Pink Zone Events Continue This Weekend

This weekend's games will feature three more Pink Zone events at University at Albany, Binghamton University and UMBC. So far, America East teams have raised over $16,000 for the campaign against breast cancer. The schedule of all America East schools' Pink Zone games are posted on the league web site, along with more information on the campaign.

After this past week's games, we have a log jam in the middle of the league standings with records of 5-7 or 4-7. With only 5 games remaining, this weekend should hopefully begin to spread the pack out. The match-ups for Saturday and Sunday are:

Saturday, February 21
Hartford at Albany 2 p.m.
The Hawks defeated the Great Danes, 73-47, at Chase Arena when these two teams met earlier this season... On January 31, Hartford junior Diana Delva had one of her best-shooting games of the year, going 8-for-10 from the field... Albany freshman Tabitha Makopondo has been ripping down 6.1 rebounds per AE contest to lead the team.

Maine at Binghamton 2 p.m.
Binghamton is looking to snap a three-game losing streak against Maine, who the Bearcats defeated earlier this year, 62-49... Binghamton, the best three-point shooting team in the conference (.349) is going up against the second-stingiest three-point defense in the league in Maine (.302).

Stony Brook at UMBC 7 p.m.
The Seawolves, half a game behind the Retrievers in the AE standings with 5 games remaining, won the first match-up this season, 78-62... Stony Brook sophomore Kirsten Jeter scored her career-high 24 points in that game and hit 10 field goals... Led by junior Carlee Cassidy's 2.9, UMBC leads the conference with 6.2 three's per game.

Sunday, February 22
New Hampshire at Vermont 1 p.m.
In Durham on February 1, the Catamouts upended the Wildcats, 69-48... Vermont and UNH are two of four teams in the conference to have two players in the top 10 of scoring (Candace Williams, 3rd, 15.8 ppg; Courtnay Pilypaitis, 4th, 14.5; May Kotsopoulos, 5th, 13.8; Amy Simpson, 9th, 12.3)... Pilypaitis and Williams also rank 1-2 in rebounding with 7.9 and 7.7 per game.