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Women’s hoops faces Hartford

Eight man roster nears the finish line

By Kelly Brown

Posted on Feb. 28, 2001, at 12:00 a.m.

File photo.

Maine's Ellen Geraghty dribbles around Northeastern's Laurie Harris in a Feb. 24 game. Geraghty posted a team-leading 15 points in the game.

The University of Maine women’s basketball team will wrap up its regular season schedule Thursday at Hartford University.

After coming off their 1-1 weekend at Alfond Arena, the Black Bears got two days off of practice to prepare for this final regular-season game.

“Having eight kids, they’re really run down,” head coach Sharon Versyp said. “Right now I need to keep them fresh and eager and hungry.”

The Hartford Hawks, who are coached by Jennifer Rizzoti, are 8-9 in America East and are currently in fifth place. The Black Bears have moved up to fourth place and are 9-8 in America East.

Versyp and her team aren’t looking at this matchup as anything but a regular game.

“Hartford’s just as important as this [last week's] game; every game to me is just as important,” Versyp said in a press conference Saturday. “I don’t put any extra pressure on the kids or any extra pressure on any game, we just got to keep going after it.”

The last time the Black Bears and the Hawks met at the beginning of Feb., Maine came out on top, defeating Hartford 69-47.

The Hawks will bring Kenitra Johnson to the court Thursday, who was just named America East Player of the week, week ending Feb 25. Johnson received the honors after averaging 14 points and 9.5 rebounds in two games last week.

The Hawks are just coming off a win to 10th place Towson University on Saturday.

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