Maine, Hartford Earn Top Two Seeds in WBB #AEPlayoffs, Final Weekly Awards
BOSTON – The 2019 women's #AEPlayoffs bracket has been released and the top two seeds have earned the conference’s final weekly awards of the season. This year's All-Conference teams and major award winners will be announced on Tuesday ahead of four quarterfinals matchups Wednesday night.
For full postseason information, please visit #AEPlayoffs Central.
#AEHoops WBB Last Week’s Results
Wed., Feb. 27
UAlbany 78, at New Hampshire 53
Stony Brook 70, at UMBC 59
Hartford 63, Binghamton 50
Maine 60, at UMass Lowell 41
Sat., March 2
Maine 67, at Binghamton 60
UMBC 55, at New Hampshire 47
Hartford 68, at UAlbany 56
Stony Brook 58, Vermont 48
#AEPlayoffs WBB Quarterfinals
Wed., March 6
#8 New Hampshire at #1 Maine, 7 p.m. (ESPN+)
#7 UMBC at #2 Hartford, 7 p.m. (ESPN+)
#6 Vermont at #3 Stony Brook, 7 p.m. (ESPN+)
#5 Binghamton at #4 UAlbany, 7 p.m. (ESPN+)
Around #AEHoops
- Maine has won 31 of its last 33 conference home games and is 44-5 overall at home in the past four years.
- Maine (22-7, 15-1 AE) is ranked 18th in the College Insider Mid-Major Top-25.
- The Black Bears are one of 13 teams in the country with an active win streak of 11 or more games.
- They have the sixth-fewest turnovers in the country.
- Hartford ranks second in the nation in total steals and averages 12.9 per contest.
- The Hawks were a perfect 8-0 at home in league play.
- Senior Lindsey Abed set a new conference single-game record with her 10 three-pointers against UMBC.
- America East teams have four wins over Power 5/Atlantic-10 teams this season, including Maine’s win over North Carolina and Stony Brook’s win over Penn State.
- Stony Brook’s 11-2 non-conference record is its best since the 1993-94 season. It is also the best win percentage for an #AEHoops program in non-conference games since Vermont in 1992-93.
- New Hampshire Head Coach Maureen Magarity is tied for second in program history with 136 wins.
- Stony Brook senior Shania Johnson ranks fourth in the nation with 7.6 assists per game.
- Johnson set a new single-game league record with 15 assists against New Paltz earlier this season.
- Vermont set a single-game conference record with 14 blocks in the team’s first league win of the season against UAlbany.
- Vermont senior Candice Wright has the fourth-most blocks in league history. Her 78 blocks this season are tied for third nationally.
Here are the conference’s final weekly award winners of the season:
Player of the Week
Tanesha Sutton, Maine – Sr., Forward, Philadelphia, Pa.
- Averaged 15.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in 2-0 week to help Maine secure its second-straight regular season title.
- Had a double-double against UMass Lowell, shooting 73 percent.
- It was her sixth double-double of the season.
- This is Sutton's second consecutive Player of the Week honor.
Rookie of the Week
Sierra Smith, Hartford – Fr., Forward, Madison, Va.
- Averaged 9.0 points per game in 2-0 week for the Hawks.
- Made seven of her nine shots in the two games combined.
- This is her first career #AEHoops weekly award.
Weekly Award Winners
Nov. 12 – Player of the Week: Janee’a Summers, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Paula Rubio, UMBC
Nov. 19 – Co-Player of the Week: Shania Johnson, Stony Brook; Co-Player of the Week: Blanca Millan, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Anastasia Warren, Stony Brook
Nov. 26 – Player of the Week: Shania Johnson, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: O’lesheya Braxton, UMBC
Dec. 3 – Co-Player of the Week: Blanca Millan, Maine; Co-Player of the Week: Shania Johnson, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Rose Caverly, Vermont
Dec. 10 – Player of the Week: Blanca Millan, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Kari Brekke, New Hampshire
Dec. 17 – Player of the Week: Jade Young, Hartford; Rookie of the Week: Anastasia Warren, Stony Brook
Dec. 24 – Player of the Week: Te’yJah Oliver, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Kayla Jackson, UMBC
Dec. 31 – Player of the Week: Shania Johnson, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Anastasia Warren, Stony Brook
Jan. 7 – Player of the Week: Parise Rossignol, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Anastasia Warren, Stony Brook
Jan. 14 – Player of the Week: Shania Johnson, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Kali Grimm, New Hampshire
Jan. 21 – Player of the Week: Lindsey Abed, Hartford; Rookie of the Week: Jordan McLemore, Hartford
Jan. 28 – Player of the Week: Jerell Matthews, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Kari Brekke, New Hampshire
Feb. 4 – Player of the Week: Parise Rossignol, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Annie Ramil, Binghamton
Feb. 11 – Player of the Week: Lindsey Abed, Hartford; Rookie of the Week: Kari Brekke, New Hampshire
Feb. 18 – Player of the Week: Blanca Millan, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Hayley Moore, Binghamton
Feb. 25 – Co-Player of the Week: Tanesha Sutton, Maine; Co-Player of the Week: Jade Young, Hartford; Rookie of the Week: Ivy Gogolin, New Hampshire
Mar. 4 – Player of the Week: Tanesha Sutton, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Sierra Smith, Hartford
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