UPCOMING ACTION
Sunday, February 18
*Binghamton at Vermont, 3 p.m. (AETV: NESN/MSG/ESPNFC) | WATCH LIVE ONLINE
America East Basketball Presented by Boston Herald continues as Eric Frede (play-by-play) and Tom Herrion (color analyst) call the action live on NESN, MSG and ESPN Full Court at 3 p.m... The Catamounts can clinch the top seed for the upcoming America East Championship and at least a share of the regular-season title with a victory over the Bearcats... A win by eighth-place Binghamton can help its cause as it tries to avoid participating in the first round of the league championship... Streaming video will be available through America East Zone on the conference's website www.AmericaEast.com.
*New Hampshire at Stony Brook, 2 p.m.
The Seawolves host the Wildcats in a pivotal late-season conference matchup... UNH could move into a tie for fourth in the league standings with a win, while SBU needs to win to potentially elevate its ninth-place position... New Hampshire won the first meeting between the two, 69-56.
*Boston U. at UMBC, 4 p.m.
The Retrievers look to snap their four-game skid as they host the Terriers... With a win, third-place Boston University will be guaranteed at least the No. 3 seed for the league tournament, with the outside chance of the No. 2 spot if the Terriers win out and the second-place Great Danes lose out... Boston University defeated UMBC, 59-53, in the first meeting betwee the two this season back on January 21.
RECENT RESULTS
Saturday, February 17
at Northeastern 71, Maine 61
Former league foes squared off as the Huskies bested the Black Bears at Matthews Arena... Maine's losing streak was stretched to four games, while NU improved to 3-0 versus America East foes this season... Kevin Reed led the Black Bears with 14 points and eight rebounds... Maine and Northeastern were in the pool of teams eligible for the ESPNU BracketBusters series, but were not selected to participate in the event.
Friday, February 16
at Boise State 83, Albany 82
ESPNU HighlightsFor the second-consecutive season Albany put up a great showing, but came up short in in a nationally televised game as part of the O'Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters series... Jamar Wilson led the Great Danes with 22 points, including a conventional three-point play to give Albany an 82-80 lead... Boise State's Anthony Thomas then netted the go-ahead three-pointer with 32 seconds remaining to give the Broncos the win... Brian Lillis missed a runner in the paint and Brian Connelly came up short on a put-back attempt that would have give Albany the win... The game featured 30 lead changes.
Thursday, February 15
*at Hartford 62, UMBC 54
The Hawks, winners of three straight, moved into a tie for fourth place in the league standings as they downed the Retrievers in a crucial late-season league showdown... Hartford is now tied with Maine for fourth and just a half game up on UMBC and New Hampshire... Alex Zimnickas poured in 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting to pace the Hawks... UMBC shot just 29.2 percent from the field and 26.1 percent from beyond the arc... The Retrievers were paced by four players in double figures, including Tom Young's 16 points... The two split the regular-season series.
*at Boston U. 68, Stony Brook 55
The Terriers moved one game away from clinching at least the third place in the league standings with a victory over the Seawolves... Tyler Morris led Boston U. with a game-high 19 points, while Ricky Lucas paced Stony Brook with 17 points... Boston University is now two and a half games up on Hartford and Maine for third in the conference rankings... With just three regular-season contests remaining, the Seawolves are in 10th and a game back of Binghamton... The two split the regular-season series.
*Binghamton at New Hampshire, postponed
Due to inclement weather, the Binghamton-New Hampshire game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 20 at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, February 14
*Vermont 90, at Maine 75
Behind a career-high 24 points from freshman Marqus Blakely, the first-place Catamounts downed the fourth-place Black Bears to move one game closer to clinching the top seed for the 2007 America East Men's Basketball Championship... UVM had its way in the paint all night, dominating on the glass (55-25) and getting 48 points combined from its starting front court... Five Catamounts scored in double figures, while four Black Bears did as well... Chris Bruff led all Maine scorers with 21 points... Vermont now needs just one more victory to clinch the top seed for the nine-team tournament and two more wins to win the title outright... Blakely's previous career-high was nine points.