Every gameday throughout the 2008-09 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.
Upcoming Action
Wednesday, December 10
Hofstra at Stony Brook, 7 p.m.
The Seawolves look for their first four-game win streak since running off five straight from January 22 to February 5 of the 2002-03 season against rival Hofstra... Stony Brook shot 52 percent in a 72-54 win over Hofstra last season... The Seawolves rank 10th among national leaders in scoring defense, allowing just 54.3 points per game.
Yale at Boston University, 7 p.m.
Corey Lowe is 22 points shy of 1,000 for his career.... Lowe scored what then his career high against the Bulldogs last season with 35 points on Dec. 11... He topped that mark with 36 against Marshall on Saturday... The Terriers have won 11 straight games against Ivy League foes and has with their last loss coming Dec. 8, 2001 at Columbia.
Central Connectictut State at UMBC, 7:05 p.m.
The Retrievers hope to start a new home court win streak at the RAC after having their nine-game run snapped last week... Darryl Proctor is one of just three players (John Holland, D.J. Rivera) in America East to have scored in double figures every time out this season... Jay Greene once again ranks among the nations best in assists (4th) with 7.4 per game.
Maine at #5 Oklahoma, 8 p.m.
The Black Bears are in search of their second three-game win streak of the season for the first time since the 2003-04 campaign... The fifth-ranked Sooners are led by All-American Blake Griffin, who leads the nation with 16.3 rebounds per game.
Recent Results
Tuesday, December 9
at Bucknell 63, Binghamton 60
D.J. Rivera's jumper with 13 seconds left was blocked by the Bison's Bryan Cohen and the bearcats comeback fell short... Rivera scored a game-high 21 points and tied a game high with nine rebounds... Reggie Fuller added 17 pionts on 7of-10 shooting.
at Brown 72, Hartford 62
The Bears hit nine 3-pointers in the first half and jumped out to a 19-point lead at the break... Morgan Sabia notched a season-high for the second straight game with 19 points... Joe Zeglinski added 14.
at Rhode Island 88, New Hampshire 56
The Rams had five players in double-figures and outrebounded the Wildcats 46-33... Alvin Abreu led UNH with 13 points off the bench... Tyrece Gibbs, who is 13 points shy of 1,000 for his career, added 12.
Monday, December 8
at Lehigh 65, Albany 64
Zahir
Carrington hit a putback layup with three seconds remaining to cap the
Mountain Hawks' 15-point second-half comeback... Will Harris scored a
career-high 21 points for the Great Danes... Tim Ambrose extended his
double-digit scoring streak to seven games with 17 points.
at Maine 67, Colgate 56
The
Black Bears jumped out to a 20 point lead in the first half by holding
Colgate to 32 percent shooting in the frame, while converting half
their opportunites... Mark Socoby poured in a game-high 21 points for
Maine... Junior Bernal contributed all around with 17 points, six
rebounds and five assists.
Sunday, December 7
at Stony Brook 95, Mount Ida 50
The
Seawolves won their fourth straight for the first time since the
2002-03 season with a win over the Mustangs... Muhammad El-Amin scored
a career-high 22 points on 8-of-9 shooting.