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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
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Today's Action
Sunday, December 6
Bucknell at Boston University, 2 p.m.
John Holland had a game-high 23 points in the loss at UConn and is one of just two players in the league (Marqus Blakely) to reach double figures in every game this season... Jake O'Brien registered his second career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. His other came in Boston U's win over Indiana on Nov. 21... Boston U. leads the league in free throw percentage (.751) and has converted more opportunities (157) than all but one team (Vermont) has attempted.
Hartford at La Salle, 2 p.m.
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... The Hawks lead America East hitting 37.3 percent of their 3-point attempts, an 8.3 percent improvement from last season when they ranked eighth... La Salle head coach John Giannini previously led Maine for eight season and took the Black Bears to the conference title game in 2002 and 2004.
Yesterday's Results
Saturday, December 5
at Stony Brook 63, Columbia 60 (MSG+)
Stony
Brook held the Red Storm to 39 percent shooting, the fifth time in
seven games opponents have shot under 40 percent... Bryan Dougher
scored a team-best 13 points and is averaging 18.6 points and 4.0
rebounds per contest over his last three games... Stony Brook is
allowing just 56.3 points per game and ranks 11th in the nation
(according to NCAA stats updated 11/30)... Tommy Brenton is tied for
25th in the nation with 10.3 rebounds per contest.
Vermont 88, at New Jersey Tech 49
The
Catamounts won for the 10th time in their last 11 meetings with the Big
Green behind Joey Accaoui's career-high 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting
from the floor and a perfect 4-of-4 at the free throw line... Maurice
Joseph added 15 and has scored in twin figures in all but one game this
season. He ranks fifth in scoring (14.6 ppg) and leads the league in
free throw shooting (96.4 percent)... Marqus Blakely added his
league-best fourth double-double of the season and ranks among the
conference Top 10 in scoring, rebounding, assists, blocks and steals.
at Siena 83, Albany 54
The Great Danes fell to their crosstown rival by 29 points, the largest margin of victory in the series since 1946-47... Will Harris scored 17 points to lead Albany, while Tim Ambrose had 12 points, seven rebounds and four assists... Harris (16.1 ppg) and Tim Ambrose (15.3 ppg) are the league's third-leading scoring duo, ranking third and fourth, espectively.
at #8/7 Syracuse 101, Maine 55
The Orange shot a blistering 68.6 percent in the first half and led 60-12 at the break... Gerald McLemore scored a game-high 21 point and ranks seventh in the league with 15.0 points per game... Maine leads America East with over 14 offensive rebounds per game in large part due to Sean McNally and his 8.3 boards per contest.
at Toledo 76, UMBC 67
Five Retrievers scored in twin figures and led by as many as seven in the first half, but the Rockets shot 52 percent in the second half... Brian Neller scored a career-high 15 points off the bench on 5-of-9 shooting from 3-point land... Shawn Grant had 12 points and averaged 20.0 points in two games this week... Chris De La Rosa is the only America East point guards averaging over six assists per game and is tied for fourth in nation with 6.6 dimes per contest.