Men's Basketball: UMBC Takes Over Sole Possession of First Place With Win at Boston U.

Men's Basketball: UMBC Takes Over Sole Possession of First Place With Win at Boston U.

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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 complete Daily Update in PDF format.

Recent Results:

Tuesday, January 22
*UMBC 62, at Boston University 40
The Retrievers held the Terriers to 25 percent shooting to earn their first-ever win at Case Gym... Darryl Proctor recorded his ninth double-double of the season with 12 points and 12 rebounds... Justin Fry added a season-high 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting... Tyler Morris scored a team-high 12 points for Boston U... John Holland contributed 11 points and eight boards.

Monday, January 21
*at Vermont 72, Stony Brook 62
The Catamounts used a strong defensive effort to earn their third straight win... UVM held the Seawolves to 31 percent shooting and blocked 13 shots... Marqus Blakely just missed a triple-double with 13 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks... Mike Trimboli led the way with a game-high 22 points... Michael Tyree scored a team-high 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting off the bench for Stony Brook.

*Hartford 76, at Maine 71
The Hawks overcame a 13-point second half deficit to earn their first road win of the season... Joe Zeglinski scored 19 of his career-high 28 points in the second half... He connected on 6-of-10 three-point attempts... Michael Turner added 12 points and seven rebounds... Kaimondre Owes led the Black Bears with 19 points... Junior Bernal added 18 points, six rebounds and four assists.

Saturday, January 19
*New Hampshire 81, at Maine 75
The Wildcats hit 13 three-pointers to help snap their three-game losing streak... Eric Gilchrese led UNH 20 points and also dished out four assists... Tyrece Gibbs contributed 19 points and canned 5-of-8 three-point attempts... Mark Socoby led Maine with a game-high 25 points.

*Boston University 59, at Stony Brook 52
The Terriers overcame a 37-26 halftime deficit by outscoring Stony Brook 33-15 in the second stanza... Tyler Morris scored a game and season-high 18 points... Scott Brittain recorded his third career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds... Matt Wolff contributed 13 points on perfect 4-for-4 shooting from deep... Ricky Lucas and Mitchell Beauford each scored 11 points to lead the Seawolves.

*at Binghamton 62, UMBC 59
Lazar Trifunovic drained a hook shot with 7.6 seconds remaining and Reggie Fuller knocked down a pair of free throws with seconds later to give the Bearcats to their third straight win... Trifunovic led four Bearcats in double figures with 12 points... Darryl Proctor led UMBC with 18 points and nine rebounds.

*Albany 73, at Hartford 63
The Great Danes went on a 30-11 run to start the game and held the Hawks to 19 percent shooting in the first half... Brian Lillis recorded his third straight double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds... Brent Wilson also had a double-double with 17 points and 11 boards... Jerel Hastings scored a career-high 16 points... Warren McLendon led Hartford with 19 points off the bench.

*America East Conference game


Upcoming Action:

Wednesday, January 23
*Maine at Albany, 7 p.m. (TW-3)
The Black Bears play their third game in six days... Brian Andre has averaged 16 points and seven rebounds over his last three games... The Great Danes have won four of their last five games... Brian Lillis is averaging 21.5 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in league play.

Thursday, January 24
*Binghamton at New Hampshire, 7 p.m.
The Bearcats have won three straight and 7-of-10 since starting the year 1-7... UNH's Alvin Abreu leads all rookies averaging 13.6 points per game.

*Stony Brook at Hartford, 7 p.m.
It's the first meeting between the two teams since the Hawks edged the Seawolves, 49-47, in the first round of the 2008 America East Championship.

Friday, January 25
*Vermont at Boston University, 9 p.m. (ESPNU)
The Catamounts and Terriers square off in the first regular-season conference game to be nationally televised... UVM's Marqus Blakey is second in the league is scoring (18.8 ppg), rebounding (8.6 pg) and is tops with 2.50 blocks per game... Boston U. leads the league in three-point percentage defense, holding opponents to 31.3 percent shooting from deep.

*America East Conference game