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Maine vs. Stony Brook Women's Basketball Game Notes
March 1, 2007
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The University of Maine women's basketball team will close out the 2006-07 regular season on Saturday when it takes on Stony Brook at 4 p.m., at the Indoor Sports Complex in Stony Brook, N.Y. The game can be heard live on WZON-AM 620 in Bangor and worldwide on the internet at www.zoneradio.com(.) The Black Bears enter the game at 13-13 overall and 7-8 in America East, which is good for a tie of third place. Stony Brook comes into the meeting with a 17-10 record and a 13-2 mark in league play. The Seawolves have won three straight in the series. GAME STORYLINES **Maine will look to close out the regular season with a win on Saturday when the Black Bears travel to Stony Brook to face the Seawolves at 4 p.m., at the Indoor Sports Complex. **The Black Bears enter Saturday's game with a 13-13 overall record and a 7-8 mark in America East, which is good for a tie for third place. **Stony Brook comes into the contest with a 17-10 mark and a 13-2 record in America East, which is good for second place. A Stony Brook win, coupled with a Hartford loss at UMBC on Saturday, would clinch a share of the 2007 America East regular season title for the Seawolves. However, Stony Brook will enter next week's conference tournament as the No. 2 seed, due to Hartford owning the tiebreaker for the No. 1 spot by sweeping the Seawolves in two games this season. **Saturday's game will feature the top four scorers in America East. Mykeema Ford (SBU) leads the league in scoring at 19.4 ppg, while teammate Jessica Smith follows in second at 16.5. Bracey Barker follows in third at 15.2 ppg and Ashley Underwood is fourth with a mark of 15.0. **The Black Bears and Stony Brook will be meeting in the regular-season finale for the second-straight season. Stony Brook downed Maine, 84-70, back on March 4 last season at Alfond Arena in Orono. **Stony Brook has won three straight over Maine in the series, including a 79-66 win back on Jan. 17 in Alfond Arena. All three of those wins have come by double-digit margins. **A win for Maine would give the Black Bears a 14-13 regular season record and an 8-8 mark in America East, marking the first time since the 2004-05 season that Maine posted a .500 record or better in both categories.
**Bracey Barker has led Maine in scoring in each of the last two games. She has scored in double-figures in all 15 America East games this season and 17-straight dating back to last season. If you include the two games in last season's America East Tournament, Barker has scored in double-figures in 19-straight games.
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