Saturday Slate Busy

After a few days off, a full slate of games is back on Saturday. New Hampshire, which hosts Albany in a 1:00 game in Lundholm, boasts two of the top three scorers in conference season so far. Looking at the conference-only stats, junior forward Candace Williams, who has one player of the week under her belt so far this season, is tops with 23 points per game. Junior guard Amy Simpson, meanwhile, is a threat from outside, averaging 19.8 ppg and 4 triples per game. One of these two has led the Wildcats in each conference game this season, and 16 of 18 games overall this season. Together, they're a strong inside-out threat for Coach Cole's squad and they have led UNH to a 2-2 AE record. Now on to Saturday's match-ups....

Albany at New Hampshire 1 p.m.
The Great Danes took both games of last year's season series, each by double figures... UNH junior forward Candace Williams ranks 1st in America East in scoring in conference games only (23 ppg), while junior guard Amy Simpson is 3rd (19.8 ppg)... Great Dane sophomore Janea Aiken is averaging 25.5 points per league road game as opposed to 8.5 points per league home game.

Stony Brook at Hartford 2 p.m.
Hartford defeated the Seawolves three times last year, including a quarterfinal game at the America East Championship... Three Hawks are shooting 58.1% or better in league games this year... Stony Brook is second in the league averaging 41 rebounds per conference game, led by junior Sarah Kazadi averaging a league-best 8.8 rebounds per AE game.

Binghamton at UMBC 7 p.m.
The season series went in the favor of the Bearcats last year with Binghamton pulling out a 64-58 win in Baltimore... Binghamton is tops in blocked shots and three-pointers per conference game... Both teams are scoring just under 69 points per game and rebounding 37 shots per game in league play.

Boston U. at Maine 7 p.m.
Each team won its home game in last year's season series... The Terriers and Black Bears are the two best free-throw shooting teams in the conference; Maine leads the way shooting .775, while Boston U. also shoots very well at .756... At last year's game in Orono, there were 56 total free-throw attempts, which Maine converted into 33 of its 82 points.