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PREVIEW: Women's Basketball opens Tulane Holiday Tournament on Wednesday

Black Bears meet Duquesne on day one of the Tulane Holiday Tournament

Orono, Maine -- The University of Maine women's basketball team (6-5) opens the Tulane Holiday Tournament on Wednesday when it takes on Duquesne (6-5, 1-0 A-10) at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET. Maine will meet either Arkansas-Little Rock or Tulane on day two, with game time for the second contest to be decided after day one.

Broadcast Details:
All games will be broadcast live on the Black Bears Sports Network and locally in the Bangor market on 92.9 FM. Wednesday's game will not have a video stream available as only the games featuring Tulane will be video streamed during the Holiday Tournament.
 

Maine (6-5, 0-0 AE) vs. Duquesne (6-5, 1-0 A-10)
Date & Time Wednesday, Dec. 20 (3:30 p.m. ET) | Thursday, Dec. 21 (TBD)
Venue

Abron B. Fogelman Arena | New Orleans, La.

Watch Web Stream: No web stream for game one, game two TBD
Listen 92.9 FM The Ticket | GoBlackBears.com
Live Stats GoBlackBears.com
Game Notes Maine | Duquesne
Twitter @BlackBearsWBB

 

LAST TIME OUT:
Orono, Maine -- Anne Simon matched her career-high with 34 points, including a new career-best eight three pointers made, in Maine's 78-71 loss to James Madison on Sunday afternoon.

Simon, who extended her double-digit scoring streak to five in a row and now has 27 or more points in three of her last five outings, finished the afternoon 11-of-27 from the floor. The graduate student guard his 8-of-18 from long range while adding seven rebounds, four assists, and a pair of steals. Simon continued to climb the all-time ranks at Maine as she moved into seventh on Maine's all-time steals list (224) and ninth on the all-time three-point field goals made list (152).

Adrianna Smith added 19 points, nine rebounds, and five assists as she ran her double-digit scoring streak to eight in a row, while Jaycie Christopher contributed 11 points in 32 minutes off the bench.

As a unit, the Black Bears posted a season-high 13 triples and set a new school record with 43 attempts from beyond the arc. Maine also set a season-low in turnovers as it gave it away just five times.

A LOOK AT THE BLACK BEARS:
Maine continues its challenging non-conference slate as it has faced the 116th toughest schedule (according to WarrenNolan.com), tops in America East, this season. The Black Bears rank fourth in the America East in scoring (62.3) but are averaging 74.7 points per game over their last three outings. Maine, which has hit 10 or more triples in each of its past three games, lead the America East and check in 16th nationally with 26.9 three-point attempts per game and rank second in the conference at 7.5 triples made per game. The Black Bears have also been impressive in taking care of the ball as they rank second in the America East at 14.1 giveaways per game including just five turnovers in their outing against James Madison. Maine has been impressive on the boards this season, outrebounding the opposition in seven of its first 11 games. Anne Simon, the reigning America East Player of the Week and four-time recipient of the award this season, leads Maine and the conference in scoring at 20.3 points per game. Over her last four outings, Simon is averaging 28.0 points per game including a pair of career-high matching 34 point performances. Simon's 223 points this season are the 19th most in the nation. Simon has been impressive on both sides of the court, ranking second in the league at 2.4 steals per game. Adrianna Smith, who has registered double-doubles in five of her last six games and is coming off a season-high 19 point outing, ranks among the top-10 leaders in the America East in scoring (8th-13.2), rebounding (1st-10.8), assists (3rd-4.1), and double-doubles (1st-7). Her seven double-doubles place her fourth nationally in the category while she ranks 13th in the nation in rebounding.

A LOOK AT DUQUESNE:
Duquesne enters the tournament winners of three of its last four outings but most recently saw its three-game win streak snap with a loss to America East foe Vermont, 77-61. Much like Maine, the Dukes rely on the three-point shot as they check in sixth in the nation in three-pointers made per game (10.1) and 10th with 28.3 triple attempts per game. Duquesne is averaging 69.7 points per game but rank 11th in the A-10 in scoring defense, allowing 69.3 points. Megan McConnell leads the Dukes in scoring (12.6), rebounding (8.2), and assists (4.4) while Nae Bernard is adding 12.2 points. Tess Myers, the reigning A-10 Player of the Week, is chipping in 10.8 points and 5.0 rebounds while Amaya Hamilton rounds out Duquesne's four double-digit scoring averages at 10.1 points.

SERIES WITH THE TOURNAMENT FIELD:
Duquesne marks Maine's sixth A-10 opponent of the season as the Black Bears enter play with a 4-1 mark against A-10 members this season. Maine and the Dukes meet for just the second time in history as the Black Bears fell to Duquesne, 76-38, in 2011. That game was also a neutral site affair as it took place in Gainesville, Fla. in the opening round of the Gator Classic.

Maine has never played Arkansas-Little Rock.

The Black Bears are 1-3 all-time against Tulane, with the last meeting coming in 2017. Maine won the first-ever meeting between the two programs, 65-57, in a game played in Portland, Maine in 1987. Tulane has won each of the last three showdowns including a 42-34 victory in the latest meeting (2017) in Bangor, Maine. Maine has played at Tulane twice, losing 85-76 in 1998 and again dropping a decision, 77-62, in 2016.

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Players Mentioned

Jaycie Christopher

#4 Jaycie Christopher

Guard
5' 10"
Sophomore
Anne Simon

#3 Anne Simon

Guard
5' 9"
Graduate Student
Adrianna Smith

#33 Adrianna Smith

Forward
6' 0"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Jaycie Christopher

#4 Jaycie Christopher

5' 10"
Sophomore
Guard
Anne Simon

#3 Anne Simon

5' 9"
Graduate Student
Guard
Adrianna Smith

#33 Adrianna Smith

6' 0"
Junior
Forward
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