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
Sunday, December 14
UNC Wilmington at Vermont, 1 p.m.
The Catamounts host the Seahawks in a return game from last season's BracketBusters series... Marqus Blakely led the way with 19 points and 19 rebounds to pace Vermont to an 84-73 win over Wilmington last February 23... The Catamounts lead America East averaging 74.5 points per game and shooting 46.5 percent from the field.
Hartford at Sacred Heart, 4 p.m.
The Hawks face the instate-rival Pioneers in the second game of a four-game road swing... Morgan Sabia is averaging 15.7 points and shooting 53 percent from the floor over his last four games... Joe Zeglinski is tied for 4th in the nation with 33 made 3-pointers.
Monday, December 15
Stony Brook at #2 Connecticut, 7 p.m. (MyTV9/SNY)
The Seawolves face the second-ranked Huskies at the XL Center in Hartford... The Seawolves lead America East and rank among the top teams nationally in scoring defense (55.0 ppg) and field goal percentage defense (.391)... Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell captained Connecticut to Elite Eight and Sweet 16 appearances as a player and served as an assistant at his alma mater for the 1991-92 season.
Recent Results
Saturday, December 13
at Albany 74, Canisius 46 (TW3)
The Great Danes held the Golden Griffins to 30.9 percent shooting and outrebounded their opponent 56-31 to snap a two-game losing skid... Tim Ambrose paced four in double figures with a team-high 15 points... Will Harris and Anthony Raffa each contributed 14 points... Mike Johnson poured in a career-high 13.
at Long Island University 76, New Hampshire 72
Kyle Johnson scored a game-high 25 points and sunk two free throws with 18 seconds remaining to seal the outcome for the Black Birds... Tyrece Gibbs scored 15 and became th3 26nd Wildcat to score 1,000 career points... Alvin Abreu tallied 19 points, five rebounds and five assists.
at #12/13 Notre Dame 74, Boston University 67
The Terriers led with just 3:25 remaining, but the Fighting Irish scored 10 of the game's final 11 points to hold on for the win... Corey Lowe scored a team-high 19 points, including the 1,000th of his career... John Holland tallied 12 of his 15 in the first half.
at #3 Pittsburgh 91, UMBC 56 (MASN)
The third-ranked Panthers improved to 10-0 by shooting 55 percent from the field hitting 14 three-pointers... Darryl Proctor led UMBC with 13 points... Chauncey Gilliam added 11 and Matt Spadafora contributed 10.
Wednesday, December 10
Hofstra 61, at Stony Brook 56
Stony
Brook cut a 16-point second-half deficit to just three with under a
minute to play, but fell short against the Pride... Demetrius Young
scored a season-high 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting and grabbed nine
rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench.
at Boston University 55, Yale 43
The
Terriers won their 12 straight against an Ivy League opponent by
holding the Bulldogs to just five field goals in the second half...
Jake O'Brien led the way for Boston U. with 13 points on 5-of-7
shooting... Corey Lowe added 12.
at UMBC 68, Central Connectictut State 57
The
Retrievers snapped a seven-game losing streak against the Blue
Demons... Darryl Proctor recorded his 32nd career double-double with 17
points and 10 rebounds... Justin Fry poured in a career-high 16... Jay
Greene had 12 of his 14 in the second half.
at #5 Oklahoma 78, Maine 52
The
Sooners remained unbeaten by scoring 28 points off 20 Black Bear
turnovers and holding Maine to 29 percent shooting... Mark Socoby was
the only Black Bear in double figures with 10 points and he added seven
rebounds.
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.