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
Friday, December 4
Bucknell at Binghamton, 7 p.m.
The
Bison squeaked out a 63-60 win over Binghamton last season in the two
program's only previous meeting... Walk-on center Umur Peten scored a
career-high 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting against Rider...Greer Wright
averaged 17.0 points over three games at the CBE Classic last week to
earn all-tournament honors... Reigning America East Rookie of the Week
Dylan Talley became the first Bearcat to earn the award honors since
Brandon Herbert in January of 2008
New Hampshire at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Dane
DiLiegro scored a career-high 27 points and pulled down eight boards in
a win over Marist last week, earning him Player of the Week honors for
the first time in his career... Radar Onguetou, who had a double-double
of 11 points and 12 rebounds against the Red Foxes, leads the league in
3-point percentage hitting 7-of-13 attempts to start the year. In his
first three season, Onguetou made only 9-of-45 attempts... UNH coach
Bill Herrion's brother, Tom, is in his second season as associate head
coach at Pitt after begin the head man at College of Charleston for
four years.
Yesterday's Results
Thursday, December 3
at Seton Hall 89, Hartford 56
Joe Zeglinski scored 13 points in Thursday's loss at Seton Hall and surpassed the 1,200-point plateau, moving him into the league' Top 80 all-time... Joel Barkers added 12 points and five rebounds.
Maine 76, at Colgate 66
Terrance
Mitchell poured in a career-best 24 points and hit 6-of-8 three-points
attempts en route to the win... Sean McNally nearly had a double-double
with 20 points and nine boards. He is one of just four players among
the Top 10 leaders in both scoring (13.8 ppg) and rebounding (9.0 rpg).