Men's Basketball: Three Teams Win At Home, Vermont Earns Road Victory

Men's Basketball: Three Teams Win At Home, Vermont Earns Road Victory

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Every day throughout the 2007-08 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. Click here for the complete Daily Update in PDF format.

Recent Results:

Wednesday, February 6
*at Albany 80, New Hampshire 59 (TW-3)
The Great Danes shot 52 percent in the first half while holding the Wildcats to just 29 percent in the opening frame... Brian Lillis led Albany with 19 points and nine rebounds... Tim Ambrose contributed 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting... Brent Wilson added 13 points and eight rebounds coming off the bench for just the second time this season... Tyrone Conley paced UNH with 17 points off the bench... Tyrece Gibbs added 16 points and eight boards.

*at Hartford 69, Maine 67
With his trailing by one, Morgan Sabia drained a three-pointer with 17 seconds remaining to lift the Hawks to the win... Sabia finished with 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the floor and 3-of-4 from three-point range... Also grabbed a game-high eight rebounds... Joe Zeglinski led Hartford with 20 points... Mark Socoby poured in a game-high 20 points for the Black Bears... Kaimondre Owes added 14, while Sean McNally had 13.

*at UMBC 75, Stony Brook 63
The Retrievers outscored the Seawolves 47-38 after halftime by shooting 71 percent (15-of-21) in the stanza... Ray Barbosa scored a game-high 25 points and hit 9-of-15 shots from the field, including 7-of-11 attempts from deep... Darryl Proctor contributed 17 points... Jay Greene dished out 11 assists and moved into second place on the program's all-time assist list with 424... Emanuel Neto led SBU with 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting and pulled down eight rebounds... Ricky Lucas added 11 points.

*Vermont 83, at Binghamton 78
The Catamounts shot 61 percent from the field to move into sole possession of second place in the league standings... Mike Trimboli led the way with 22 points, nine assists and seven rebounds... The junior guard shot 5-of-8 from the floor, 3-of-4 from three-point land and a perfect 9-of-9 from the free throw line... Kyle Cieplicki poured in a season-high 20 points... Marqus Blakely recorded his fifth straight double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds... Tim McCrory added 13 points on a perfect 6-for-6 shooting performance and grabbed eight rebounds... Dwayne Jackson led the Bearcats with 19 points off the bench... Mike Gordon contributed 15 points, seven assists and five rebounds... Chetan Lukusa added a season-high 15 on 6-of-9 shooting.

*America East Conference game


Upcoming Action:


Saturday, February 9
*Maine at New Hampshire, 1 p.m.
Four Wildcats scored in double figures as UNH took the first meeting, 81-75, on January 19... Senior Mike Christensen is 12 points shy of 1,000 for his career... Maine's Mark Socoby ranks fourth, averaging 16.6 points against league foes.

*Stony Brook at Boston University, 1 p.m.
Tyler Morris scored a season-high 18 points and Scott Brittain added a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Terriers to a 59-52 win over the Seawolves on January 19... Brittain is averaging 17.5 points and 8.5 rebounds over his last two games... The Seawolves' Demetrius Young leads the league shooting 65.4 percent from the field.

*Hartford at Albany, 2 p.m.

The Hawks and Great Danes have both won two in a row and are tied for third in the conference standings with Binghamton at 6-4... Albany pulled out a 73-63 win in the first meeting on January 19... The Great Danes lead the league in field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to a .428 clip... Hartford's Morgan Sabia is shooting a league-best 45 percent from three-point land against America East opponents.

*Binghamton at UMBC, 3:30 p.m. (MASN/WBGH)

The Bearcats handed the Retrievers their last loss, a 62-59 decision on January 19... Bighamton's Mike Gordon leads the conference with 2.5 steals per game... The Retrievers' eight league wins are the most they have earned in a season since joining the conference in 2004... Ray Barbosa has hit 11-of-17 three-point attempts in his last two games.

*America East Conference game