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BOSTON - The first-place Boston University women's basketball team (7-9, 4-0 AE) will return to the Roof on Monday afternoon when it welcomes UMBC (9-8, 3-1 AE) at 3 p.m.

THE TERRIERS: The Terriers are fresh off a battle for first place with Albany, which they came out on top with a 72-59 victory. In that contest, sophomore Chantell Alford poured in 20 points, while senior Kerry Cashman turned in a double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds. The win gave head coach Kelly Greenberg her 200th of her career.

BU, which is now the only remaining undefeated team in the America East, leads the league in scoring with 61.7 ppg. Junior Alex Young and Alford are the team's scoring leaders and are fourth and fifth in the AE with 13.7 and 13.5 ppg respectively. Junior Caroline Stewart remains the squad's leading rebounder with 8.6 rpg, while Cashman is close behind with 7.6 rpg.

BU VS. UMBC: The history between the two schools is young with BU leading the all-time series, 12-5; however its six-game winning streak against the Retrievers came to an end last season with a 65-63 loss, and BU dropped a 58-57 heartbreak down in Baltimore, Md., a month later. In the AE tourney, however, the Terriers avenged the regular season losses with a 60-49 victory in the quarterfinals.

The first meeting between BU and UMBC was a 76-64 BU victory on Dec. 27, 1991. However, the teams did not meet again until the Retrievers joined the America East Conference in 2003-04. The Terriers won the first two league contests by 72-53 and 59-40 margins, respectively, before UMBC picked up its first win of the series, a 59-51 decision on Jan. 12, 2005. In back-to-back years (2007-08, 2008-09), BU swept the season series, which included an 88-59 victory in the 2008 America East quarterfinals and a 73-65 victory over UMBC on March 4, 2009 to claim the AE regular-season title outright.

LAST TIME OUT VS. UMBC (March 5, 2010): Backed by Chantell Alford's first career double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds and a 23-point showing from Alex Young, the third-seeded women's basketball team defeated No. 6 UMBC, 60-49, in the quarterfinals at the 2010 America East Women's Basketball Championships to advance to the semifinals to face No. 2 Vermont on Sunday at 11 a.m.

Alford brought down a career-best 11 rebounds to go along with 13 points on 5-for-14 shooting, while Young scored 20 or more points for the second straight game, including 16 from behind the arc. Caroline Stewart hauled down a career-best and game-high 15 boards, while BU held a 43-35 advantage in rebounding.

Additionally, Alford dished out four assists and collected five steals. Joining Alford and Young in double-figure scoring was freshman Caitlynn Moran with 12 points on 4-for-10 shooting to go along with five assists. BU was 21-for-55 from the field and hit five treys in the game.

LAST TIME OUT (ALBANY - Jan. 15, 2011): Sophomore Chantell Alford poured in 20 points and four players reached double figures as the women's basketball team handed Albany its first conference loss of the season with a 72-56 win on Saturday afternoon. Head coach Kelly Greenberg recorded her 200th career victory.

The Terriers improve to 7-9 overall and 4-0 in America East action, while the Great Danes fall to 10-7 and 3-1 in conference play.

Alford was an impressive 7-of-11 from the field with five rebounds, five assists, and one steal to earn America East Player of the Game honors. Senior Kerry Cashman turned in a double-double with 11 points and a career-high 14 rebounds. Sophomore Mo Moran added 12 points and junior Alex Young chipped in 11.

BU came at UA aggressively and scored 16 points in the paint, while converting on 18 second chance points. The Terriers also won the battle of the boards, 44-30, while shooting an efficient 50.0 percent from the field.

NEXT UP: BU heads to Stony Brook for a Thursday (Jan. 20) matchup at Pritchard Gymnasium at 7 p.m.

CASE CLOSED: The confines of Case Gym have proven to be a formidable home-court advantage for the Terriers throughout the last four seasons as they have won 36-of-46 contests and are 25-6 against non-conference opponents in the last three seasons at Case Gymnasium. While the Terriers' 20-game winning streak at home vs. the AE came to an end vs. Hartford on Jan. 21, 2010, they have won an impressive 84.4 percent (28-of-33) of their home games against the conference since the 2006-07 season.

In 2007-08, BU was 11-0 overall and 8-0 in America East action, and the Terriers' only home loss came at Agganis Arena on Nov. 17, 2007 to then-No. 16 Ohio State. It marked the first time in program history the Terriers went undefeated at Case. Last year, BU went 12-1 at home with its lone home loss coming to St. John's on Dec. 30, 2008.

Six times, BU has lost just one home contest (2008-09, 2007-08, 1994-95, 1986-87, 1979-80, 1977-78).

TERRIERS ON TV: BU will play in front of a television audience in four games this season. The Terriers will host three straight TV games against Hartford (Jan. 23 - Comcast), Binghamton (Jan. 26 - Comcast), and New Hampshire (Jan. 29 - NESN) before their fourth schedule TV game on Feb. 13 at Hartford (Comcast).

GREENBERG REACHES 200: On Jan. 15, head coach Kelly Greenberg won her 200th career game as a head coach of a Division I program with a 72-59 victory over Albany. In 12 seasons, she owns a 200-141 (.587) overall record. Over the last six seasons she has helmed the BU program where she has had winning seasons in each of the last five campaigns, including a school record 25-8 record in 2008-09. In addition her .572 winning percentage at Boston University is the program's best in the last 30 years.

50/50: Against Albany on Jan. 15, the Terriers shot an efficient 50.0 percent from the field - its highest field goal percentage in nearly two years. The last time the squad shot that well was on March 19, 2009, when it hit 50.9 percent on its shot against CCSU in the WNIT first round.

ALFORD'S SCORING STREAK: In eight straight games, sophomore Chantell Alford has reached double-digit scoring. During that stretch she has averaged 17.1 ppg and earned one America East Player of the Week accolade.