Men's Basketball Daily Update: December 29, 2007

Men's Basketball Daily Update: December 29, 2007

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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 day's action. Click here for the full Daily Update in PDF format.

Recent Results:

Friday, December 28
at Fordham 71, Binghamton 60
The Rams shot 54 percent from the floor, outscored the Bearcats 39-22 in the first half and held off the late charge to earn the win... Lazar Trifunovic recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds... Richard Forbes scored 14 points and dished out four assists.

Saturday, December 22
at Binghamton 75,
Chicago State 55
The Bearcats scored 20 of the game's first 22 points and never looked back... Lazar Trifunovic recorded a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds... Mike Gordon added 17 points.

Brown 79, at Hartford 61
The Bears shot 56 percent from the floor en route to the victory... Jaret Von Rosenberg scored a team-high 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting for Hartford... Warren McLendon and Joe Zeglinski each added 13 points.

at Connecticut 105,
Maine 60
The Huskies had five players in twin figures and out-rebounded the Black Bears 50-29... Junior Bernal scored 16 points for Maine

Boise State 74, at Albany 68
Anthony Thomas scored 11 of his 15 points in the final four minutes of play lead the Mustangs to the victory... Brian Lillis led Albany with 16 points... Josh Martin scored all of his 15 points in the first half.

at Delaware 73, Boston University 55
The Blue Hens used a 33-11 run that bridged the first and second half to earn the win... Corey Lowe led Boston U. with 13 points... Scott Brittain added 10.

at UMBC 83, Hampton 65
The Retrievers scored 51 second-half points and had five players in double figures... Cavell Johnson scored 19 points and tied an America East season high with 15 rebounds... Matt Spadafora added 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting off the bench... Darryl Proctor and Ray Barbosa each had 15 points.

at Vermont 80, Quinnipiac 72
The Catamounts shot 54 percent for the game and went on a 14-0 in the second half to down the Bobcats... Marqus Blakely led the was with 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting... America East leading scorer Mike Trimboli added 18 points... Kyle Cieplicki had 16 points and canned four three-pointers.


Upcoming Action:

Saturday, December 29
UMBC at Ohio State, 11 a.m.
The Retrievers take on the Buckeyes, who reached the NCAA Championship game last season... Will be televised on Big 10 Network.

Cornell at Stony Brook, 2 p.m.
The Seawolves rank second in America East in scoring defense, allowing just 66.1 points per game.

Boston University at Massachusetts, 7:30 p.m.

Unanimous America East preseason all-conference selection Tyler Morris will make his second appearance of the season after missing the first nine contests due to injury... With a win, Terriers' head coach Dennis Wolff will earn his 250th career victory.

Sunday, December 30
Central Connecticut at Vermont, 1 p.m.
Mike Trimboli and Marqus Blakely are the conference's top scoring tandem averaging a combined 39.0 points per game.

Colgate at New Hampshire, 1 p.m.
The Wildcats look to snap a six-game losing skid.

Hartford at Virginia, 3 p.m.
The Hawks are second in the league averaging 71.9 points.

St. Bonaventure at Binghamton, 4 p.m.
The Bearcats hope to avenge a 97-80 loss to the Bonnies earlier this year.

Albany at Iowa State, 8 p.m.

Seniors Brent Wilson and Brian Lillis return to their home state for a tilt with the Cyclones.