America
East will have the 2010-11 season covered from every angle. Visit
AmericaEast.com every gameday for game previews and recaps, scores,
statistics, videos and much more. Follow us on Twitter (@AmericaEast) for in-game updates and become a fan of us on Facebook for contests, polls and interaction with fellow fans. New to the fold this season, AExtra,
the conference's blog, will take you even closer to the action with
reports from student-media correspondents at all nine of our campuses.
Additonally, conference staffers will take you behind the scenes with
coach and player interviews, in-depth features and so much more.
Upcoming Action
Wednesday, November 24
Nicholls State at Stony Brook 4 p.m. l Live Stats l Live Video l WUSB Radio l
- The Seawolves are facing Nicholls State from the Southland Conference for the first time in program history.
- Stony Brook has a league-high 74.0 points per game this season, and three players averaging double-digit scoring. Senior Kirsten Jeter and junior Destiny Jacobs each have 10.7 ppg, while senior Jodie Plikus has 10.0 ppg.
Vermont at Dartmouth 7 p.m. l Live Stats l Live Video l WVMT Radio l
- The Catamounts begin a stretch of six road games in eight games with a trip down I-89 to face the Big Green. Dartmouth is already 0-1 against America East opponents, falling to UNH last week.
- Junior Ashley Hoyt is the only Vermont player in double-figure scoring average this season with 10.8 ppg. She doubled her career scoring in just the first two games of the season.
Recent Results
Tuesday, November 23
Albany 65, St. Peter's 48
- Albany (4-0) continued its hot start to the 2010-11 season, winning its fourth straight game. This is the best start for the Great Danes since 1986.
- Sophomore forward Julie Forster led four Albany scorers in double figures. Forster scored 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the field, along with 13 boards. Ebone Henry added 15 points and Felicia Johnson scored 12 while Cassandra Callaway came off the bench with 10 points.
Harvard 69, Boston U. 58
- Boston U. (1-3) allowed Harvard to shoot 50.9 percent from the field, but forced 26 Harvard turnovers, including 11 steals. The Terrier offense gave the ball away 14 times.
- Guard Chantell Alford led the Terrier offense, dropping 18 points and dishing out five assists. Caroline Stewart and Alex Young also reached twin figures, scoring 14 and 11 points, respectively.
Central Connecticut State 62, Maine 57
- The Black Bears (1-2) were led by Amber Smith, who poured in 17 points, including a perfect performance from behind the arc, where she made all three of her attempts.
- Maine recorded 11 steals against the Blue Devils, pushing the Black Bear theft total to 32 through three games for a league-best average of 10.7 steals per game.
George Mason 54, UMBC 38
- UMBC (1-4) center Tope Obajolu scored 11 points to lead the team in scoring. Obajolu was the only Retriever to reach double digits in the score column.
- The Retrievers shot just 35.1 percent from the floor, but did not allow George Mason to do much better. The Patriots shot 37.9 percent on their field goal attempts against the Retriever defense.
Holy Cross 78, New Hampshire 67
- New Hampshire (1-3) had perhaps its best offensive performance of the season, scoring a season-high 67 points on 23-of-58 shooting from the field and 15-of-18 from the charity stripe.
- Despite the solid offense, the Wildcats sent Holy Cross to the line 40 times. The Crusaders made 27 of their free-throw attempts.
- Preseason All-Conference selection Denise Beliveau scored a season-high 16 points. She also grabbed 13 rebounds for her first double-double of the season.