Every day throughout the 2007-08 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.
Yesterday's Results:
Saturday, November 17
at #6 Louisville 104, Hartford 69
The Cardinals made a school-record 22 three-pointers to down the Hawks in the opening game of the Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational... Sophomore Joe Zeglinski recorded a double-double for Hartford with 13 points and 10 rebounds... Morgan Sabia added 11 points... Warren McLendon contributed 10 points, five rebounds and three blocks.
at Chicago State 81, Binghamton 60
The Cougars scored the first nine points of the contest en route to the win over the Bearcats... Senior guard Richard Forbes led Binghamton with 15 points... Sophomore forward Lazar Trifunovic added 13 points and a team-high eight rebounds... Dwayne Jackson rounded out the double-figure scorers with 10 points.
at Albany 70, Columbia 38
The Great Danes had four players in double figures and shot 55 percent from the floor to down the Lions in their home opener... Brian Connelly scored a career-high 13 points and grabbed six rebounds... Jon Iati added 11 points off the bench and canned all seven of his free-throw attempts... Brian Lillis contributed 10 points, five assists, four steals and committed just one turnover... Brent Wilson had 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting.
at Maine 85, St. Francis (N.Y.) 82 (OT)
The Black Bears overcame a 10-point deficit with 4:32 to go to force overtime and knock off the Terriers... Brian Andre led the way with 28 points and seven rebounds... Mark Socoby added 24 points, including the game-tying tip-in with less than one second remaining in regulation... Junior Bernal contributed 15 points, nine assists and seven rebounds... Jason Hight had 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting.
UMBC 70, at Richmond 68
Cavell
Johnson's slam dunk with 3.2 seconds remaining broke a 68-68 tie and
gave the Retrievers the win... Johnson, who had tied the game on a
jumper with 29 seconds left, had 20 points and nine rebounds... Brian
Hodges added 17 points off the bench... Ray Barbosa recorded a
double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds... Darryl Proctor had 14
points... UMBC is off to its first 3-0 start since 2002.
at New Hampshire 78, Central Connecticut 70
Mike Christensen scored 23 points and canned a career-best five three pointers to lead the Wildcats to the victory... Tyrece Gibbs scored all 13 of his points in the second half and added five rebounds and five assists... Alvin Abreu had 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting... Eric Gilchrese contributed 12 points.
Saint Joseph's 57, at Boston University 48
The Hawks held the Terriers to 29 percent shooting to earn the win... Scott Brittain had 14 points and nine rebounds to lead Boston University.
Today's Action:
Stony Brook at American, 2 p.m.
Seawolves look to snap a three-game losing streak to start the season against the Eagles.
Vermont at Loyola (Md.), 5:30 p.m.
Catamounts look for first win of the season against the Greyhounds... Game will be televised regionally on MASN... Marqus Blakely leads America East in scoring with 20.5 points per game.