Saturday, Feb. 13

Men's basketball: Albany, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 16

Men's basketball: Stony Brook, 7 p.m.

Notes: Sophomore center Topé Obajolu and sophomore guard Katie Brooks scored 16 points apiece and senior guard Carlee Cassidy added 15 as the UMBC women's basketball team (10-13, 4-6 AE) defeated America East rival Maine (7-16, 3-8 AE), 57-45.

The Retrievers shot 50 percent from the floor in the game, their second-highest field goal percentage of the season. UMBC was also a perfect 11-for-11 at the foul line.

Junior attack Erika Braerman scored a career-high six points and three other Retrievers notched hat tricks as the UMBC women's lacrosse team (1-0) won their season opener, 18-2, over Jacksonville (0-1) at the Dolphins' D.B. Milne Field.

The game marked Kelly Berger's head coaching debut for the Retrievers, while it was the first contest in the history of Jacksonville's women's lacrosse program.

Braerman had a career-high six points on four goals and two assists, while junior midfielders Kristen Milligan, Amanda Pappas and Ashley Stodter all scored three times.

It was Pappas' fifth career hat trick and the fourth for Stodter, while Milligan had just two previous goals in her career. The Retrievers return to action on Saturday, Feb. 13, when they take on George Mason in Fairfax, Va.

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