Wednesday, January 14 at Maine (7:00 p.m.)
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SCOUTING THE RIVER HAWKS: The River Hawks six-game win streak at home was brought to a halt in a 78-50 loss to the reigning America East champion Albany Great Danes on Sunday. Junior forward Lindsey Doucette scored a team-high 13 points and added four rebounds, two blocks and two steals in the losing effort. The River Hawks held a slight edge over the Great Danes at the first media timeout before the reigning AE champs would respond with a 34-11 run to take control of the game. Freshman guard Jontay Walton scored five of the River Hawks 11 points over the last 16 minutes of the first half and finished with eight points. Senior guard Jasmine McRoy was one rebound shy of a double-double, finishing with 10 points and nine boards.
SCOUTING THE BLACK BEARS: After a 68-57 win at Hartford the Black Bears sit at 9-6 overall and 1-1 in the America East. Maine is 6-2 at home with an average of 58.9 points per game, but lost the teamís only home game of 2015. Sigi Kolzar and Liz Wood are leading the offense with 14.8 and 12.7 points per game, respectively. The duo leads the team in assists as well; Wood with 3.1 helpers per game and Kolzar adds 2.6. Wood controls the glass for the team with 6.5 rebounds per game. Sophie Weckstrom has 20 three-pointers on 68 attempts, as the team is shooting 30 percent (100-333). Maine is shooting at a 41.1 percent (311-757) clip from the field.
ALL-TIME SERIES: The River Hawks trail 0-2 in the series against the Black Bears, dropping both meetings during the 2013-14 season. Then-sophomore Lindsey Doucette scored 17 points and grabbed 13 boards in a 75-66 home loss. Guards Jasmine McRoy and Shannon Samuels tallied 19 and 16 points, respectively, with McRoy adding eight rebounds. Maine claimed the second matchup, 84-65, at the Cross Insurance Center despite Samuels 31-point outpour and another double-double from Doucette who totaled 12 points and 10 rebounds.
HUNTING SEASON: Several River Hawks found success against the Black Bears in their two meetings. Shannon Samuels averaged 23.5 points, including a 31-point effort where she went 8-of-15 from the field and set her previous career-highís for free throws made (14) and attempted (15). Samuels broke that mark against UMBC on Thursday with her 16-for-17 shooting display from the stripe.
Lindsey Doucette has also made her presence felt against the Black Bears, registering double-doubles in both games and averaged 14.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in the contests.
TOP TRIO: The River Hawks trio of Shannon Samuels, Jasmine McRoy and Lindsey Doucette have poured in a combined 569 points and rank fourth among America East schools.
Samuels paces the offense, scoring 15.9 per game and ranks fourth in the conference while McRoy (13.7 ppg) and Doucette (9.4 ppg) rank ninth and 23rd, respectively.
HARRIS' FIRST: The River Hawks victory over the Retrievers was the first America East Conference win for first-year head coach Jenerrie Harris who was named the programs seventh head coach on June 26, 2014. At 7-8 (.467), Harris is off to the best 14-game start of any first-year head coach in program history (20+ games in season). She also has the fourth-most wins of any first-year UMass Lowell head coach, trailing Pat McCoy (8), Carol Mastacouris (10) and Deborah Preis (12).
FRONT & CENTER: Junior forward Lindsey Doucette's 13 points and 11 rebounds against UMBC were good for her second straight double-double and fourth of the season. Her four double-doubles are second in the America East, behind only the reigning AE Player of the Year, UAlbany forward Shereesha Richards who has six. Doucette is also second in the AE in career double-doubleís posting 11 to Richards 21.
TURNING UP THE D: After picking up 10 steals against Albany, the River Hawks have 10+ steals in three of the last four games. The team set their season-high of 12 in their AE opener at Binghamton. The team has picked up 47 steals (9.4 spg) over the last five games after swiping 77 steals (6.7 spg) in the first 10 games when they broke double-figures just twice.
