Heavyweights Meet Tuesday Night On NESN

Retracing some footsteps to Sunday's blog entry, there needs to be a correction. Boston University's Jesyka Burks-Wiley (the America East Player of the Week for the 4th straight week as announced on Monday) became the newest member of the 1,000-point/500-rebound club on Saturday in Orono and the entry says Hartford's Erica Beverly is probably next to join that club.

That may not be the case.

Entering Tuesday night's showdown between defending league champion Hartford and preseason coaches' favorite Vermont, Catamount senior Amy Rosenkrantz is 6 rebounds shy of 500 for her career and 51 points away from 1,000. If Rosenkrantz keeps pace with her current season averages (6.2 rpg, 9 ppg) she should reach 500 rebounds Tuesday night and 1,000 points on February 14 at home against Albany. She'll join teammate Courtnay Pilypaitis, who reached the accomplishment earlier this month.

The NESN broadcast goes live at 7 p.m. from Patrick Gym in Burlington with tip-off at 7:04. The game will also be available live on ESPN Full Court and at the America East Zone at www.AmericaEast.com.

All of Tuesday's action includes..

Stony Brook at Albany 12 p.m.
The Great Danes won both games with the Seawolves last season... Stony Brook sophomore Jodie Plikus is averaging 15 ppg over the last 3 games and has seen her minutes climb in each contest... Three Great Danes--Janea Aiken, Britney McGee, Tiffanie Johnson-- are averaging double-figure points and are ranked in the America East top-15 scorers.

Hartford at Vermont (NESN) 7 p.m.
Hartford and Vermont are tied for 2nd in the league standings and split last year's season series, with the home teams winning each match-up... The Hawks are 1-3 in televised games this season... Vermont is the only America East team to defeat Hartford in each of the past two seasons... Eric Frede will call the action, while Leah Secondo will provide the color analysis.