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
Sunday, November 26
Robert Morris at Maine, 1 p.m.
The Black Bears look to make it three in a row as they host Robert Morris, which is off to a flawless 3-0 start to the early campaign... Maine is led by a trio of double-digit scorers in Philippe Tchekane Bofia (13.0 ppg), Junior Bernal (12.4) and Kevin Reed (12.4)... Most recently, Robert Morris defeated New Hampshire on Tuesday.
New Hampshire at Quinnipiac, 3 p.m.
The Wildcats are in search of their first win of the 2006-07 season as they travel to Hamden, Conn. to face the Bobcats... UNH has used a different starting lineup in each of their first four outings... Preseason all-conference selection Blagoj Janev has come off the bench in the last two games and is averaging 11.5 points per game on the season.
Albany at Connecticut, 5 p.m. (FSNY)
The Great Danes hope to bounce back coming off a loss to Sacred Heart... This contest marks the rematch of last season's first round NCAA Tournament game... Playing under the "Why Not Us" mantra a season ago, Albany nearly became the first 16 seed in NCAA Tournament history to knock off a 1 seed as the Great Danes gave Connecticut all it could handle at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia... Albany eventually fell to UConn, 72-59, but the Great Danes led by 12, 50-38, with under 12 minutes remaining in the ball game.
RECENT RESULTS
Saturday, November 25
at Hartford 60, Dartmouth 50
First-year head coach Dan Leibovitz recorded the first collegiate victory of his coaching career, and the first on the season for Hartford, as the Hawks topped the Big Green... Bo Taylor tallied his sixth career double-double (12 points, 10 rebounds), while Alex Zimnickas led all Hawks scorers with 13 points... Hartford led by 18 at the half, 31-13, and held off a comeback in the second stanza to come away with the victory... Dartmouth shot just 35.2 percent from the field, including 4-of-20 (20.0 percent) from three-point land.
at Michigan 66, UMBC 54
The Retrievers' two game win streak was snapped with a loss to the Wolverines in Ann Arbor... Jay Greene was the catalyst of the UMBC offense as he tallied his first career double-double (14 points, 10 assists) with just one turnover in 39 minutes played... The Retrievers trailed by just two at intermission and last led 32-31 with 17 minutes remaining in the contest... Michigan, which was led by Courtney Sims' 18 points and 12 boards, improved to a perfect 7-0 on the early 2006-07 campaign.
Stony Brook 54, at Columbia 41
The Seawolves used a stellar defensive effort to hold the Lions to just 41 points, snapping Columbia's four-game win streak along the way... Stony Brook forced 25 turnovers with 12 steals as it limited the Lions to 31 points less than their season average... Mitchell Beauford paced the Seawolves with a game-high 18 points, while Ricky Lucas (12 points) and Eddie Castellanos (10) were both significant contributors... With the victory Stony Brook earns its third road win of the season, compared to just one all of last season.
Vermont 77, at Wagner 69
The Catamounts put an end to their two-game skid with a victory over the Northeast Conference's Wagner... Colin McIntosh poured in a career-high 18 points, while Chris Holm pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds to guide UVM to the victory... Vermont led by as many as 16 in the opening frame and took a 41-28 lead into intermission... Wagner used a 27-8 run to take their first lead of the game at 50-49... After scoring just 46 points in each of their last two games, the Catamounts tallied 41 in the first half alone.
at Binghamton 57, Cornell 56
The Bearcats extended their win streak to three games and moved atop the conference standings with the victory... Freshman Lazar Trifunovic calmly netted two free withs with 27 seconds remaining to give the Bearcats the lead and the win... America East Player of the Game Troy Hailey led all Bearcats with 15 points, while Richard Forbes and Trifunovic chipped in with 13 and 12 points, respectively... Binghamton is now off to its best start in four years.
Boston U. 74, at Manhattan 65
Freshman Corey Lowe buried a school-record-tying seven three pointers, enroute to a career-high 28 points, to help Boston U. snap a two-game losing streak... Tyler Morris helped the Terrier cause with 15 points of his own... Boston shot 53.1 percent (26-for-49) from the floor and 52.6 percent (10-of-19) from beyond the arc to come away with its second road win of the season... Lowe, 7-for-13 from behind the arc, tied Matt Turner's mark set twice back in the 2000-01 season.
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 Tcekane Bofia and Chris Bruff... Junior Bernal also tallied 16 points with 11 assists for Maine.
Tuesday, November 21
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... 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.
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 America East Player of the Game 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.
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.
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 crosstown foes renewed their rivalry after failing to play each other last season for the first time since 1943-44.
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, who was named America East Player of the Game.
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.