Women’s basketball
MAINE vs. COLBY
Time, site: Tuesday, 7 p.m., Cross Insurance Center, Bangor
Records: Maine 5-3, Colby 4-0
Series, last meeting: UMaine leads 9-1, UM 83-45 on 2/19/86
Key players: Maine — 5-8 G Sigi Koizar (17.4 points per game, 3.8 rebounds per game, 4.1 assists per game, 1.4 steals per game), 6-2 F Mikaela Gustafsson (8.1 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.1 apg), 5-10 G/F Liz Wood (10.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 3.3 apg, 3.0 spg), 5-8 Sophie Weckstrom (7.3 ppg, 2.3 apg), 5-10 G Chantel Charles (6.7 ppg), 5-11 F Bella Swan (5.1 ppg, 3.1 rpg); Colby — 5-9 G/F Desi Smith (13.8 ppg, 2.3 spg), 5-8 F/G Carylanne Wolfington (12.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg), 5-11 C Haley Driscoll (9.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg), 5-10 C Emily Davis (7.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg), 5-7 G Mia Diplock (7.0 ppg, 3.0 apg, 2.3 spg)
Game notes: The Black Bears must guard against a letdown after going 2-1 at the Gulf Coast Showcase in Florida. That included Sunday’s 52-41 win over Louisiana State of the Southeastern Conference. Koizar was named to the all-tournament team after averaging 18.3 points on 55 percent shooting. She netted a career-high 30 in the win over Missouri State. UMaine has allowed 58 points or fewer in four of its last five games. Division III Colby, coached by Augusta native and former Black Bears guard Julie Veilleux, is unbeaten coming off Sunday’s 62-57 victory over NESCAC rival Bates. Veilleux played at UMaine from 2000-2004. The Mules are averaging 74.8 ppg, shooting 47 percent from the field while holding opponents to 30 percent shooting. Wolfington is a former Hall-Dale HS standout, while Diplock played at Cony. This will be UMaine’s seventh game in 12 days and its fifth in the last seven. The Bears have done so largely with an eight-player rotation. Colby lost in the NESCAC quarterfinals last season.