Women’s Basketball
MAINE vs. DARTMOUTH
Time, site: Wednesday, 7 p.m., Cross Insurance Center, Bangor
Records: Maine 5-3, Dartmouth 5-2
Series, last meeting: Maine leads 9-4, Maine 67-53 on 11/15/07
Key players: Maine — 5-10 F Liz Wood (16.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 3.4 apg, 2.5 spg), 5-8 G Sigi Koizar (15.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.5 apg, 2.1 spg), 6-3 F Anna Heise (6.4 ppg, 2.5 rpg), 6-2 F Mikaela Gustafsson (3.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg), 5-8 G Lauren Bodine (4.5 ppg), 5-11 F Bella Swan (2.1 ppg 2.8 rpg); Dartmouth — 6-1 G/F Fanni Szabo (22.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 2.0 apg, 2.1 spg, 1.0 blocks per game), 6-0 F Lakin Roland (14.6 ppg, 10.6 rpg), 6-2 G Milica Toskovic (6.7 ppg ,7.6 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.3 spg), 6-0 C Daisy Jordan (5.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg), 5-6 Amber Mixon (3. ppg, 3.1 rpg)
Game notes: The parade of New England nonleague opponents continues as the Black Bears face the Big Green in search of their fifth consecutive victory. UMaine posted an emphatic 65-46 win over Harvard on Sunday. Dartmouth, under second-year coach Belle Koclanes, is coming off Sunday’s 68-63 loss at America East member Vermont. The Big Green beat Hartford 49-43 on Dec. 4. Like Boston College and Harvard, Dartmouth presents UMaine with another sizeable opponent, one with four starters at or above 6 feet. Dartmouth shoots only 27 percent from 3-point range but relies heavily on Szabo, who accounts for 35 percent of its scoring. The Big Green will have to negotiate UMaine’s improving 2-3 matchup zone and/or cash in on transition chances. Sophie Weckstrom (ankle) is questionable after missing Sunday’s game. Dartmouth assistant Maria Noucas was a standout point guard at Bowdoin College from 2005-2009.