Tanna Ross of Newburgh missed her entire junior season at Hampden Academy after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee.

Recently, the University of Maine freshman has been bothered by an undisclosed injury to the same knee.

Ross has reduced her practice participation somewhat the last two weeks while trying to manage the injury. She wound up playing only 18 minutes in last Saturday’s victory over Binghamton.

However, the 5-foot-11 forward is expected to play today when the Black Bears face Maryland Baltimore County in a 12:45 p.m. America East contest in Baltimore, according to UMaine athletics spokesman Doug DeBiase.

Ross has led UMaine in scoring much of the season but has slipped to second on the team, averaging 9.8 points per game, behind sophomore forward Brittany Boser (9.9 ppg).

Ross has averaged 7.0 ppg while shooting 5-for-28 from the field (.179) in her last three contests. She is averaging 27 minutes per game over that span.

Ross continues to be among the most productive freshmen in America East. Her scoring average ranks second behind New Hampshire rookie Denise Beliveau and she is third among first-year players in 3-point shooting percentage (.336) behind teammate Emily Rousseau of Biddeford (.378) and Beliveau (.368).

Ross is sixth overall and first among freshmen with an average 1.86 3-pointers made per game.

In conference games, she ranks third overall in free-throw percentage (24-for-27, .889) and 22nd in scoring, second among freshmen, with 10.1 ppg.

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