Men’s Basketball
MAINE vs. LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY BROOKLYN
Time, site: Tuesday, 7 p.m., Cross Insurance Center, Bangor
Records: Maine 1-6, LIU Brooklyn 0-6
Series, last meeting: Maine leads 4-0, Maine 84-63 in 1999
Key players: Maine — 6-5 G Shaun Lawton (12.0 points per game, 2.9 assists per game, 2.4 steals per game), 6-8 F Till Gloger (10.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg, .625 FG pct.), 6-5 G Zarko Valjarevic (8.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg), 5-11 G Aaron Calixte (7.6 ppg, 3.6 apg), 6-5 G/F Garet Beal (7.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg), 6-8 F Marko Pirovic (7.0 ppg, 5.1 rpg); LIU Brooklyn — 6-3 G Gerrell Martin (9.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg), 6-0 G Elvar Fridriksson (9.3 ppg, 4.3 apg), 6-6 F Lando Atterberry (8.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg), 6-3 G Martin Hermannsson (8.5 ppg, 3.5 apg), 6-3 G Joel Hernandez (8.0 ppg, 4.2 rpg)
Game notes: Coach Bob Walsh’s Black Bears play at home for only the second time this season and the final time until their Jan. 7 America East home opener against Vermont. UMaine is 1-0 at the Cross Insurance Center, but looks to bounce back after Saturday’s 74-51 setback at Dartmouth. The Bears allowed the Big Green to shoot 49 percent, with nine 3’s, and shot only 32 percent themselves, including 2-for-21 from long range. The Black Birds are coming off Saturday’s 80-76 loss to Lehigh and also have dropped decisions to America East members Stony Brook and New Hampshire. LIU Brooklyn, which plays in the Northeast Conference, is averaging only 60.8 ppg and has let opponents shoot 44 percent. UMaine is expected to be without freshman guard Kevin Little (ankle) for the fourth straight game.