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
Tuesday, December 12
Albany at Harvard, 7 p.m.
The Great Danes look to get back to .500 on the 2006-07 campaign and win back-to-back games as they travel to Cambridge to take on the Crimson... America East is 7-3 versus Ivy League squads this season with Boston U. toppling its cross-town foe earlier this year and Maine falling to Harvard in the season-opener for both squads... Reigning America East Player of the Year Jamar Wilson leads Albany and ranks second in America East in scoring with 17.4 ppg.
UMBC at George Washington, 7:30 p.m.
The Retrievers are coming off an impressive victory at La Salle on Thursday and are looking to improve to a flawless 2-0 versus the Atlantic 10 as they take on the Colonials... America East Player of the Week Brian Hodges leads UMBC and is tied for eighth in the league in scoring with 13.6 ppg... Hodges started the season 1-for-11 from three and 0-for-2 from the line through the Retrievers' first four games, but is averaging 20.6 ppg over their last five outings, including 13-of-34 from three and 24-for-31 from the charity stripe... GW downed Boston University, 70-57, earlier this season at Agganis Arena in the lid-lifter for both teams.
RECENT RESULTS
Hartford 66, at Yale 65 (OT)
Trailing by as many as 15 in the second half, the Hawks rallied to force overtime and topple the Ivy League's Yale... Hartford is now 5-4 on the season as the Hawks have won five of their last six outings... Freshman Joe Zeglinski netted a game-high 18 points to pace a trio of Hawks in double-figures... Bo Taylor (17 points) and Alex Zimnickas (11) also cracked the double-digit plateau... America East squads improve to 7-3 versus the Ivy League with Hartford's win... The Hawks forced 23 Bulldog turnovers, including two in the final 1:17 of overtime with Hartford clinging to a one-point lead... Zeglinski scored seven of Hartford’s eight points in the overtime stanza.
Stony Brook 65, at New Jersey Tech 61
America East's leading scorer Ricky Lucas (18.1 ppg) and Andre Vanterpool combined for 32 points and 14 rebounds to help the Seawolves snap their three-game losing streak... Lucas netted 17 points with nine boards, while Vanterpool dropped in 15 points with five rebounds... Stony Brook improved to a league-best 4-1 on the road and is now 4-5 on the 2006-07 season... In their most complete team offensive outing, four Seawolves scored in double figures in the contest.