Sports Schedule
Wednesday Feb. 4
Women’s Basketball at St. Joseph’s, 5:30 p.m.
Men’s Basketball at St. Joseph’s, 7:30 p.m.
Friday Feb. 6
Men’s Ice Hockey at New England College, 7 p.m.
Women’s Ice Hockey at Holy Cross, 7 p.m.
Women’s Indoor Track at State Championships, 6 p.m.
Saturday Feb. 7
Women’s Basketball vs. Keene State, 1 p.m.*
Men’s Basketball vs. Keene State, 3 p.m.*
(LIVE on WMPG-FM 90.9 & 104.1 and www.wmpg.org beginning at 2:45 p.m.)
Men’s Ice Hockey at St. Anselm, 3 p.m.
Women’s Ice Hockey at Holy Cross, 7 p.m.
Men’s Indoor Track at State Championships, t.b.a.
Sunday Feb. 8
Wrestling vs. Rhode Island College with Roger Williams, 1 p.m.*
* signifies home game
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Sports Scoreboard
Women’s Basketball (17-1)
Jan. 24 vs. Eastern Connecticut, Win 64-56
Jan. 27 vs. Plymouth State, Win 82-62
Jan. 31 vs. Western Connecticut State Win 76-50
USM is currently enjoying a 15-game winning streak and are nationally ranked:
#2 in the D3Hoops.com Poll
#3 in the USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Div. III Basketball Poll
#2 in the Maine Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Poll
Women’s Ice Hockey (7-7-1)
Jan. 24 vs. MIT, Win 7-0
Jan. 27 vs. Bowdoin, Loss 7-1
Men’s Basketball (6-12)
Jan. 24 vs. Eastern Connecticut, Loss 68-21
Jan. 27 vs. Plymouth State, Loss 84-70
Men’s Ice Hockey (8-9)
Jan. 23 vs. Babson, Win 8-5
Jan. 24 vs. UMass Boston, Win 2-1
Wrestling
Jan. 18 vs. Plymouth State Invitational, seventh out of nine teams
Branden Gifford, Mexico, MO, 4th place 125-pounds
Phil Hamilton, Skowhegan, ME, 3rd place 184-pounds
Jake Stoddard, Bellows Falls, VT, 3rd place Heavyweight
Jan. 25 vs. Coast Guard, Loss 26-25
Jan. 25 vs. Plymouth State, Loss 36-15
Jan. 25 vs. MIT, Win 46-6
Jan. 25 vs. Bridgewater State, Loss 26-14
Men’s Indoor Track
Jan. 24 vs. Bowdoin Invitational, 2nd place
Freshman Trey Gadbois (Portland, Me) set school records in the long jump, triple jump and 55-meter hurdles
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Sports for the Layperson
What is a “triple-double” in basketball?
A “triple-double” is achieved when a basketball player records double-digits in all three of the major statistical categories – points, assists and rebounds – in any given game. An example would be a player who scores 21 points, and has 10 rebounds and 13 assists.
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Trivia
Which USM men’s bastketball player was recently named LEC rookie of the week?
For the second time this season Jess McKinnell, Manoment, Mass, was named LEC rookie of the week. McKinnell averaged 14.5 points and 10 rebounds in two games for the Huskies during the period of Jan.19-25.