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.
Upcoming Action
Sunday, January 10
Maine at Binghamton, 2 p.m. Live Stats | Live Video | Binghamton Radio | Maine Radio
- The Bearcats have won the last five meetings with the Black Bears.
- Binghamton used a 26-4 first-half run to build an 11-point halftime lead and held off a late charge from the Great Danes to improve to 5-4 all-time in conference openers Thursday.
- Moussa Camara scored a career-high 24 points and shot 7-of-12 from the field overall and 5-of-9 from three-point range.
- The Black Bears fell for the first time in four games and just the second time in its last six contests against Vermont Thursday.
- Maine entered conference play with its best win percentage (.615) since starting 6-3 during the 2003-04 campaign. That year the Black Bears went on to go 12-6 in America East play and reached the league championship game.
New Hampshire at Stony Brook, 2 p.m. Live Stats | Live Video | Stony Brook Radio
- The Wildcats went 3-0 against the Seawolves last season, including a
76-73 win in the AE quarterfinals, and have won five straight in the
series overall.
- The Seawolves
improved to 2-0 in conference play for the first time since joining the
league in 2001 with a win over Hartford Thursday.
- Bryan Dougher,
the reigning America East Co-Player of the Week, scored 26 points and
canned 5-of-7 three-point tries and has shot 78 percent (17-of-22) from
beyond the arc during his team's three-game win streak.
- UNH fell at home for the first time in six games Thursday against Boston U.
- Dane DiLiegro had a monster game of 20 points and an America East season-high 16 rebounds.
Vermont at Albany, 4 p.m. Live Stats | Live Video | Albany Radio | Vermont Radio
- Sunday's contest will be televised on TW3 in the Capital Region and Western Mass.
- Albany has won five of the last six matchups with Vermont, including a 56-52 upset win in last year's conference tournament.
- Vermont outrebounded Maine, 43-29, on the way to its fourth straigth win and ninth in its last 10 outings on Thursday.
- Mike Black paced Albany with a career-best 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting and had four assists in Thursday's loss to Binghamton.
Recent Results
Saturday, January 9
Boston University 84, at Hartford 70 Box Score | Boston U. Story | Hartford Story
- Corey
Lowe and John Holland combined for 63 points to lead Boston University
to its second straight league road win and third straight victory
against the Hawks.
- Lowe
scored 31 points, grabbed seven rebounds and had five assists, while
Holland had 32 points on 9-of-12 shooting and nine boards.
- They
are the first AE teammates to each score at least 30 points in a game
since Vermont greats Taylor Coppenrath and T.J. Sorrentine accomplished
the feat on Jan. 10, 2005 against Dartmouth.
- Morgan Sabia scored 11 points and had a career-best 11 rebounds for the Hawks.
- Hartford's bench outscored Boston U.'s 45-3 led by 18 points from Joel Barkers and 12 from Ryan Baker.