Women’s Basketball
MAINE vs. WISCONSIN GREEN BAY
Time, site: Tuesday, 8 p.m., Kress Center, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Records: UMaine 2-1, UWGB 1-2
Series, last meeting: UWGB leads 3-1, UWGB 66-49 on 11/30/13
Key players, Maine: 6-1 G Blanca Millan (22 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.3 steals, 1.3 blocked shots per game), 5-10 G Tanesha Sutton (12.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2 spg), 6-1 F Fanny Wadling (11 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 2 apg, 1.7 bpg), 5-6 G Dor Saar (10.3 ppg, 5 apg), 5-8 G Parise Rossignol (8.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.3 apg), 5-11 F Maeve Carroll (2.7 ppg); UWGB: 5-8 G Frankie Wurtz (13 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.3 spg), 5-9 G Laken James (8.7 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 3 apg, 2.7 spg), 6-1 Lyndsey Robson (7.7 ppg), 5-10 G Hailey Oskey (7.7 ppg), 6-3 F-C Madison Wolf (7 ppg, 7 rpg, 1.3 spg, 1.3 bpg)
Game notes: This is a battle of conference champions as the Phoenix won their 20th consecutive Horizon League regular-season championship last season and is the preseason favorite. UMaine is the defending America East champion. Wisconsin Green Bay, which has posted 41 consecutive winning seasons, is coming off a 56-49 road win over No. 16 Missouri. UMaine will have to move the ball quickly to get open shots against a program that led the nation in scoring defense a year ago (47.4 ppg). UWGB was also 10th in rebound margin (plus 9.2). The Phoenix have a sizeable height advantage, but UMaine outrebounded a much taller Duke team in the 66-63 loss with its tenacity and hustle under the boards. UWGB has averaged 28 wins over the last four seasons. Millan is tied for 30th in the country in scoring.
Men’s Basketball
MAINE vs. UNIVERSITY of NORTH TEXAS
Time, site: Tuesday, 8 p.m., Super Pit-UNT Coliseum, Denton, Texas
Records: UMaine 0-4, North Texas 6-0
Series, last meeting: first meeting
Key players, Maine: 6-5 G Isaiah White (12.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg), 6-7 F Andrew Fleming (12 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.3 apg), 5-10 G Terion Moss (10.3 ppg, 3 rpg), 6-4 G Sergio El Darwich (8.8 ppg, 3 apg), 6-8 F Vilgot Larsson (6.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 2 apg), 6-8 F-C Vincent Eze (2 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.5 spg); North Texas: 6-1 G Umoja Gibson (18 ppg), 6-10 F Zachary Simmons (12.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 1.2 spg, 1.2 bpg), 6-3 G Ryan Woolridge (12.5 ppg, 7 rpg, 6 apg, 2 spg), 6-1 G Jorden Duffy (11.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.3 apg), 6-3 G Michael Miller (8.8 ppg, 5 rpg), 6-4 F Jahmiah Simmons (5.7 ppg, 5.3 rpg)
Game notes: North Texas has outscored opponents by an average of 30.7 points and has outrebounded them by 8.7 per game. UMaine has struggled in the paint, being outrebounded by 12.3 rebounds per game. The Black Bears must try to hold their own on the boards vs. the Mean Green. UMaine played a tougher schedule to date against the likes of Denver, Utah, San Francisco and North Carolina State, and that should help the Black Bears. The Mean Green are shooting 51.6 percent from the floor and 42.2 percent from the 3-point arc. Zachary Simmons is shooting 75 percent from the floor, including 55.6 percent from the 3-point arc. UMaine has made 40.7 of its field-goal attempts, 25 percent from 3-point land and only 58.3 percent of its free throws.