Women’s Basketball
MAINE at LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY
Time, site: Friday, 7 p.m.; Steinberg Wellness Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Records: Maine 2-0; LIU 0-2
Series, last meeting: Maine leads 1-0, Maine 55-33 on 12/3/1993
Key players: Maine — 5-9 G Ashleigh Roberts (17 points per game, 4.5 rebounds per game, 2.5 steals per game), 5-10 F Liz Wood (7 ppg, 8 rpg, 4 assists per game), 5-8 G Sigi Koizar (10 ppg, 4 rpg, 3.5 apg), 6-3 S Anna Heise (9 ppg), 5-8 G Sophie Weckstrom (9 ppg); LIU — 6-0 G/F Cleandra Roberts (19.5 ppg, 12.5 rpg), 5-9 G Letava Whippy (13 ppg, 8.5 rpg), 5-11 F Fanny Cavallo (7.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg), 5-8 G Aleisha Myers (7 ppg)
Game notes: Maine enters the game with a rare two-game win streak and will play its first away game against LIU, which has been outscored 62-53.5 in its first two games, both losses. Maine is averaging 69.5 ppg and has shot 42 percent from the field and 40 percent from 3-point range. LIU features a strong inside game behind Roberts and has outrebounded its opponents by a margin of nine in two games. LIU returns three starters from last year’s team that went 7-22 and 4-14 in the Northeast Conference. Maine is 18-7 all time against NEC teams. The Bears rallied from double-digit deficits for wins in their first two games.