Every
gameday
throughout the 2009-10 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. Fans can also follow
basketball action throughout the season at the America East Facebook page, Twitter account and blog! For links to all the media coverage and live stats, visit the full men's basketball schedule.
Today's Action
Saturday, December 12
Albany at Central Connecticut, 2 p.m.
The Great Danes shot a season-best 54.1 percent from the field to snap their three-game losing skid against Penn Tuesday.. Tim Ambrose scored 20 points and is one of two players (Vermont's Marqus Blakely) to rank among the league's Top 15 in scoring (15.8 ppg), rebounding (5.3 rpg) and assists (3.6 apg)... Will Harris scored 19 points and is averaging 20.2 over his last five games.
Boston University at Marist, 2 p.m.
The Terriers held the Bison to 31 percent shooting, including just five first-half field goals in Sunday's win... Jake O'Brien had game-highs of 17 points and eight rebounds... Corey Lowe and Carlos Strong each scored 11 points off the bench... Boston U. will face Marist for the first time since the 1985-86 season. The Red Foxes have already dropped decisions to Hartford and New Hampshire this season.
Stony Brook at Colgate, 2 p.m.
The Seawolves surrendered a season-worst 93 points and allowed the Rams to shoot 51.7 percent overall... Dallis Joyner recorded a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds... Muhammad El-Amin led Stony Brook with 16 points and also had seven boards... Maine downed Colgate earlier this season
New Hampshire at Marist, 4 p.m.
The Wildcats shot a season-high 50 percent from the field to improve to 3-0 at home with win over CCSU... Alvin Abreu scored a season-high 25 points on 9-of-14 shooting overall and 4-of-7 from deep... Tyrone Conley added 16 points, six rebounds and three assists... Radar Onguetou had 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting and pulled down six boards.
Binghamton at Drake, 6 p.m. (Drake Invitational)
The Bearcats head to Drake Saturday for games against the Bulldogs and
South Dakota in the Drake Invitational. The in-season tournament is the
second of three Binghamton is participating in this season... Binghamton shot 52 percent in the second half but the Thundering Herd made 52 percent of their attempts for the entire game in Monday's loss to Marshall...Chretien Lukusa had an impressive all-around game with 12 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
Rider at UMBC, 7 p.m.
UMBC held Penn State to 39.1 percent shooting but could hit only 32.2 percent of its attempts... Brian Neller scored 10 points, one game after contributing a career-high 15 points off the bench... Chris De La Rosa had 10 points and six assists. He is eighth in nation with 6.5 helpers per game... Chauncey Gilliam had 19 points but the Retrievers fell to Rider in last year's meeting, 71-65.
Yesterday's Results
Friday, December 11
Sacred Heart 76, at Hartford 65
The Pioneers
outrebounded the Hawks 44-21 and won the second-chance point battle
19-4 en route to the win... Joe Zeglinski poured in 25 points on
7-of-13 shooting from 3-point land... Andres Torres added 11 points,
five rebounds, four assists and three steals... The Hawks' visit to
Rupp Arena will be televised nationally on ESPN2.