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 30
Central Connecticut State at UMBC, 4 p.m.
The Retrievers look to snap a three-game skid as they take on the NEC's Blue Devils... CCSU is coming off a 55-48 loss to Vermont on Thursday.
Stony Brook at #24 Notre Dame, 4 p.m. (MSG)
The Seawolves' tough non-conference slate continues as they head to South Bend to take on the 24th-ranked Fightin' Irish... The game can be seen live on MSG and is also part of ESPN's Full Court package.
New Hampshire vs. Kent State, 7 p.m. (Kent State Tournament | Kent, Ohio)
The Wildcats will try to keep their recent two-game surge alive as they take on tournament host Kent State... All three of UNH's victory this season have come on the road.
Albany at Utah Valley State, 9:05 p.m.
The Great Danes hope to make it six straight in the final game of a three-game road trip... Albany is coming off an impressive one-point victory over Utah on Thursday, 59-58.
AMERICA EAST OPENING NIGHT
Wednesday, January 3
*UMBC at Binghamton, 7 p.m.
*Stony Brook at Vermont, 7 p.m.
Holy Cross at Boston U., 7 p.m. (CN8)
*Hartford at Maine, 7 p.m.
*New Hampshire at Albany, 7:30 p.m. (AETV: NESN/TW3)
RECENT RESULTS
Friday, December 29
Canisius 81, at Hartford 71
Bo Taylor poured in a career- and game-high 23 points for the Hawks, but it was not enough to overcome the hot-shooting Golden Griffins... Canisius shot 55.8 percent from the field and 42.9 percent from the arc... Hartford was able to stay in the game, however, due to the Golden Griffins' poor free throw shooting (14-for-29).
Binghamton 78, Alcorn State 65 (Comcast Lobo Invitational | Albuquerque, N.M.)
Behind a career- and game-high 25 points from freshman Lazar Trifunovic, the Bearcats toppled Alcorn State in the consolation game of the Comcast Lobo Invitational... Duane James came off the bench to also log a career-high 22 points, while Steve Proctor (14 points) and Troy Hailey (12 points) also chipped in with double digits... Mike Gordon tallied 11 assists for the Bearcats as well.
St. Joseph’s 58, Boston U. 53 (MSG Holiday Festival | New York, N.Y.)
The Hawks dominated the glass, 42-27, en route to a slim five-point victory over the Terriers in the consolation game of the MSG Holiday Festival... Tyler Morris led Boston U. with a game-high 17 points, while Omari Peterkin chipped in with 12 points of his own... The Terriers are 0-4 in their last four outings, losing by an average of just 5.5 ppg.
New Hampshire 65, Elon 64 (Kent State Tournament | Kent, Ohio)
Preseason all-conference pick Blagoj Janev tallied his second 20+ scoring performance of the season as he netted a game-high 22 to lead UNH to its second-straight victory... The Wildcats won back-to-back outings for the first time this season... UNH now advances to the title game of the Kent State Tournament where they will take on the host Golden Flashes.
Thursday, December 28
Vermont 55, at Central Connecticut State 48
The Catamounts upped their win streak to three games with a road victory over the Blue Devils... Thanks to a career-high 17 rebounds by Chris Holm, UVM was able to dominate the glass (43-33) to record the win... Holm also tallied a double-double with 11 points to go with his 17 boards, while Mike Trimboli (12 points) and Joe Trapani (11) also netted double figures in the scoring column.
at #18 Nevada 89, Maine 69
Despite 18 points from redshirt freshman Junior Bernal, the Black Bears suffered their second loss in as many outings... Mark Socoby came off the bench to add 11 points for Maine, while Jon Sheets also cracked the double-digit plateau with 10 points... Nevada was led by Nick Fazekas' 18 points and 13 rebounds.
Albany 59, at Utah 58
The Great Danes pushed their recent surge to five games with a victory over the Mountain West's Utah... Brent Wilson and Jason Siggers each poured in 22 points to lead Albany to a quality road victory... The Great Danes shot 42.3 percent from three (11-for-26) and turned the ball over just nine times enroute to the win... Jamar Wilson was held to eight points (4-for-14 from the field) with five turnovers in 32 minutes of action, but his layup with 34 seconds remaining proved to be the difference.
Pepperdine 90, Binghamton 83 (Comcast Lobo Invitational | Albuquerque, N.M.)
The Bearcats had their three-game win streak snapped by the WAC's Pepperdine... Mike Gordon had his best game of the season with 22 points and seven assists, but it wasn't enough as Binghamton turned the ball over 25 times... Troy Haily chipped in with 19 points, while Steve Proctor (11 points) and Duane James (10 points and 14 rebounds) also made solid contributions... Richard Forbes came off the bench and was held scoreless (0-for-4 from the field) in 16 minutes of action with six turnovers.
at St. John's 45, Boston U. 44 (OT) (MSG Holiday Festival | New York, N.Y.)
Omari Peterkin's jump-hook as time expired hit the side of the rim to end the Terriers upset bid over the Big East's Red Storm... Peterkin led Boston U. with nine points, 11 rebounds and five blocks... Neither team could get anything going offensively as the Terriers shot 30.5 percent from the field, compared to St. John's 32.0 percent... Boston U. led 19-17 at the half... St. John's was paced by Avery Patterson's game-high 16 points.