and are going for 1-1 in tournaments in 2007.
2 University of Maryland Terrapin Classic (College Park, Md.)
3 Lehigh Tournament (Bethlehem, Pa.)
4 University of Miami Tournament (Coral Gables, Fla.)