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, January 3
*Binghamton at Maine, 1 p.m.
America
East Conference play kicks off with the Bearcats and Black Bears facing
off in Orono in a battle of teams going in opposite directions...
Binghamton (7-4) has won three straight, six of eight and is off to its
best start as a Division I program... Maine (5-8) has dropped four
straight overall and its last eight at home against conference foes.
New Jersey Tech at Vermont, 1 p.m.
The
Catamounts meet the Highlanders for the second straight season... Mike
Trimboli scored 22 points, including the 1,000th of his career, as UVM
downed NJIT 91-71 on Nov. 22, 2007... NJIT have lost 46 straight games
since moving to Division at the start of last season... Vermont went
2-1 in three games at the Rainbow Classic in Hawaii with wins over
George Washington and Colorado and a loss to Colorado State.
*Albany at Hartford, 2 p.m.
The
road team won each of last season's meetings with the Great Danes
earning a 73-63 victory at Hartford on Jan. 19 and the Hawks returning
the favor with a 68-61 win in Albany on Feb. 9... Albany is off to an
8-5 start tying the 2006-07 America East champion squad for the
program's best start at the Division I level... Hartford has won 7 of
its last 10 games against league foes dating back to last season...
Leading scorer Joe Zeglinski has missed the last three games due to
injury.
*Stony Brook at UMBC, 7:05 p.m.
The defending
champion Retrievers open defense of their league title with Stony Brook
at RAC Arena... UMBC has won seven straight conference games at home
and 16 of its last 19 against league foes overall... The Seawolves have
won six of its last eight and at 7-5 are off to their best start as a
Division I program.
Sunday, January 4
Santa Clara at New Hampshire, 1 p.m..
The
Wildcats look to snap a three-game losing streak when they host West
Coast Conference power Santa Clara at Lundholm Gym... Tyrece Gibbs
ranks in the Top 10 in America East in scoring (13.0 ppg) and 3-point
percentage (.433).
* America East Conference game
Recent Results
Friday, January 2
Holy Cross 69, at Boston University 48
The Terriers fell behind Holy Cross 17-5 to start the game and never recovered... Boston U. has now dropped four straight overall and six straight at Agganis Arena... Freshman Jake O'Brien was the lone Terrier in double-figures with 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting.
Wednesday, December 31
Stony Brook 67, at Air Force 64
The
Seawolves outrebounded the Falcons 35-23 and held them to just 3
offensive boards en route to their sixth win in their last eight
games... Bryan Dougher scored 22 points and Muhammad El-Amin poured in
20... Demetrius Young added a spark off the bench with a double-double
of 11 points and 10 rebounds in 22 minutes.
Tuesday, December 30
at Binghamton 73, Marist 71
The
Bearcats won their third straight and sixth in its last eight outings
to improve to 7-4, the program's best start in 15 years... Reggie
Fuller tied a school record with 15 rebounds to go with 13 points...
D.J. Rivera, America East's leading scorer (21.1 ppg) had a game-high
22 points and pulled down eight rebounds.
Vermont 84, Colorado 59
(Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic Third-Place Game - Honolulu, Hawaii)
The
Catamounts went on a 22-6 run down the stretch to claim third place at
the Rainbow Classic... Mike Trimboli had a game-high 24 points on
8-of-9 shooting overall and a perfect 4-of-4 from 3-point land... The
win over Big XII opponent in America East's second in 8 days.
Canisius 56, at Maine 43
The
Golden Griffins held The Black Bears to just 28.3 percent shooting for
the game and only 5 second-half field goals in 23 attempts... Mark
Socoby had 14 points and 7 rebounds for Maine.
at Kansas 79, Albany 43
The
defending champion Jayhawks held the Great Danes to 30 percent shooting
and without a 3-pointer in 15 attempts... Anthony Raffa scored in
double figures for the seventh time in eight games with a team-high 11
points.
at Saint Louis 81, UMBC 60
The Billikens used
a 16-4 run first-half on way to the win... Darryl Proctor scored 29
points, his most ever in a UMBC uniform, and grabbed seven rebounds...
America East Rookie of the Week Chauncey Gilliam added 10 points and
five rebounds.
at Stanford 69, Hartford 55
The Hawks
trailed by as many as 16 in the second half, but cut the deficit to
seven with 5:30 to play before the Cardinal proceeded to score the
game's next 5 points to improve to 10-0... Michael Turner led Hartford
with 14 points... Jaret von Rosenberg had 13, while Morgan Sabia and
Genesis Maciel combined for 22 points and 11 boards.