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
Tuesday, January 22
* UMBC 56, at Albany 55
Both teams combined to shoot 47% from the field in the first half... Retriever senior Kristin Drabyn scored a game-high 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting, while sophomore Carlee Cassidy netted 19 points... Senior Sherri Mikus posted a double-double for the Great Danes with team highs of 16 points and 12 rebounds.
* at Hartford 62, Binghamton 45 (CSN/WIVT)
Bearcat senior Laine Kurpniece drained her 1,000th career point on her first of four field goals on the night... Hartford sophomore Erica Beverly scored a game-high 16 points and brought down 11 rebounds for her third double-double in conference play this season... Junior Katie Kelley (13), senior Danielle Hood (13), and sophomore Diana Delva (12) also reached double digit points for the Hawks.
Sunday, January 20
* at Vermont 65, UMBC 55
Catamount Kelli Poles pieced together a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds... Sophomores May Kotsopoulos (18 points, three assists, two steals) and Courtnay Pilypaitis (14 points, eight assists, seven rebounds) led Vermont.... Retriever senior Kristin Drabyn moved into second on the school's three-pointer list as she netted five from long distance to account for all 15 of her team-high points.
Saturday, January 19
* at Boston University 89, Stony Brook 40
Juniors Jesyka Burks-Wiley (17 points, 12 rebounds) and Christine Kinneary (11 points, 10 assists) each put together a double-double and led six Terriers in double digit scoring... The Terriers outrebounded the Seawolves, 61-39.... Stony Brook's Kirsten Jeter and Ariel Brown each scored a team-high six points.
* Hartford 56, at Maine 38
Senior Danielle Hood led the Hawks with 15 points and also added four assists and three steals... Hartford forced 27 Black Bear turnovers while robbing the ball 11 times... Sophomore Amanda Tewksbury scored Maine's team-high 11 points and brought down 10 rebounds... The Black Bears could only muster 21.4% shooting in the second half.
* at Binghamton 82, New Hampshire 74
Binghamton senior Laura Sario broke out for 20 points and six assists, including 5-for-5 three-point shooting... Classmate Laine Kurpniece shot 5-for-6 from the field and 6-for-6 at the charity stripe for 16 points... For the Wildcats, sophomore Amy Simpson, freshman Denise Beliveau and senior Ashley Cerniglia notched 19, 18, and 17 points, respectively.
* - America East Conference Game
Upcoming Action
Wednesday, January 23
* New Hampshire at Vermont 7 p.m.
The Catamounts swept the season series last year... Both teams have sophomores leading the offense; Vermont's Courtnay Pilypaitis is fourth in the league with 14.4 ppg, while New Hampshire's Amy Simpson is sixth with 12.6 ppg.
* Boston University at Maine 7:30 p.m.
The Black Bears came out victorious by five points the last time the Terriers made the trek to Orono... Freshman Tanna Ross and sophomore Brittany Boser are Maine's 1-2 punch with 9.6 and 9.4 ppg, respectively... Boston U. junior Christine Kinneary leads the conference in minutes per game (38.06), assists (7.25), and assist to turnover ratio (2.47).
Saturday, January 26
* Boston University at New Hampshire (PackCast) 12 p.m.
Live stream available at AmericaEast.com... A 2008 NCAA Pack the House Challenge event, the first of six America East host schools to participate.
* Maine at Vermont 1 p.m.
The Catamounts are 2-0 on the current four-game homestand, while the Black Bears have only won two road games this season.
* Albany at Hartford 2 p.m.
The Great Danes average 11.50 steals per game (over 13 spg in conference games), while the Hawks hang onto the ball very well, committing fewer turnovers (14.3 pg) than all but 12 teams in the country.
* Stony Brook at Binghamton 2 p.m.
These intrastate rivals go head-to-head in a series that the Seawolves swept last year.
* - America East Conference Game