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 complete Daily Update in PDF format.
Recent Results:
Wednesday, January 16
*at UMBC 86, Hartford 85
Brian Hodges hit a game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer to give the Retrievers the win over the Hawks... The back-and-forth contest featured 16 ties and 27 lead changes... Hodges finished with 24 points and hit 6-of-9 attempts from deep... Proctor recorded his fourth double-double in five league games with 19 points and 15 rebounds... Warren McLendon led Hartford with 29 points and 10 rebounds in 30 minutes off the bench... Joe Zeglinski added 25... Rookie of the Week Morgan Sabia contributed 16 points on a perfect 6-of-6 shooting performance.
*Albany 70, at Boston U. 63 (NESN/TW3)
The Great Danes shot a season-best 54.5 percent from the floor en route to the win over the Terriers... Brian Lillis scored a game-high 27 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and hit 15 of his 16 free throw attempts... Brent Wilson contributed 12 points... Brian Connelly scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting and pulled down eight boards... Corey Lowe led Boston U. with 20 points and canned five three-pointers... Freshman Jon Holland added 19.
*Vermont 75, at Maine 59
The Catamounts went on a 20-3 run midway through the second half to open up an 18 point lead... Marqus Blakely, who had nine points during that stretch, finished the game with 29 points on 12-of-16 shooting, nine rebounds, five steals, three assists and three blocks... Joey Accaoui scored a career-high 10 off the bench... Brian Andre led the Black Bears with a double-double of 23 points and 10 rebounds off the bench... Kaimondre Owes added 12 points.
Tuesday, January 15
*at Binghamton 67, Stony Brook 61
The Bearcats hit 57.9 percent of their shots in the second half to pull away from the Seawolves... Brandon Herbert scored a game-high 20 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field and connected on 3-of-4 shots from deep... Herbert is the seventh different Binghamton player to eclipse the 20-point mark this season... Lazar Trifunovic added 16 points... Stony Brook's Emanuel Neto scored a team-high 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting and pulled down eight rebounds.
Dartmouth 65, at New Hampshire 60 (OT)
Jonathan Ball hit a go-ahead layup with 55 second left and the Big Green closed the game on an 8-1 run... Tyrece Gibbs led UNH with 21 points and added seven rebounds... Alvin Abreu contributed 13 points.
*America East Conference game
Upcoming Action:
Saturday, January 19
*New Hampshire at Maine, 12 noon
The two teams split last season's series with the road team winning each time... UNH's Alvin Abreu is averaging 18.0 points in four conference games... Maine is tops in the league in field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 42.1 percent shooting.
*Boston University at Stony Brook, 2 p.m.
The
home team won both matchups last year... The Seawolves is tops in
America East, allowing 67.2 points per game... The Terriers' Corey Lowe
is third among league leaders scoring 18.6 points per game.
*UMBC at Binghamton, 2 p.m.
The Retrievers are second in the country in fewest turnovers per game (9.9) and third in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.58)... The Bearcats have won five straight at home, where they average a league-best 3,288 fans per game.
*Albany at Hartford, 7 p.m.
The Great Danes' Brian Lillis is averaging an America East best 22.8 points in league play... The Hawks, who have won three of their past four games, are second in the conference, scoring 72.7 points per game... Michael Turner lranks 22nd in the nation and eads the league with 2.47 steals per game.
*America East Conference game