Women’s Basketball
MAINE vs. BINGHAMTON
Time, site: Monday, 3:30 p.m., Cross Insurance Center, Bangor
Records: Maine 11-6 (3-1 America East), Binghamton 4-14 (2-3)
Series, last meeting: Maine leads 14-12, Maine 65-53 on 2/9/14
Key players: Maine — 5-8 G Sigi Koizar (15.2 points per game, 3.9 rebounds per game, 2.4 assists per game, 1.8 steals per game), 5-10 F Liz Wood (12.8 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 3.5 apg, 3.0 spg), 6-4 F Anna Heise (7.2 ppg, 2.9 rpg, .510 FG pct.), 5-8 G Sophie Weckstrom (7.3 ppg), 6-2 F Mikaela Gustafsson (3.9 ppg), 5-10 G/F Chantel Charles (2.3 ppg, 2.4 apg, 1.3 spg); Binghamton — 5-8 G Imani Watkins (15.7 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.2 apg), 5-5 G Jasmine Sina (14.9 ppg, 3.1 apg), 6-0 F Sherae Swinson (12.1 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 1.1 blocks per game), 5-7 G Kim Albrecht (10.6 ppg, 4.7 rpg), 6-0 F Kristin Ross (3.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg)
Game notes: The Black Bears hope to avoid a letdown after grinding out a 58-55 victory at Stony Brook on Saturday, then making the long trek back from Long Island. UMaine has won three in a row and boasts a 7-2 home record this season. The Bearcats have dropped two straight, including Saturday’s 73-68 decision at New Hampshire. Binghamton is 0-9 on the road this season. The Bears’ guards will be tested by the Bearcats’ shifty freshman backcourt duo of Watkins and Sina, but UMaine should be able to use their multifaceted offense to break down a Binghamton defense that has given up a league-high 72.5 ppg.
Men’s Basketball
MAINE vs. NEW JERSEY TECH
Time, site: Monday, 1 p.m., Cross Insurance Center, Bangor
Records: Maine 1-16, New Jersey Institute of Technology 10-10
Series, last meeting: NJIT 90-86 on 11/17/14
Key players: Maine — 6-8 F Till Gloger (11.5 ppg, 4.1 rpg, .527 FG pct.), 6-5 G Zarko Valjarevic (10.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg), 6-5 G Shaun Lawton (9.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 3.1 apg, 2.1 spg), 5-10 G Kevin Little (7.7 ppg, 2.3 apg), 5-11 G Aaron Calixte (6.9 ppg, 3.4 apg), 6-5 F Garet Beal (6.7 ppg, 4.1 rpg); NJIT — 5-11 G Damon Lynn (16.2 ppg, 3.3 apg, 1.8 spg), 6-4 G Ky Howard (11.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 4.1 apg), 6-0 G Winfield Willis (11.3 ppg, 3.5 apg), 6-5 F Tim Coleman (10.0 ppg, 4.2 rpg), 6-8 F Daquan Holiday (5.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.5 bpg, .625 FG pct.)
Game notes: The Black Bears, mired in an 11-game losing streak, hope to put an end to their woes against the Highlanders. UMaine is coming off an 82-39 thumping at the hands of Stony Brook on Saturday. The Bears were unable to put up much resistance defensively against the Seawolves and struggled with turnovers and poor execution at the offensive end. NJIT had its five-game winning streak snapped in Saturday’s 62-53 loss at Dartmouth. The Highlanders shot 59 percent from the floor in the first meeting and are connected at 37 percent from the 3-point arc.