Vermont Downs Albany, Extends League Lead in Men's Basketball

Vermont Downs Albany, Extends League Lead in Men's Basketball

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RECENT RESULTS
Sunday, February 11
*Vermont 67, at Albany 63
In the biggest regular-season contest of the season, the first-place Catamounts recorded a crucial victory over second-place Albany in front of a sell-out crowd of 4,538 at SEFCU Arena... With the win, UVM is now two games up on UA in the loss column and the Catamounts hold the head-to-head tie-breaker over the Great Danes by sweeping the regular-season series... Vermont's magic number to clinch the top seed for the 2007 America East Championship is two, while its magic number to secure the regular-season title outright is three... UVM's Mike Trimboli poured in a game-high 24 points, including calmy netted seven of eight free throw attempts in the final 49 seconds to secure the victory... Reigning America East Player of the Year Jamar Wilson led Albany with 21 points... Vermont outrebounded Albany 38-28 and the Cats also attempted 28 more free throws than the Danes (31-3)... UVM stretched its win streak to seven games, while UA's surge was ended at eight games.
*at Binghamton 67, Maine 40
The Bearcats used a 20-4 first-half run to cruise to a 27-point victory over the Black Bears... A season-high crowd of 4,587 turned out at the Events Center to witness Binghamton snap its two-game skid and move into eighth place in the league standings... Mike Gordon and Richard Forbes led the Bearcats with a game-high 18 points apiece, while Lazar Trifunovic added 15 points and 11 rebounds... Maine's Kevin Reed was the only Black Bear in double figures with 13 points... Binghamton dominated on the glass, winning the rebounding battle 46-28.
*at New Hampshire 60, Boston U. 55
The Wildcats snapped a five-game slide with a come-from-behind victory over the Terriers... Jermaine Anderson poured in a game-high 22 points for UNH, including a perfect 12-for-12 from the charity stripe... Corey Lowe paced Boston with 17 points... With the UNH victory, the two split the regular-season series.
*Hartford 59, at Stony Brook 44
The Hawks recorded back-to-back wins with a road win over the Seawolves... Hartford sweeps the regular-season series with the victory... Bo Taylor led all scorers with 17 points for the Hawks... Mike Popoko was the only Seawolf in double digits with 10 points.