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, December 17
St. Francis (N.Y.) at Hartford, 2 p.m.
The Hawks look to stretch their win streak to three games as they host St. Francis... After starting the 2006-07 campaign with three-straight losses, Hartford has posted a 5-1 mark, the best six-game stretch of any America East squad this season... The Hawks are led by Bo Taylor's 13.6 ppg... Hartford will have the first crack at keeping America East's hot-streak alive on Sunday as conference squads have combined to win 11 of their last 15 outings.
Harvard at Vermont, 3 p.m. (CN8)
The Catamounts hope to win their third-straight game as they host the Ivy League's Crimson... America East squads are 8-4 versus Ivy teams this season and 2-2 against Harvard... Freshman Joe Trapani (13.4 ppg) and sophomore Mike Trimboli (12.7 ppg) are Vermont's top two scorers.
Monday, December 18
Binghamton at North Florida, 7 p.m.
New Hampshire at Northeastern, 7 p.m.
RECENT RESULTS
Saturday, December 16
at Stony Brook 82, Fairleigh Dickinson 58
The Seawolves bounced back from their loss at Dartmouth on Thursday with an impressive all around performance versus the Knights... SBU shot 51.7 percent compared to just 29.0 percent shooting for FDU... The Seawolves were red-hot in the first half, shooting 58.1 percent from the field and 57.1 percent from three, en route to 48 points... Mike Popoko led Stony Brook with a game-high 21 points, while Ricky Lucas (18 points) and Andre Vanterpool (15) also registered double digits.
at Albany 71, St. Bonaventure 56
The Great Danes extended their season-best win streak to three games with a victory over the Atlantic 10's Bonnies... Jamar Wilson (22 points, seven rebounds, eight assists) and Brent Wilson (12 points, 11 rebounds) both put together impressive performances for Albany... St. Bonaventure has now lost five-straight games... The Great Danes are above .500 nine games into the season for the first time in their Division I history.
at #20 Marquette 68, UMBC 46
Playing without their two leading scorers, Brian Hodges and Jay Greene, the Retrievers were outmanned versus the 20th-ranked Golden Eagles... Tom Young (17 points) and Chris Pugh (15) both netted double-figures in the scoring column to pace UMBC... Only six Retrievers saw action... UMBC was outscored 36-14 in the first half, but held its own in the second frame of action (32-32).
Friday, December 15
at Binghamton 91, Long Island 80
The Bearcats snapped their three-game skid and got back to .500 on the season with a victory over the Blackbirds... The game marked the second of two meetings between the two in a rare regular-season home-and-home series with LIU winning the first match up, 73-59, in Brooklyn... Binghamton boasted four players in double figures enroute to a season-high 91 points... Richard Forbes and Troy Hailey led the way with 19 points apiece for the Bearcats... The contest featured 59 fouls, 62 free throw attempts and 52 three-point field goal attempts.
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.