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
Tuesday, December 8
Central Connecticut at New Hampshire, 7 p.m.
The Wildcats held the Panthers to five first-half field goals and 15 points in the loss... Freshman Ferg Myrick had a career-best 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting off the bench at Pitt... Dane DiLiegro had six points and eight boards Friday and ranks among the Top 20 scoring leaders with 12.4 points and fourth with 8.6 boards per contest... UNH has held opponents to a league-best 27.6 percent shooting clip (27-of-76) from 3-point land.
Yesterday's Results
Tuesday, December 8
Albany 78, at Penn 60
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,
respectively. Head coach Will Brown briefly attended Penn and played in
one game as a freshman for the Quakers before transferring.
at St. Francis (N.Y.) 63, Hartford 60
Ricky Cadell hit a 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds left to break a 60-60 deadlock and Morgan Sabia's tying attempt missed on the other end... Morgan Sabia scored 20 points and is up to eighth in the league in scoring with 13.4 points per game... Joe Zeglinski added 18 points, pulled down seven boards and hit four 3-pointers. He leads the league 33 long-range shots made.
at Penn State 58, UMBC 42
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 last week to earn top rookie honors... 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.
at Fordham 93, Stony Brook 77
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