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, December 23
Maine at Penn State, 12 noon
The Black Bears look to win back-to-back outings as they hit the road to take on the Big Ten's Nittany Lions... Stony Brook topped Penn State at University Park, Pa., 59-51, back on Nov. 17... Maine is led by a trio of double-figure scorers in Kevin Reed (12.1 ppg), Jon Sheets (11.8)and Junior Bernal (11.5)
Vermont at Quinnipiac, 1 p.m. (NESN)
The Catamounts hope to win for the fourth time in their last five outings as they take on the Bobcats of the Northeast Conference... America East is 10-6 versus the NEC this season with UVM helping out with a win over Wagner back on Nov. 25... The Catamounts are led by freshman Joe Trapani's 14.5 ppg... The game can be seen live on NESN at 1 p.m.
Thursday, December 28
Vermont at Central Connecticut State, 7 p.m. (Cox Sports)
Maine at Nevada, 8:30 p.m.
Albany at Utah, 7 p.m.
Binghamton vs. Pepperdine, 10:15 p.m.
(Comcast Lobo Invitational | Albuquerque, N.M.)
Boston U. at St. John's, 8:30 p.m.
(MSG Holiday Festival | New York, N.Y.)
RECENT RESULTS
Friday, December 22
at Brown 95, Hartford 82
The Hawks had their three-game win streak snapped as they suffered their first loss to an Ivy League foe in four outings... The Bears were lights out shooting the ball as they connected on 62.2 percent (23-for-37) from the field, 57.1 percent (16-for-28) from three-point land and 91.7 percent (33-for36) from the charity stripe... Hartford was led by Bo Taylor's 19 points... Joe Zeglinski (18 points), Jaret Von Rosenberg (16) and Michael Turner (12) also netted double figures for the Hawks.
Albany 78, at Cornell 75
The Great Danes pushed their conference-best win streak to four games with a back-and-forth victory over Cornell... Brent Wilson led the Albany with 19 points, while Jamar Wilson added 17... Brian Lillis had a solid all around performance with 14 points, six rebounds and three blocks... Albany trailed by two, 34-32, at the break.
at William & Mary 70, UMBC 58
The Retrievers had their losing skid stretch to three games as they fell on the road to the Colonial Athletic Association's William & Mary... Brian Hodges came off the bench to lead UMBC in scoring with 16 points, while Tom Young (14 points) and Chris Pugh (13) also chipped in with double figures... In a game that featured just 21 combined turnovers (12 for UMBC, nine for W&M), the Tribe's 50.0 percent field goal shooting and the Retriever's 21.4 percent from beyond the arc proved to be the difference.
at Rhode Island 65, Boston U. 51
Coming off a 16 day lay-off, the Terriers were ice cold (4-for-22) from three-point land in their loss at URI... Tyler Morris scored a career-high 25 points to pace Boston U. as he was 8-of-12 from the floor and 7-for-7 from the line... Senior Omari Peterkin registered his first start of the season, tallying 10 points with eight rebounds.
New Hampshire 67, at Iona 52Four Wildcats scored in double figures as UNH snapped its four-game losing streak... Mike Christensen led UNH in scoring (15 points), while Blagoj Janev (13), Jermaine Anderson (11) and Tyrece Gibbs (10) also cracked the double-digit plateau... Leading 42-34 at the break, the Wildcats held Iona to just 18 second-half points to secure the victory... The Gaels remain winless on the 2006-07 season with an 0-10 start.
Thursday, December 21
at Vermont 73, Dartmouth 62
The Catamounts won their third game out of their last four outings to get back above .500 on the season... America East improves to 9-6 versus the Ivy League this season... Freshman Joe Trapani led UVM in scoring (19 points), while sophomore Mike Trimboli had a solid all-around game with 14 points, a team-high eight assists and six rebounds... Vermont led by one at the half, 35-34, but outscored the Big Green by 10, 38-28, in the second frame to record the win.
Wednesday, December 20
Binghamton 79, at Miami 74
The Bearcats recorded arguably the biggest victory of their five-year Division I history as they knocked off the ACC's Hurricanes... Richard Forbes netted a career-high 27 points to lead Binghamton to victory... Steve Proctor (20 points) and Lazar Trifunovic (13) also netted double-digits for the Bearcats... Binghamton shot 56.6 percent (30-for-53) from the field, 80.0 percent (12-for-15) from the line and 41.2 percent (7-for-17) from beyond the arc... America East is now 2-2 versus the ACC as Vermont knocked off then-#14 Boston College earlier this season.
Monday, December 18
Binghamton 79, at North Florida 61
Four Bearcats scored in double figures, led by Steve Proctor's career-high 26... Proctor netted 15 in the first half as Binghamton shot 54 percent from the floor and took a 41-26 lead to the break... Richard Forbes (21 points), Troy Hailey (11) and Duane James (10) were the others to register double-figures in the scoring column.
at Northeastern 51, New Hampshire 41
Former America East foes squared off in the lowest scoring game between the two since the 1945-46 when NU won 46-44... UNH shot 26.3 percent from the field, compared to Northeastern's 35.3 percent... The Huskies led 23-15 at the half... Blagoj Janev led UNH with 16 points on 6-of-21 shooting.