#AEToday | 3 Women's #AEHoops Games Set for Saturday

#AEToday | 3 Women's #AEHoops Games Set for Saturday

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Everything you need to know during women's basketball conference play will be in #AEToday! Look for it every gameday!

Saturday's Schedule
UMBC at New Hampshire, 1 PM - AmericaEast.TV

Vermont at Stony Brook, 1 PM - AmericaEast.TV
Maine at Binghamton, 2 PM - AmericaEast.TV

Sunday's Schedule
Albany at Hartford, 2 PM - ESPN3

Wednesday Results
Albany 85 at UMass Lowell 55 - Box Socre

at Vermont 83, New Hampshire 63 - Box Score
at UMBC 62, Binghamton 51 - Box Score
at Maine 61, Hartford 43 - Box Score

Need to know

  • Three America East teams are featured in the Mid-Major Top-25 released on Jan. 26, including Albany (15), Maine (RV) and Stony Brook (RV).
  • Albany senior Shereesha Richards and Maine senior Liz Wood have been named two of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award.
  • According to the latest College Basketball RPI report released on Jan. 18, the America East remained at No. 15 among Division I conferences. Albany (44), Maine (92) and Stony Brook (100) are all in top 100. It’s the first time the league has three in top 100 since March, 18, 2013. Albany’s RPI is the best this late in the season since Hartford closed 2009-10 with an RPI of 34.
  • Vermont has won 2 of its last 3 games is is 53-of-60 from the free throw line in those contests.
  • Stony Brook is 18-5 at Island Federal Credit Union (.783%) since its opening at the start of the 2014-15 season. The Seawolves have reeled off six straight home wins.
  • UMBC guard Taylor McCarley is just six assists away from setting the record for most assists by a junior in program history. She has 321 on the year.
  • New Hampshire’s Elizabeth Belanger is averaging 23.6 points and eight rebounds per game in her last five games.
  • Maine has won 15-straight home games after beating Hartford on Wednesday.
  • Albany’s Zakiya Saunders dished out 13 assists vs. Stony Brook, the most for an America East player since Boston U’s Christine Kinneary had 14 vs. Northeastern on Nov. 19, 2007. Saunders has five 10+ assist games this year, which matches the most in a single-season for any America East player as far back as the statistics go (1999-2000).
  • Albany senior Shereesha Richards needs 56 more rebounds to become the fourth player in America East history to record 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. She ranks 9th all-time on the career scoring list with 2,093 points.
  • The America East is the only non-Power 5 Conference with six teams in the top-100 of scoring defense (Maine-10, Albany-25, Stony Brook-58, UMBC-77, Hartford-84, Binghamton-88)

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