Three of the four teams playing on Saturday are all still looking to get in the win column against America East competition and at least one of them will in West Hartford.
Hartford and Vermont will square-off at Chase Family Arena in a live game on CPTV Sports throughout Connecticut. For the second
straight game, the Hawks will be facing a three-point shooting club in
the Catamounts who rank second in America East shooting 32.0% from
downtown.
Hartford head coach Jen Rizzotti will be honored prior to Saturday
afternoon's game with the 2011 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year
award for her work with the 2011 FIBA World Championship
gold-medal-winning USA U19 Team.
At noon, UMBC and Maine meet for the first time this season in the Black Bears' first conference home game this year. The teams split last year's series with Maine pulling out a 60-57 victory in Orono on a buzzer-beating three-pointer.
Maine has out-rebounded or finished even with its opponents in 11 of 14 games this year and leads the conference with a +2.1 rebounding margin. The Black Bears could have an advantage on the boards against UMBC who ranks ninth at a -6.5 margin.
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Saturday, Jan. 7
UMBC at Maine (WABI-TV), 12 p.m. l Live stats l Live video l Maine audio l
Vermont at Hartford (CPTV Sports), 2 p.m. l Live stats l Live video l Vermont audio l Hartford audio l
Thursday, Jan. 5
Binghamton 44, at Stony Brook 32 l Boxscore l
at New Hampshire 64, Hartford 45 l Boxscore l