All four of Saturday's conference winners avenged previous losses to their opponents and split the regular-season series.
Beginning at UNH, the Wildcats (12-9, 5-4 AE) defended home court with a 75-68 win over UMBC (11-11, 5-4 AE). UNH junior Morgan Frame led the way with 27 points and 10 rebounds. Six different Wildcats dished out multiple assists as the team finished with 19 helpers on 25 field goals. UNH finished shooting 44.6 percent for the game to UMBC's 38.3 percent.
Four UMBC starts finished with double-digit points, led by Michelle Kurowski's season-best 26 points. The Retrievers outrebounded the Wildcats, 40-36, with 19 coming on the offensive end of the court.
The Wildcats have now won two in a row while the Retrievers have dropped consecutive games, creating a two-way tie between UNH and UMBC for third place.
Hartford (13-10, 4-5 AE) won on the road at Albany (13-9, 7-2 AE) Saturday afternoon, giving the Hawks their first back-to-back wins in conference play. The Great Danes fell at SEFCU Arena for the first time this season after handing Hartford its first home loss earlier this season.
Junior Daphne Elliott, one of four Hawks in double-figures, scored a game-high 17 points and dished out six assists.
Maine (6-16, 3-6 AE) also came out victorious on Saturday, defeating Binghamton (10-12, 4-5 AE) 48-47 in a hard-nosed thriller. Black Bear senior Samantha Baranowski finished with 20 points and eight rebounds. Binghamton senior Andrea Holmes, who banked in a three-pointer as time expired, paced the Bearcats with 14 points.
The Black Bears have now won three of five games after an 11-game skid and split the home-and-home series with the Bearcats.
Vermont (9-13, 3-6 AE) returned home from Long Island with a 63-36 win over Stony Brook, the Catamounts' largest margin of victory this season. Rookies Tierra Shumpert, Niki Taylor and Kayla Burchill combined for 43 points and 23 rebounds to lead the Catamounts.
Stony Brook's Sam Landers scored a team-high 12 points from off the bench.
Saturday, Jan. 28
at New Hampshire 75, UMBC 68 l Boxscore l
Vermont 63, at Stony Brook 36 l Boxscore l
Hartford 65, at Albany 57 l Boxscore l
at Maine 48, Binghamton 47 l Boxscore l