The freshmen guard recently picked up her second America East Rookie-of-the-Week honor, which ranks as first in the conference.

University of Maine freshman guard Tanna Ross was named the America East Rookie of the Week on Monday for her performance in Saturday's contest versus Massachusetts. It marks the second time this season Ross has garnered the league's rookie award, which is tied for the most in the conference.

Ross scored a career-high 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the floor -- including a 6-of-8 effort from behind the arc -- and pulled down five rebounds versus the Minutewomen. She led the Black Bears in scoring in the contest, thus marking the third time this season she has done so. The six three-pointers made versus UMass is tied for the most made in a game in the conference this season. The mark also tied a school-record for three's made in a contest.

Ross ranks 20th in America East in scoring (9.0 ppg), sixth in three-pointers made (1.88 pg) and 11th in three-point field goal percentage (.333).

Maine travels to the Big Apple this weekend for a pair of games in New York City. The Black Bears will face St. John's on Friday at 7 p.m., and then take on St. Francis (N.Y.) on Sunday at 2 p.m. Both games can be heard on the radio on the Black Bear Sports Network (please check local listings) and worldwide on the internet at www.GoBlackBears.com(.)

Maine defeats St. Francis, 14 point effort for Ross

The University of Maine women's basketball team picked up its first road win of the season Sunday with a 58-47 victory over St. Francis (N.Y.) in Brooklyn. Maine improved to 2-8 on the season, while the Terriers fell to 3-6.

Freshman guard Emily Rousseau led the way for Maine with 15 points, while classmate Tanna Ross chipped in 14 and junior forward Colleen Kilmurray added 11. The win snapped a seven-game losing streak for the Black Bears. Ross pulled down eight rebounds, while Kilmurray collected seven. Rousseau was a strong 3-of-4 shooting from behind the arc.

Cecelia Herald and Tiffany Hill poured in a team-high 11 points each for the Terriers.

An early three-pointer 18 seconds into the second half staked the Terriers to a 26-25 edge, but Maine answered with a three from Rousseau at the other end of the court to put the Black Bears up 28-26. Maine's lead hovered between two to three points for the next several minutes before a stretch of threes from Rousseau and Ross pushed Maine's lead out 48-40 with 6:24 to go in the contest.

The Terriers could not get closer than five down the stretch and a Brittany Boser jumper with 1:00 remaining put the Black Bears up by 10 at 55-45, giving them their first double-digit advantage of the contest. A Rousseau three with 30 seconds left iced the win for the Black Bears.

Maine shot 50 percent from the field (23-of-46), while the Black Bears' defense limited the Terriers to just 32 percent shooting from the floor (17-of-53).

St. Francis jumped out to an early 11-6 lead with 14:18 remaining in the first half, but Maine responded defensively by holding the Terriers without a basket for the next five minutes. During that span, the Black Bears used an 8-0 run to go up 14-11 and never trail the rest of the half in building a 25-23 lead at halftime. Boser led Maine with seven points in the first half, while Rousseau chipped in six points.

Maine returns to action next Saturday when the Black Bears face ACC-foe Boston College at the Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass., at 12 p.m.

The junior goaltender made 29 saves out of 30 chances against 10th ranked New Hampshire on the road in Hockey East play. Bishop also stopped a first-period Wildcats penalty shot.

The University of Maine men's ice hockey team dropped a 2-0 decision to 10th-ranked New Hampshire on Sunday afternoon in a snowy Durham, N.H. The Black Bears fall to 5-7-2 on the season with the loss, 3-5-2 in Hockey East play. New Hampshire improves to 9-4-1, 6-4-1 in conference play.

New Hampshire opened the scoring 6:42 into the first period when Bobby Butler had his shot beat Maine goalie Ben Bishop (Des Peres, Mo.). Thomas Fortney assisted on the goal for the Wildcats.

Maine nearly answered back when Billy Ryan (Milton, Mass.) had a shot from just inside the blueline. The puck got past UNH goalie Kevin Regan and slid towards the goal line, but a UNH defenseman cleared the puck away just as it was about to go into the net.

With 8:23 remaining in the first period, Butler had a breakaway for the Wildcats. He was tripped and a penalty shot was called. Bishop was able to stop the penalty shot by Bulter to keep the game 1-0.

Maine nearly tied the game at the buzzer ending the first period. Keenan Hopson (Prince George, British Columbia) had his shot find the back of the net, but it was ruled the puck crossed the a fraction of a second after the period ended.

The teams played through a scoreless second period.

New Hampshire added an empty-net goal by Peter LeBlanc with just 12 seconds remaining in the game to make it a 2-0 final.

Maine goalie Bishop stopped 31 shots and falls to 5-7-2 on the season. Regan made 29 saves for New Hampshire. He improves to 7-3-0 on the season.

The Black Bears return to action on Friday, December 28 when they face Clarkson in the first round of the Florida College Classic in Estero, Fla.