Women's Basketball: Hartford Begins Title Defense Tonight; Stony Brook & Vermont Also Host Conference Openers

Women's Basketball: Hartford Begins Title Defense Tonight; Stony Brook & Vermont Also Host Conference Openers

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Every gameday throughout the 2008-09 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 day's action.

Upcoming Action


Wednesday, January 7
*Boston University at Stony Brook    7 p.m.

In the conference-opener for both teams, both squads come in going 1-1 in the last two games... Boston University picked up last season's game at Stony Brook on March 1 by a 12-point margin to finish the season sweep... The Seawolves are 1-3 at Pritchard Gym this season, while the Terriers are 3-3 on the road.

*Binghamton at Hartford    7 p.m.
The Hawks return home for the first time in over a month (December 6) with 29 straight home-court victories under their belts... Binghamton finishes up a season-long five-game road stretch with its visit to Chase Arena.

*UMBC at Vermont    7 p.m.
In a role reversal, the preseason favorite Catamounts host the first-place Retrievers for both teams' conference-openers... This game features four of the top-six scorers in America East this season (Carlee Cassidy, Michelle Kurowski, May Kotsopoulos and Courtnay Pilypaitis). 

* - America East Conference Game


Recent Results


Tuesday, January 6
*at New Hampshire 51, Maine 47

Junior Amy Simpson hit five triples and finished with 17 points, while classmate Candace Williams scored 10 of her game-high 18 points in the first-half to lead the Wildcats.... UNH's Racheal Fowler came away with a game-high 11 rebounds... Maine's Brittany Boser posted 10 points and seven rebounds along with two blocks.

Monday, January 5
Binghamton 56, at Cornell 51    

Rookie point guard Andrea Holmes had a big night for the Bearcats, leading the team in points (24), rebounds (5) and assists (4)...  The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for Binghamton... The Bearcats held Cornell to just 15 points in the first half and forced the hosts into 20 turnovers.