Pilypaitis' Triple Double and Sario's 1,000th Point Highlighted Wednesday Night in Women's Hoops

Pilypaitis' Triple Double and Sario's 1,000th Point Highlighted Wednesday Night in Women's Hoops

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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

Wednesday, February 13
* at Boston University 82, Binghamton 75

Junior Christine Kinneary topped her career high for the second straight game with 23 points, and added five assists... Sophomore Aly Hinton added 17 points and junior Jesyka Burks-Wiley posted 15 points, while junior Amarachi Umez-Eronini scored 14 including a perfect 8-for-8 on free-throws... Bearcat senior Laura Sario notched 15 points, including the 1,000th of her career.

* at Vermont 69, Hartford 66 (PackCast)

Sophomore Courtnay Pilypaitis earned the first triple-double in Vermont history with 18 points, 11 boards and 10 assists... Classmate May Kotsopoulos scored a career-high 26 points... The starters did most of the work for both teams, as the benches combined for just 14 points... Four Hawks scored in double-digits led by senior Jamie McCabe's team-high 15 points.

* UMBC 62, at Stony Brook 49
The Retrievers swept the season series with the Seawolves for the first tme ever by outscoring Stony Brook, 38-19, in the second half... Junior Chantay Frazier led all scorers with 26 points, a new career high... Sophomore Carlee Cassidy chipped in with 18 points... Stony Brook shot a cold 21.9% in the second stanza... Senior Dana Ferraro paced the team with her eighth double-double of the season with 13 points and 13 rebounds.

* Albany 69, at Maine 54
The Great Danes swept their second straight conference foe with the win over the Black Bears... Albany became only the third America East team this season to grab multiple road wins in conference play... Senior Gia Sanders topped her career high with 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting... Sophomore Britney McGee didn't have much luck shooting, so she dished the ball out for 10 assists instead... For the Black Bears, sophomore Amanda Tewksbury posted a 11-point, 10-rebound double-double.


* - America East Conference Game


Upcoming Action

Saturday, February 16
* Stony Brook at Maine 12 p.m.

The Seawolves captured their only conference victory of the season at home against the Black Bears, 72-65, in the earlier match-up... Those 72 points scored were a season high for Stony Brook, while they have been held below 60 points in six of the last seven games... The Black Bears are leading the conference in free-throw percentage and rebounding margin during league play.

* Vermont at Albany 2 p.m.
This game pits together the two second-place teams vying for an edge over the other... Catamount sophomore Courtnay Pilypaitis is the hottest player in the league right now, averaging 20.1 ppg in conference play... Great Dane senior Gia Sanders is the reigning player of the week, averaging 10.8 ppg and 8.4 rpg during league play this year.

* UMBC at Binghamton (PackCast) 2 p.m.
The Bearcats pulled out a victory on the road last time out against the Retrievers, 65-58... Binghamton sophomore guard Erica Carter has been as consistent as anybody else in the league this year and is fourth on the team in scoring with 9.4 ppg... Carter and UMBC junior guard Chantay Frazier have each scored in double-digits in five-straight games.

* New Hampshire at Hartford 2 p.m.
The Hawks won the first meeting this season, 71-56... Sophomore Amy Simpson posted a 20-point, five-assists and two-steals performance against Hartford, leading all scorers... Hartford sophomore forward Erica Beverly has notched four double-doubles in conference play this season... The Hawks' home court winning streak currently sits at 20 games.

* - America East Conference Game