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:
Sunday, December 30
Binghamton 64, St. Bonaventure 59
The Bearcats converted all eight of their free throws down the stretch to hold off a late charge from the Bonnies... Lazar Trifunovic scored a game-high 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds... Mike Gordon added 14.
Colgate 49, New Hampshire 46
Alex Woodhouse's layup with 17:10 remaining broke a 31-31 tie and sparked a 12-4 Red Raider run... Eric Gilchrese scored a team-high 14 points... Alvin Abreu added 13.
Iowa State 76, Albany 64
The Cyclones used a 20-3 run to start the second half... The Great Dane's Brent Wilson scored 12 points, including the 1,000th of his career, and grabbed eight rebounds... Brian Lillis scored 13 points and ripped down six boards.
Virginia 78, Hartford 70
The Cavaliers shot 52 percent from the field in the first half and outscored the Hawks 41-28 in the frame... Hartford's Jaret Von Rosenberg scored 15 points, dished out five assists and had three steals... Joe Zeglinski also scored 15... Kevin Estes added 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting.
Vermont 84, Central Connecticut 63
The Catamounts shot 62 percent from the floor in the win over the Blue Devils... America East leading scorer Mike Trimboli scored a game-high 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting and handed out seven assists... Marqus Blakely added 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting.
Saturday, December 29
at Ohio State 92, UMBC 83
Despite
a school-record 17 three-pointers by the Retrievers, the Buckeys shot
49 percent from the floor to earn the win... UMBC's Ray Barbosa drained
a program-best eight three-pointers and scored a career-high 32
points... Jay Greene added 14 points, nine assists and turned the ball
over just once... Brian Hodges scored 13... Darryl Proctor recorded a
double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Cornell 66, at Stony Brook 50
The
Big Red hit 13 of their 21 shots in the second half, including seven
three's, and outscored the Seawolves 41-28 in the frame... Michael
Tyree led SBU with 17 points off the bench... Nick Carter added 10.
at Massachusetts 80, Boston University 71
The
Minutemen held the Terriers to 26 percent shooting in the first half
and held a 19 point advantage at the break... Carlos Strong led Boston
U. with 17 points, 14 of those coming in the second half... Corey Lowe
added 13 points and four
assists.
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.
Upcoming Action:
Monday, December 31
Maine at Canisius, 2 p.m.
The
Black Bears look to snap a three-game losing skid... Junior Bernal is
averaging 16.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists over is last two
games.
Wednesday, January 2
Boston University at Holy Cross, 7 p.m.
With a win over the Crusaders, Terriers' head coach Dennis Wolff will earn the 250th win.
Maine at Colgate, 7 p.m.
The Black Bears play their second game in three days when they take on the Red Raiders.