Every day throughout the 2006-07 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 complete daily update.
Upcoming Action
Saturday, February 24
*UMBC at Maine, 12 noon (WABI)
The log-jam in the middle of the America East standings will work itself out over the final days of the regular season and this match up is one of the more significant ones... The Retrievers travel to Maine on the senior day for the Black Bears... Maine won the first meeting 74-66 back on Jan. 24.
*Boston University at New Hampshire, 1 p.m.
This match up of two of the league’s original members features two teams that appear to be heading in opposite directions... The Terriers have won four of their last six, while New Hampshire has dropped seven of nine... The Wildcats, however, are 7-5 in the friendly confines of Lundholm Gymnasium... Boston U. won the first meeting of the year, 67-57.
*Hartford at Binghamton, 3 p.m. (NESN)
Binghamton entertains Hartford in the hopes of ending the Hawks conference-best 10-game winning streak... The Bearcats had won back-to-back games for the first time in conference play before falling to Stony Brook last time out... Hartford won this year’s first meeting 71-64 back on Jan. 24.
*Vermont at Stony Brook, 4 p.m.
Second place squares off against third place in Stony Brook... The Seawolves earned a 72-71 win in the first meeting of the year in Burlington... Stony Brook is still in the hunt for the regular season title, while Vermont is trying to stay near the top of the pack heading into the postseason.
Tuesday, February 27
*Maine at Hartford, 7 p.m. (AETV: NESN)
Wednesday, February 28
*Binghamton at Boston University, 7 p.m.
*Stony Brook at Albany, 7 p.m.
*Vermont at New Hampshire, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 3
*Maine at Stony Brook, 4 p.m.
*New Hampshire at Binghamton, 1 p.m.
*Albany at Vermont. 1 p.m.
*Hartford at UMBC, 7 p.m.
* America East Conference game
Recent Results
Wednesday, February 21
*Stony Brook 71 at Binghamton 62
Mykeema Ford scored a game-high 28 points fueled by 12-of-13 shooting from the charity stripe to lift the Seawolves to the nine-point road win... With the win, Stony Brook can now finish no worse than second-place in the regular season... Brianna Thompson and Laine Kurpniece led the Bearcats with 14 and 10 points, respectively.
*at Albany 75, New Hampshire 68
The Great Danes snapped an eight-game skid with a seven-point win over New Hampshire... Kristin Higy scored a game-best 21 points to lead four Albany players in double figures... Charity Iromuanya added 17 points, six assists and five steals... Danielle Clark posted a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Wildcats.
* at Hartford 64, Boston University 60
The Hawks made it 10 in a row as they earned a hard-fought win over Boston U. in a rematch of the past two America East Championship games... The game was all it was hyped to be as the crowd of 2,511 saw the game come down to the wire... Danielle Hood scored a game-high 20 points and had a pivitol block in the final minute to lead Hartford, while Lisa Etienne added 13 points and nine assists... Katie Meinhardt had 19 points for the Terriers, while Kasey Devine netted a career-high 16 points and pulled down 10 boards for the double-double.
Tuesday, February 20
*UMBC 80, at Vermont 72
Sharri Rohde posted a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds to lead UMBC to an eight-point road win over Vermont... She added six assists to help the Retrievers earn their third win in the last four games... Courtnay Pilypaitis scored 22 points and pulled down nine rebounds in just 29 minutes for the Catamounts.
* America East Conference game
Championship Seeding Tie-Breaking Procedures
Teams tied for first place will be deemed “co-champions.” Ties for chamionship seeding will be broken in the following manner:
a. Ties shall be broken from the top of the standings down.
b. In the event of a tie between two or more teams, the tie shall be broken using the following criteria in order.
c. The record in regular-season Conference play of the tied teams shall be determined against the other team(s) with which it is tied. The team with the highest winning percentage based on the results of their in-season head-to-head competition shall gain the advantage.
d. Record versus other Conference opponents in descending rank order. In the event of arriving at another pair of tied teams when comparing records, each team’s record against the combined tied teams is used rather than the performance against individual tied teams.
e. Conference record in road games. In the event a game was played on a neutral floor, the home team shall be considered to be the team which was originally awarded the home game when the Conference schedule was issued.
f. RPI ranking as determined by the College RPI Report (www.rpiratings.com) through the end of the regular season. The team with the highest ranking shall gain the advantage.
g. If the tie is not resolved, then the tie shall be broken by a coin flip or draw conducted by the Commissioner or his designee.
h. In the event of a tie between more than two teams, once the tie is broken and a team is awarded the highest seed among the tied teams, return to (a.) above.