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 20
* Albany 62, at UMBC 54
The Great Danes won their tenth game of the season, the first time hitting that mark since the 2004-05 season... Albany seniors Kristin Higy and Gia Sanders notched 20 and 18 points, respectively... Sanders and sophomore Britney McGee handed out five assists, while Higy dished out four helpers... The Retrievers' rookie Meghan Colabella was the home team's America East Player of the Game and finished with 16 points, six rebounds, four assists and a steal.
* Hartford 71, at Binghamton 63
The Bearcats held the 34-27 halftime lead, but the Hawks outscored the hosts, 44-29 in the second stanza... Hartford has eclipsed 20 wins in four straight seasons... The loss represents the first at the Events Center for Binghamton during conference play... Senior Danielle Hood paced three Hawks in double figures with 14 points... Bearcat sophomore Erica Carter drained 16 points for her seventh straight game in double digit points.
Tuesday, February 19
* Vermont 61, at New Hampshire 54
A come-from-behind win, the Catamounts were down 35-25 at the intermission and by as much as 12 points in the first half... Sophomore Courtnay Pilypaitis scored 15 of her 19 points in the second half to spark a 17-4 Vermont run in the final 7:02 of action... Classmate May Kotsopoulos joined Pilypaitis in double-digits with 14... Sophomore Candace Williams led three Wildcats in double-digit points, posting 19 points and eight rebounds.
* at Boston University 77, Maine 56
The Terriers salvaged a split of the season series with the Black Bears with the win... Senior Cheri Raffo posted a game-high 18 points to capture Boston U.'s Player of the Game, and hit four of five shots from beyond the arc... The Terriers as a team shot 10-for-16 from three-point range and a conference-high 56.9% from the field... Junior Colleen Kilmurray and sophomore Amanda Tewksbury scored double figures for the Black Bears with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
* - America East Conference Game
Upcoming Action
Saturday, February 23
* UMBC at New Hampshire 1 p.m.The Wildcats pulled out the 77-67 win over the Retrievers last time out during their season-high three-game win streak... Freshman Meghan Colabella has led UMBC in rebounding in four out of the last five games, while doing so just four times previously this season... UNH sophomore Candace Williams is also hot on the boards, leading the Wildcats in rebounding in three consecutive games, and in scoring the past two games.
* Albany at Stony Brook 2 p.m.The Great Danes have won nine America East games twice since joining the conference and are one game shy of accomplishing the feat for a third time... Earlier this month, Albany defeated Stony Brook, 77-65, in front of the largest crowd to see a conference game this season, 4,538... The Seawolves are 69th in the country in blocked shots per game, knocking down 4.0 shots each time out.
* Maine at Binghamton 2 p.m.Maine won the last match-up, 63-50 at Alfond Arena... The Bearcats are currently 1-1 during their three-game home stand that wraps up against the Black Bears... Maine has yet to be outrebounded by a conference opponent... Binghamton is first in the conference in three-point field goal percentage, making 94 of 278 attempts (.338).
* Boston University at Vermont (CN8) 2 p.m.Televised game also available free online at the America East Zone at www.AmericaEast.com... The Terriers defeated the Catamounts, 83-73, during the last game between these teams... In that last contest, sophomore Courtnay Plypaitis netted a conference-high 40 points for UVM, while Boston U. senior Cheri Raffo posted 27 points.
* - America East Conference Game