Women's Hoops Faces Maine in America East Quarterfinal Matchup on ESPN3 (Mar. 5, Noon)

Saturday, March 5

Vestal, N.Y.

12 PM

University of New Hampshire

University of Maine

Women's Hoops Faces Maine in America East Quarterfinal Matchup on ESPN3 (Mar. 5, Noon)

3/4/2016 11:26:00 AM | Women's Basketball

DURHAM, N.H. – No. 7 seed University of New Hampshire women's basketball travels to Binghamton University to take on no. 2 University of Maine in the America East Quarterfinals on Saturday, March 5 at noon.

INSIDE LOOK:

New Hampshire (12-17, 6-10 AE) vs. Maine (24-7, 15-1 AE)
All-time series: Maine leads the series 50-30 and defeated the Wildcats in both regular season games this year.
Tournament Record: UNH is 1-6 all-time in the tournament against Maine.

LOOKING AHEAD:
With a win, the Wildcats will play Sunday, March 6 (2 p.m.) against the winner of #3 Stony Brook and #6 Hartford. UNH split the regular-season series with both of those teams. Against each opponent they won at home after previously losing on the road.

STORYLINES:

The Wildcats closed the regular season with a 67-59 win at UMBC, avenging a 65-55 loss at home to the Retrievers on Jan. 30.
Elizabeth Belanger ranks No. 6 on UNH's all-time scoring list with 1,430 points, four points out of the No. 5 spot.
Next up: The winner of Saturday's game plays the winner of the Stony Brook vs. Hartford game in a semifinal contest on Sunday at 2 p.m.
The Wildcats lost in the tournament quarterfinals last year to Hartford. They won their quarterfinal games and advanced to the semifinals in 2013 and 2014.

PROJECTED STARTERS:
G: So. Peyton Booth (Wadsworth, Ohio) – Career-high nine points came at Vermont on Jan. 27.
G: So. Aliza Simpson (Londonderry, N.H.) – Had team-high five assists against UMBC.
G: Sr. Elizabeth Belanger (Acton, Mass.) – Leads team at 16.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game.
F: Fr. Ashley Storey (Cumberland, Maine) – Made career-high five free throws, 5-for-5, against UMBC.
C: Jr. Carlie Pogue (Cincinnati, Ohio) – Matched season high with 22 points at UMBC.

For the full PDF version of the Wildcats' game notes, click HERE.

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