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:
Saturday, January 5
at Hartford 73, Yale 70
Joe Zeglinski hit a jump shot with 27 seconds remaining to break a 67-67 tie and give the Hawks the win... Zeglinski led his team with a game-high 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting... He also added five assists and four rebounds... Anthony Minor added 12 points... Michael Turner had 11.
Thursday, January 3
*at New Hampshire 75, Albany 64
The
Wildcats outscored the Great Danes 22-12 over the final 5:42 to snap
their seven-game losing skid...Tyrece Gibbs led four Wildcats in double
figures with 19 points... Eric Gilchrese added 18 and converted
13-of-15 attempts from the free throw line. Senior Brian Lillis led the
Great Danes with 14 points.
*UMBC 83, at Stony Brook 64
The
Retrievers went on a 16-2 run midway through the first half and never
trailed in the contest... Darryl Proctor recorded his fifth
double-double of the season with 16 points and 16 rebounds... Jay
Greene added 17 points on 5-of-9 shooting and dished out six assists...
Nick Carter scored a game-high 17 points off the bench for the
Seawolves.
*at Vermont 71, Binghamton 60
The
Catamounts held the Bearcats to 26 percent shooting in the first half
and shot 56 percent from the field in the second stanza... Marqus
Blakely recorded a double-double with 21 points and 14 rebounds... Kyle
Cieplicki added a game-high 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting... Mike
Gordon led Binghamton with 21 points... Richard Forbes added 16.
Wednesday, January 2
at Holy Cross 65, Boston University 62
Colin
Cunningham hit a jumper with 22 seconds remaining and the Crusaders
converted 5-of-6 free throw attempts in the final second to hang on for
the win... Boston University's Corey Lowe scored a game-high 20 points,
including 14 in the second half... Carlos Strong added 18 points, six
assists and five rebounds... Scott Brittain contributed 15 points and
eight boards.
at Colgate 70, Maine 62
The Red Raiders
shot 52 percent in the first half and outscored the Black Bears 33-26
in the frame en route to the win... Mark Socoby led Maine with a
game-high 22 points... Junior Bernal poured in 18.
Upcoming Action:
Sunday, January 6
*UMBC at New Hampshire, 12 noon
The
two teams split last year's meetings with the home team winning each
time... All five of the Retrievers' starters are averaging at least 9.7
points per game... The Wildcats' Eric Gilchrese has scored in double
figures in each of the past four games and is averaging 17.0 ppg during
that span.
*Vermont at Albany, 1 p.m.
The two teams
met in last season's America East Championship with the Great Danes
edging the Catamounts, 60-59, in the game's final seconds... The
Catamounts have won 12 straight regular-season league games dating back
to last season... The Great Danes lead the conference in rebounding
margin, best their opponents on the glass by 7.4 boards per game.
*Boston University at Binghamton, 2 p.m.
The
Terriers won both meetings last year by 12 points... The Bearcats
average a league-best 3,350 fans per game through their first six home
contests... With a win, Boston U. head coach Dennis Wolff will earn the
250th victory of his career.
*Maine at Stony Brook, 7 p.m.
The
Black Bears took both meetings a year ago... The Seawolves' Demetrius
Young has pulled down double-digit rebounds in three straight games and
ranks second in the conference with 8.5 boards per game... Kaimondre
Owes, a transfer from St. Peter's, scored 21 points in his Maine debut
on December 31.
*America East Conference game