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
Tuesday, December 9
Binghamton at Bucknell, 7 p.m.
The Bearcats, coming off their upset win of Big East-foe Rutgers Saturday, face the Bison in search of their third straight victory... Malik Alvin is averaging 14.0 points in the three games he has played, all Bearcat wins... Binghamton is holding opponents to 25.8 percent shooting (25-of-97) from 3-point land, the best clip in America East.
Hartford at Brown, 7 p.m.
The Hawks try to become the second straight America East squad to knock off the Bears after New Hampshire earned a 64-61 win on Saturday... The game kicks off a four-game road trip for Hartford... Joe Zeglinski, who become just the second player in league history to make over 100 three-pointers (103) in a season a year ago, leads the conference again with 32 makes in nine games (3.56 pg).
New Hampshire at Rhode Island, 7 p.m.
The Wildcats have won back-to-back games and go for their first three-game win streak (against Division I opponents) since Jan. 16-21 of the 2006-07 season... New Hampshire ranks second in rebounding margin (+2.2) after ranking seventh last season (-1.7) and are second in scoring defense (63.0) after finishing 2007-08 sixth (69.6).
Recent Results
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.