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, March 5
* at Hartford 81, Stony Brook 46
With the win, the Hawks clinched the No. 1 seed in the conference championship, as well as at least a share of the regular season title... Senior Danielle Hood surged for 28 points on Senior Night, fueled by a perfect 8-for-8 from the free-throw line... Marylynne Schaefer and Diana Delva joined her in double figures with 15 and 11 points, respectively... Schaefer's 15 points all came by way of the three, five total... For the Seawolves, Kairsten Nunn led with a team-high 10 points... Senior Dana Ferraro grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.
* Albany 63, at Binghamton 49
The Great Danes swept the season series with the Bearcats and clinched a seed no lower than four, at least matching the program's best finish in America East... Rookie Janea Aiken scored a game-high 17 points on 7-of-12 field goal shooting... Senior Gia Sanders chipped in 14 points and junior TaNika Thrower contributed 11 points... Albany shot 12-for-12 as a team from the charity stripe... Senior Laine Kurpniece paced the Bearcats with 15 points... Classmate Juta Jahila collected a team-high seven boards.
* Boston University 79, at UMBC 60
Five different Terriers reached double digit points to help Boston U. keep up with Albany in the league standings... Junior Christine Kinneary earned Boston U.'s Player of the Game honor for her 19 points, seven assists and two steals on the night... Kinneary was perfect from both the field (6-for-6) and the free-throw line (3-for-3)... The Terriers hit a conference-high 16 three-pointers in the game... Rookie Meghan Colabella scored UMBC's team-high 19 points, while also pulling down six boards... Junior Chantay Frazier (18 points) and senior Kristin Drabyn (15) also reached double figures.
* New Hampshire 66, at Maine 58
New Hampshire swept the series and took sole control of seventh-place... Maine will play in the first round game as the No. 8 seed... The Black Bears held an eight-point lead at the half, but the Wildcats outscored their hosts in the second stanza, 43-27... Freshman Jacinda Williams had her second straight double figure game for New Hampshire, posting 14 points and a career-best six assists... Sophomore Candace Williams recorded 13 points, two blocks, two steals and six rebounds... Maine's Sandra Vaitkute scored a game-high 17 points and added two blocks and six boards.
* - America East Conference Game
Upcoming Action
Saturday, March 8
* Albany at Boston University 1 p.m.The winner of this match-up will earn the No. 3 seed in the championship, which would be the highest ever for the Great Danes... The losing team will play Binghamton as the No. 4 seed... Albany scored a 26-point win over Boston U. last time around in a game played at SEFCU Arena... The Terriers have not lost at Case Gym since February 10, 2007 against Stony Brook.
* Binghamton at Vermont 1 p.m.The Bearcats pulled out a 73-69 win at home over the Catamounts earlier this season... The Catamounts have won seven straight and 12 of the last 15 games... Binghamton turned the ball over 22 times in the first game with Vermont, 14 on steals, but outrebounded the Catamounts, 38-33... Three Bearcats are averaging five or more rebounds per game... Sophomore Courtnay Pilypaitis leads Vermont in points, assists and rebounds.
* New Hampshire at Stony Brook 2 p.m.The Wildcats defeated the Seawolves, 64-55, back on February 6... UNH rookie Jacinda Williams has set new career bests in scoring in each of the past two games, setting it at 13 against Binghamton, and raising it to 14 at Maine... Stony Brook senior Dana Ferraro recorded a double-double last time against the Wildcats... Rookie Kirsten Jeter is the Seawolves' leading scorer in conference games with 11.0 ppg.
* Hartford at UMBC 7 p.m.The last game of the regular season in America East, the match-up is another rematch of last year's conference championship title game... Earlier this season, the Hawks earned their largest margin of victory at that point in conference play with a 67-39 win over the Retrievers... UMBC leads the conference this season in three-pointers made, averaging 7.32 per game.
* - America East Conference Game