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
Vermont vs Colorado, 6:30 p.m.
(Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic Third-Place Game - Honolulu, Hawaii)
The Catamounts will face Buffaloes in their third game in four days at the Rainbow Classic at the University of Hawaii... Vermont is 1-1 thus far after a win over George Washington on Saturday and a loss to Colorado State yesterday... Colorado has a win over Coppin State and loss to Buffalo.
Canisius at Maine, 7 p.m.
The Black Bears look to snap a three-game losing skid... Gerald McLemore has scored 18 points in each of his last two games and leads all America East rookies in scoring at 12.9 points per game... Sean McNally (7.3 rpg) and Troy Barnies (6.1 rpg) both rank in top 10 in rebounding at fourth and seventh, respectively.
Marist at Binghamton, 7 p.m.
The Bearcats have won back-to-back games and five of their last seven overall entering their matchup with the Red Foxes... America East Player of the Week D.J. Rivera (21.1 ppg, 6.9 rpg) is the first Bearcat to score 20 or more points in five consecutive games... Binghamton is 3-1 this season at the Events Center and 39-27 all-time in the facility.
Albany at Kansas, 9 p.m. (ESPNU)
The Great Danes face the defending national champions in Phog Allen Fieldhouse on ESPNU riding a three-game win streak... Albany's 8-4 start is the program's best 12-game mark in 10 seasons at the Division I level... Freshman Anthony Raffa is averaging 14.3 points and 6.7 rebounds during the win streak.
UMBC at Saint Louis, 9 p.m.
The Retrievers look to make it two straight on their midwest swing after ending Nebraska's 31-game non-conference home court win streak last week... Chauncey Gilliam (9.5 ppg) leads the league shooting a blistering 64.7 percent from the floor (44-of-68).
Hartford at Stanford, 10:30 p.m.
The Hawks take the floor for the first time eight days in Palo Alto against the unbeaten Cardinal... Stanford is the first Pac 10 opponent the Hawks have faced since 1993... Despite missing the last two games due to injury, Joe Zeglinski still ranks second in the conference in 3-pointers made with 33.
Wednesday, December 31
Stony Brook at Air Force, 5 p.m.
The Seawolves go for their sixth win in eight games and their first 7-5 start since the 1993-94 season... Through just 11 games, Stony Brook has already had four different players go for at least 20 points in a game (Danny Carter, Bryan Dougher, Muhammad El-Amin, Demetrius Young). It is the first time an SBU squad had four 20+ scorers in a season since the 2004-05 campaign.
Recent Results
Monday, December 29
Colorado State 82, Vermont 76
(Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic Semifinals - Honolulu, Hawaii)
The Catamounts trailed by as many as 13 in the second half and
trimmed the decifit to 2 with 1:52 to go, but CSU's Marcus Walker
scored 6 straight points to close it out for the Rams... Colin McIntosh
had the hot hand for Cats and finished with 22 points on 8-of-15
shooting from the floor... Nick Vier added 18 points and five assists,
while Mike Trimboi had 12.
at Cornell 89, Boston University 59
The Terriers got outscored by Big Red 15-0 to start the game and
were outmatched by the defending Ivy champs throughout... Corey Lowe
had a team-high 14 points for Boston U. which has dropped three
straight....Tyler Morris added 13.
Sunday, December 28
Stony Brook 69, at St. Peter's 52
Muhammad El-Amin scored a career-high 27 points to lead the
Seawolves to their fifth win in their last seven games... Tommy Brenton
added 12 points and nine rebounds, while and Bryan Dougher poured in
14... The Seawolves are now 6-5, the program's best start since moving
to Division I in 1999.
Saturday, December 27
Binghamton 74, at Tulane 73
D.J. Rivera continued his impressive season with 22 of his 24
points in the second half and grabbed eight boards to lead the Bearcats
to their second straight win... Dwayne Jackson, who poured in 13
points, hit a pair of key baskets with his team leading 65-64 with just
under two minutes left to seal the outcome... Malik Alvin had a strong
all-around game with 14 points, 6 assists and 5 steals.
Vermont 83, vs George Washington 72
(Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic - Honolulu, Hawaii
Vermont's starters combined for 68 of the team's 83 points to down
the Colonials in the first round of the Outrigger Hotels Rainbow
Classic in Honolulu... Maurice Joseph scored a career-high 18 points on
5-of-9 shooting... Mike Trimboli scored 15, while Colin McIntosh
contributed 15 points and eight boards...Marqus Blakely, added 13
points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, four blocks and a pair of steals.
Hofstra 62, at New Hampshire 57
The Wildcats held a one-point lead with 3 minutes to play but were
held scoreless the rest of the way... Rony Tchatchoua tied his career
high with 17 points on perfect 6-of-6 shooting... Dane DiLiegro added a
double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds.