Men’s Basketball
MAINE vs. HARTFORD
Time, site: Wednesday, 7 p.m., Cross Insurance Center, Bangor
Records: Maine 3-24 (2-12 America East), Hartford 13-14 (6-8)
Series, last meeting: Maine leads 13-11, Maine 70-61 on 1/25/15
Key players: Maine — 5-10 G Kevin Little (11.9 points per game, 2.6 assists per game, .384 3-pt. FG pct.), 6-8 F Till Gloger (11.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg, .523 FG pct.), 6-5 G Zarko Valjarevic (9.9 ppg), 6-5 G Shaun Lawton (9.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 2.9 apg, 2.0 spg), 5-11 G Aaron Calixte (7.1 ppg, 3.4 apg), 6-1 G Troy Reid-Knight (4.3 ppg); Hartford — 6-6 F Mark Nwakamma (12.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.0 apg, .504 FG pct.), 6-2 G Yolonzo Moore II (8.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.7 apg), 6-2 G Corban Wroe (9.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.4 apg), 6-4 G Taylor Dyson (8.1 ppg), 6-1 G Justin Graham (6.5 ppg)
Game notes: UMaine closes out the home portion of its season against Hartford. The Black Bears will recognize their only senior, Valjarevic, prior to the game. The 6-4 senior guard from Belgrade, Serbia, ranks third in program history with 175 3-pointers and is fourth in 3-point attempts (468). He is a .374 career shooter from beyond the arc, averaging 2.2 3’s per contest in 80 games. The Black Bears have dropped three in a row and six of their last seven. They look to generate some momentum going into the AE tourney, which begins March 4 at home-court sites. UMaine is coming off Saturday’s 77-63 loss at UMBC. Hartford fell 70-64 on Friday at Albany and has lost three of four and seven of its last nine. The Hawks are ensconced in fifth place while UMaine will finish seventh or eighth.