Six Teams In Action on Saturday Afternoon, Including Five Tournaments

Six Teams In Action on Saturday Afternoon, Including Five Tournaments

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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. Additionally, conference staffers will take you behind the scenes with coach and player interviews, in-depth features and so much more.

Upcoming Action

Saturday, November 27
South Alabama at Maine (Dead River Company Classic)    12 p.m. l Live Stats l Live Video l Maine Radio l

  • The Black Bears host the Lady Jags of the Sun Belt Conference in the consolation game of the Dead River Company Classic in the first all-time meeting.
  • Amber Smith (15.5 ppg) and Samantha Wheeler (11.3 ppg) both rank in the league's top-10 in scoring.

Toledo vs. UMBC (Iona Thanksgiving Classic)    1 p.m. l Live Stats l

  • The Retrievers and Rockets have never met before today's opening round of Iona's Thanksgiving Classic.
  • UMBC will be the first America East squad to face off against a team from the Mid-American Conference this season. The conference finished the 2009-10 season with a 3-0 mark vs. the MAC.

Hartford vs. Penn State (Cancun Caribbean Challenge)    3:30 p.m. l WWUH Radio l

  • The Hawks wrap up play south of the border with an afternoon date with the Nittany Lions. This matchup is the first ever between the two programs.
  • Hartford is averaging 6.0 three-pointers a game, while senior Jackie Smith knocked down a season-high five treys last time out vs. Utah.

Boston U. at Long Island (LIU Turkey Classic)    4 p.m. l Live Stats l WTBU Radio l

  • The Terriers, who are averaging 66.0 ppg, second in the confernce, face the hosts in the tournament championship game.
  • Boston U. is 3-0 all-time against LIU, with the last meeting coming back in 2005.
  • Junior Alex Young has scored in double-figures in 15 straight games.

Albany at Wagner    4 p.m. l Live Stats l Live Video l

  • Albany defeated Wagner at SEFCU Arena last year by a 63-56 margin. Julie Forster recorded her first career double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds in that matchup.
  • Forster is currently averaging a double-double of 14.3 ppg and 12.3 rpg.

Binghamton vs. Central Michigan (No. Arizona Tournament)    4:35 p.m.  l WNBF Radio l

  • The Bearcats and Chippewas have met once before in a 2000 neutral-site meeting which Binghamton won, 69-49.
  • Binghamton's scorning defense (56.5 ppg) will have to hold back a high-powered Central Michigan offense averaging 94.5 ppg.

 

Recent Results

 

Friday, November 26
Boston U. 78, Colgate 56 -- Box Score

  • Boston U. (2-3) opened play in the Long Island University Turkey Classic with a 22-point win over Colgate.
  • Sophomore guard Chantell Alford led the Terriers with 19 points on the afternoon. That output was enough to push Alford past the 500-career-point mark.
  • Three other Terriers, Alex Young, Caroline Stewart and Kerry Cashman, reached double-figures, scoring 16, 13 and 11 points, respectively.
  • The Terriers forced 19 Colgate turnovers and stole the ball 14 times. Offensively, Boston U. gave the ball away six times.

 
Northern Arizona 61, Binghamton 57 -- Box Score

  • Binghamton (2-2) began play at the Hilton Garden Inn Thanksgiving Tournament against the host Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, falling to the Lumberjacks, 61-57.
  • The Bearcats shot 47.9 percent from the field, hitting 23-of-48 attempts overall and 3-of-10 from behind the arc. The Lumberjacks hit 22-of-56 from the field while making eight three-pointers.
  • Binghamton was led by Kara Elofson, who scored a team-high 15 points. Three other Bearcats, Andrea Holmes (14 points), Jasbriell Swain (13) and Viive Rebane (11) also reached twin-figures.

 

Utah 51, Hartford 45 -- Box Score

  • Hartford (1-5) continued play in the Caribbean Challenge, dropping its game against Utah, 51-45.
  • Senior guard Jackie Smith scored a game-high 17 points on 6-of-13 shooting from the field including 5-of-12 from behind the arc.
  • The Hawks hit 44.4 percent (8-of-18) of their three-point attempts, but shot just 8-of-42 from inside the arc against the Utes.
  • Two Hawk sophomores, Alex Hall and Nikkia Smith, fell just short of recording double-doubles. Hall scored nine points and grabbed 10 boards while Smith dropped nine points and pulled down eight rebounds.  


Navy 65, Maine 43 -- Box Score

  • Maine (1-3) trailed by three points, 20-17, at the half, but was outscored by Navy, 45-26, after the break in its opening game as host of the 18th annual Dead River Company Classic.
  • The Black Bears hit just 23.1 percent (15-of-65) from the field and were 2-of-10 from long range.
  • Amber Smith scored a team-high 12 points. She also grabbed six rebounds to go along with two assists and two steals. Samantha Wheeler also reached twin-figures in the score column, adding 11 points.