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
Friday, December 15
Long Island at Binghamton, 7 p.m.
The Bearcats and Blackbirds conclude their rare regular-season home-and-home series as they meet at the Events Center... LIU won the first match up between the two earlier this season, 73-59, in Brooklyn... Binghamton looks to snap a three-game skid and get back to .500 on the season.
Saturday, December 16
Fairleigh Dickinson at Stony Brook, 1 p.m.
St. Bonaventure at Albany, 2 p.m. (TW3)
UMBC at Marquette, 2 p.m.
RECENT RESULTS
Thursday, December 14
at Dartmouth 71, Stony Brook 50
The Seawolves fell to 4-6 on the season and 4-2 on the road as they struggled from the field against the Ivy League's Big Green... Stony Brook shot just 21 percent (5-of-23) in the first half, which included a 11:33 span where SBU went without a field goal... Ten Seawolves registered in the scoring column in the contest, but no one cracked double-digits... America East teams are now 8-4 versus Ivy opponents.
at Maine 75, Maine-Farmington 34
The Black Bears used a 27-0 run midway through the first half to cruise to a 41-point victory over Division III UMaine-Farmington... Jon Sheets was named America East Player of the Game with nine points, six rebounds, five assists and five steals... Junior Bernal led all scorers with 14 points for the Black Bears... The contest marked the fourth-straight season Maine has played a game at Memorial Gym, (A.K.A. "The Pit")... The Black Bears have now won five of their last seven games.
Tuesday, December 12
Albany 79, at Harvard 76
The Great Danes got back to .500 on the season with a come-from-behind victory over the Ivy League’s Crimson... Brent Wilson and Jamar Wilson each netted 20 points apiece to lead Albany, while Jason Siggers chipped in with 17... Trailing 51-38 with 14:11 left in the ball game, Siggers scored 15 of his 17 points over the next six minutes to help Albany tie the game at 63 apiece with 8:07 to play... Albany’s Brian Lillis had a solid all-around game with nine points, seven rebounds, five assists and four blocks, including two in the final 20 seconds, to help preserve the win... America East improves to 8-3 on the season versus Ivy foes.
at George Washington 72, UMBC 51
The Colonials led wire-to-wire as they foiled UMBC’s hopes of winning back-to-back outings over Atlantic 10 teams... UMBC played a nervous first half, committing 13 turnovers and hitting just nine of 23 shots from the floor... Brian Hodges led the Retrievers with 17 points, while Justin Fry (13) and Mike Housman (10) also netted double-figures... UMBC’s starting three-guard rotation of Jay Greene (1-for-8), Chris Pugh (1-for-11) and Tom Young (1-for-7) combined for just nine points on 3-of-26 shooting with seven turnovers.
Monday, December 11
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.