Every day throughout the 2006-07 season, America East will provide a men's basketball update that features notes on that day's matchups as well as recaps of the previous days' action. Be sure to download the PDF for complete daily update.
UPCOMING ACTION
Saturday, November 25
Dartmouth at Hartford, 2 p.m.
The Hawks (0-3) and Big Green (0-4) are both in search of their first victory of the 2006-07 season... Bo Taylor paces Hartford's offense with a 12.3 scoring average.
UMBC at Michigan, 2 p.m. (ESPN360)
The Retrievers look to make it three-straight as they head to Ann Arbor to take on the Wolverines... Chris Pugh leads the UMBC attack with 15.3 ppg and 6.3 apg... Michigan, which lost at home to Boston University during the 2004-05 season, is a perfect 6-0 on the season... The game is being streamed live on the internet via ESPN360.
Stony Brook at Columbia, 2 p.m.
The Seawolves Ricky Lucas (20.0 ppg) and Mitchell Beauford (19.5) are the conference's highest scoring duo, ranking second and third in the league, respectively... The Lions are riding a four-game winning streak with their only loss coming in their opener at Duke, 86-43.
Vermont at Wagner, 2 p.m.
The Catamounts try to snap their two-game skid as they hit the road to take on the Northeast Conference's Wagner... Freshman Joe Trapani leads UVM in scoring (14.2 ppg) and ranks seven in America East... The Seahawks are 1-3 on the early season with a six-point loss to Lafayette, which suffered a 35-point loss at UMBC on Tuesday.
Cornell at Binghamton, 3:30 p.m.
The Bearcats look to extend their win streak to three games as they host the Big Red... Cornell is 3-1 on the season with a three-point road victory over the Big Ten's Northwestern and a four-point win over Stony Brook.
Boston U. at Manhattan, 7 p.m.
The Terriers hope to snap a two-game losing streak as they travel to take on the Jaspers... Redshirt freshman Tyler Morris (14.5 ppg) leads Boston and ranks sixth in the league in scoring... Manhattan is 2-2 on the season with an impressive overtime win over the Colonial Athletic Association's Hofstra.
RECENT RESULTS
Wednesday, November 22
at Maine 97, St. Joseph’s (Vt.) 69
The Black Bears won back-to-back games for the first time this season as they cruised past the Division II Saints... Five Black Bears scored in double-digits led by 18 points apiece from Philippe Tchekane Bofia and Chris Bruff... America East Player of the Game Junior Bernal also tallied 16 points with 11 assists for Maine... The Black Bears outrebounded the Saints 45-25 and forced 26 turnovers.
Tuesday, November 21
at UMBC 86, Lafayette 51
The Retrievers evened their record at 2-2 with their second-consecutive win before 2,213 at the RAC Arena... The 35-point win was the second largest margin of victory over a Division I foe in UMBC’s 21-year NCAA Division I history and the fourth largest in the 39-year history of intercollegiate basketball at UMBC... Four Retrievers scored in double figures, led by a career-high 18 points from Jay Greene... Chris Pugh (17 points), Tom Young (16) and Mike Housman (14) also tallied double figures for UMBC... Greene was named Marlow Sports America East Player of the Game... Lafayette was led by junior swingman Matt Betley, who tied Greene for game honors with 18 points.
at Sacred Heart 90, Albany 71
Despite a career-high 29 points and nine rebounds from Brent Wilson, the Great Danes lost their first game of the 2006-07 season... Wilson connected on 6-of-10 three-point attempts... Chauncey Hardy and Joey Henley scored 15 points apiece to pace six Pioneers in double figures... Sacred Heart made 12-of-27 from three-point range and shot 54.2 percent from the field... Jamar Wilson and Brian Lillis added 17 and 11 points, respectively, for Albany... Sacred Heart built a 47-36 halftime lead on the strength of eight 3-point field goals in the period.
at Michigan State 66, Vermont 46
In a rematch of the 2005 NCAA second-round contest between the two, the Spartans once again got the best of the Catamounts... Drew Neitzel netted a career-high 26 points to lead Michigan State... Joe Trapani, the reigning America East Rookie of the Week, was the only Catamount in double figures as he posted a career-high 21 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the floor... Vermont trailed 39-19 going into intermission by matched the Spartans in the second half as each team scored 27 points after the break... MSU limited Mike Trimboli to only six points on 2-of-9 shooting from the floor, marking his lowest point total since he had five at Dartmouth on December 21 of last season.
at Northeastern 73, Boston U. 54
The Huskies jumped out to a quick 12-0 lead and the Terriers could never recover... Omari Peterkin led Boston U. with his first career double-double (15 points and a career-high 14 rebounds) and went 7-for-11 from the floor... Corey Lowe and Tyler Morris dropped in 10 and 14 points, respectively, for the Terriers... The Huskies had four players in double figures, led by Adrian Martinez’s 21 points... Boston U. out-rebounded Northeastern 36-23 and out-scored the Huskies 20-12 in the paint... The crosstown foes renewed their rivalry after failing to play each other last season for the first time since 1943-44... Boston U. now leads the all-time series 69-65.
at Robert Morris 77, New Hampshire 64
UNH fell to 0-4 on the season with a loss to the Colonials... For the fourth-straight game, the Wildcats rolled out a different lineup to start the game... Jermaine Anderson and Tyrece Gibbs posted 13 points apiece to pace the Wildcats... Preseason all-conference pick Blagoj Janev came off the bench to tally eight points with two boards... Freshman Radar Onguetou matched a career-high 11 points... The Wildcats shot a season-high .556% from field goal range in the first stanza as they went into the half with a slight 36-34 advantage... Gibbs was named America East Player of the Game... The Colonials now head to Maine to take on the Black Bears on Sunday, November 26
Monday, November 20
at Binghamton 66, Mount St. Mary’s 59
The Bearcats improved to 2-1 on the season as they won their home opener... Binghamton was paced by four players in double-digits, including 14 apiece from Richard Forbes and Steve Proctor... The Bearcats connected on 17-of-24 from the charity stripe, compared to The Mount's 5-for-10 from the line.