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
Saturday, December 6
Brown at New Hampshire, 1 p.m.
The Bears and Wildcats meet for the 41st time in the series' history... The two teams have split the previous 40 contests... UNH ranks second in America East in scoring defense, holding opponents to 63.4 points per game after ranking sixth in the category last season (69.6 ppg)... Former America East Player of the Year T.J. Sorrentine of Vermont is in his first season as an assistant coach at Brown, while Kyle Cieplicki, a four-year standout for the Catamounts is a volunteer assistant.
Binghamton at Rutgers, 2 p.m.
The Bearcats go for their third straight win when they travel to Piscataway, N.J. to face Rutgers for the first time in school history... Binghamton is previously 0-6 against Big East opponents... The Bearcats are averaging 73.6 points per game over their last two games, compared to 62.5 through their first three contests of the season.
Marshall at Boston University, 3 p.m. (Agganis Arena)
The Terriers hope to avenge last season's 70-47 loss to Thundering Herd in which they shot just 27.5 percent (16-for-42) from the field... John Holland (18.5 ppg) and Corey Lowe (17.7 ppg) are the only teammates both ranked among America East's top five scoring leaders... Jake O'Brien is the top rookie scorer in America East, averaging 13.5 points per game.
La Salle at Hartford, 4 p.m. (NESN)
Eric Frede and Frank Sullivan will have the call on NESN... The Hawks are shooting 52.2 percent (36-of-69) in their three wins this season and 32.1 (42-of-131) in their five losses... La Salle head coach John Giannini was previously the head coach at Maine for eight seasons and is tied for eighth all-time in the America East record books with eight conference championship victories.
Albany at Siena, 7 p.m.
These Capital Region rivals meet for the eighth time since Albany moved to Division I prior to the 2001-02 season... Siena has won six of those tilts with Albany's lone win coming in 2004... America East and the MAAC will both host its conference championships in the Capital Region on the first full weekend of March.
Vermont at #3 Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
The Catamounts take on the Panthers at the Peterson Events Center, where they dropped their only other meeting with Pitt, 63-52, on Dec. 17, 2005... Vermont leads America East in scoring margin (+8.2), averaging 78.7 points per game, while allowing 70.5... The Catamounts last win against a Big East opponent was arguably the greatest win in conference history when they knocked off Syracuse in the 2005 NCAA tournament.
Recent Results
Friday, December 5
at Stony Brook 71, Lehigh 50
The Seawolves closed the game on a 39-10 run for their third straight win... Chris Martin netted a career-high 19 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the floor and made all eight free throw attempts... Desmond Adedeji added 11 points and nine rebounds.
Thursday, December 4
at Hartford 97, Lafayette 82
The Hawks shot a season-high 55.2 percent from the floor in a convincing win over the Leopards... Michael Turner and Joe Zeglinski each went for 26 points and six rebounds... Jaret von Rosenberg poured in 15, while Morgan Sabia went for 14.
at Maine 126, Maine-Presque Isle 50
Eight Black Bears scored in twin figures as Maine crushed its state university partner. Troy Barnies (16 points, 20 rebounds), Junior Bernal (16, 10), Sean McNally (12, 11) and Svetoslav Chetinov (10, 15) all recorded double-doubles.
Wednesday, December 3
Boston University 75, at Harvard 59
Three Terriers (Corey Lowe, Jake O'Brien, John Holland) combined to hit 10 three-pointers and 55 points on the way to routing Harvard... Lowe went for 20 points, while O'Brien had 18 points and eight rebounds and Holland contributed 17 points and seven boards.
New Hampshire 57, at Colgate 54
Tyrece Gibbs scored 17 points and hit a pair of 3-pointers with his team trailing by four with 2:04 remaining to help the Wildcats rally and snap their three-game losing skid... Tyrone Conley went for 11 points and Alvin Abreu had 10.
Towson 82, at UMBC 65 (MASN)
The Tigers shot 54 percent from the floor and held the Retrievers to a 32 percent mark en route to their second straight win in the series... Chauncey Gilliam tied his career high with 17 points... Darryl Proctor recorded his second double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds.