Women’s Basketball
MAINE vs. MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY
Time, site: Sunday, 1 p.m., The Retrievers Athletic Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Records: Maine 13-6 (5-1 AE), UMBC 6-13 (1-5)
Series, last meeting: UMBC leads 11-10, Maine 61-48 on 2/1/14
Key players: Maine — 5-8 G Sigi Koizar (14.5 points per game, 4.3 rebounds per game, 2.4 assists per game, 1.8 steals per game), 5-10 F Liz Wood (13.9 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 3.4 apg, 3.0 spg), 6-4 F Anna Heise (6.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg), 5-8 G Sophie Weckstrom (7.4 ppg), 6-2 F Mikaela Gustafsson (4.5 ppg), 5-10 G/F Chantel Charles (2.7 ppg, 1.8 apg; UMBC — 5-7 G Capree Garner (18.6 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.1 spg), 5-10 G Taylor McCarley (8.8 ppg, 4.2 apg, 1.9 spg), 6-2 F/C Amanda Hagaman (7.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg), 6-0 G/F Liz McNaughton (7.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, .381 3-pt. FG pct.), 5-6 G Emily Russo (6.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 3.0 apg, 2.0 spg)
Game notes: The Black Bears seek to keep pace with second-place New Hampshire as they go after their sixth straight win. UMaine is coming off a 74-46 victory over Vermont on Thursday during which Wood scored a career-best 30 points. The Bears won going away, despite leading scorer Koizar being scoreless. The Retrievers played first-place Albany tough on Wednesday, but fell 72-62. UMBC has lost eight of its last nine and has given up a league-high 68.5 ppg in AE games. UMaine continues to set the tone defensively, allowing 51.5 ppg in conference play.
Men’s Basketball
MAINE vs. HARTFORD
Time, site: Sunday, 2 p.m., Chase Family Arena, West Hartford, Connecticut
Records: Maine 1-18 (0-6 America East), Hartford 11-8 (4-2)
Series, last meeting: Maine leads 12-11, Hartford 91-79 on 2/12/14
Key players: Maine — 6-8 F Till Gloger (11.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg, .521 FG pct.), 6-5 G Zarko Valjarevic (10.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg), 6-5 G Shaun Lawton (9.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.8 spg), 5-10 G Kevin Little (8.6 ppg, 2.5 apg, 1.3 apg), 5-11 G Aaron Calixte (6.9 ppg, 3.3 apg), 6-5 F Garet Beal (6.5 ppg, 4.4 rpg); Hartford — 6-6 F Mark Nwakamma (13.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.0 apg), 6-2 G Yolonzo Moore II (10.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.6 apg), 6-2 G Corban Wroe (9.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.8 apg), 6-4 G Taylor Dyson (9.5 ppg, .404 3-pt. FG pct.), 6-7 F Nate Sikma (4.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.2 apg)
Game notes: The Black Bears head back on the road in search of their first victory since Dec. 2. The 13 straight losses, including Thursday’s 76-59 setback against UMBC, have UMaine at the bottom of the league standings. UMaine welcomed back sophomore Troy Reid-Knight after he missed two games with a head injury. The Hawks had won four in a row prior to Thursday’s 62-53 loss to first-place Albany. Like UMaine, Hartford is geared toward getting a lot of open 3-point looks. However, the Hawks also have a polished post presence in Nwakamma, who will be a handful for the Bears’ frontcourt.