CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Road teams had a good night on Wednesday,
going 3-0 as Albany, Binghamton and Hartford each won going away in America
East women's hoops action.
Lindsey
Lowrie hit her first of three first half 3-pointers at the 15:42 mark of the
first half to give Albany (17-3, 8-0) a 6-5 lead and the Great Danes never
trailed again, beating Stony Brook (11-10, 3-5), 68-35. The Great Danes are the
lone unbeaten team in America East play, beating teams by an average of 27.5
points per game. Ebone Henry added on to her school record career point total with
a game-high 23 points.
Binghamton
(4-17, 3-5) went on the road to win for the second time in conference play,
beating UMBC (6-15, 2-6), 66-57. Jasbriell Swain was three assists short of a
triple-double, notching 12 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists while Sherae
Swinson finished with 17 points to lead the Bearcats.
Binghamton
got off to a fast start, using a 14-2 first half run to attain a 23-14 lead
with 4:47 to go. The Bearcats would go up double digits before halftime and
maintained a double digit advantage for most of the second half. Raven Harris
led UMBC with 24 points to go with six assists and six steals.
Hartford
(14-7, 5-3) gutted out a crucial road win at Vermont (7-14, 4-4), topping the
Catamounts 60-51 to take over third place in the conference standings. Vermont
led by as many as 11 points in the first half, using a 7-0 run that culminated
with a layup for Lauren Buschmann with 3:28 left.
The
Catamounts maintained a lead through the beginning of the second half despite
an 8-0 Hartford run to pull within one at 30:29 with 17:11 left. The Hawks
grabbed their first lead since the opening basket of the game with a 9-0 run to
go up 52-48 with 4:23 remaining. Vermont trailed by two with 2:05 left before
back-to-back buckets by Nikkia Smith, who led Hartford with 12 points, to
extend the advantage to six.
Results
Wednesday,
January 30
Albany 68, at Stony Brook 35 - Box
Score | Recap
Binghamton
66, at UMBC 57 - Box
Score | Recap
Hartford
60, at Vermont 51 - Box
Score | Recap