Men's Basketball: Three Games on Saturday's Schedule

Men's Basketball: Three Games on Saturday's Schedule

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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.

 

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Saturday, January 16
Stony Brook at Maine, 2 p.m.   Live Stats | Live Video | Maine Radio 

  • The Seawolves have won four of their last five matchups with the Black Bears.
  • Maine snapped a five game losing skid against Binghamton and won for the fourth time in its last five contests Sunday.
  • The Black Bears' bench outscored the Bearcats' reserves 39-8 led by 22 points from Terrance Mitchell.
  • Maine entered league 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.
  • Stony Brook's 11-6 start is its best overall since the 1991-92 season.
  • The Seawolves their first conference game at Binghamton Thursdayt and had their four game win streak snapped.
  • Bryan Dougher had a team-high 21 points and hit 7-of-12 three-pointers and  leads the league with 54 made 3-pointers and has canned a remarkable 24 of his last 36 attempts (.667).

New Hampshire at Hartford, 4 p.m.  Live Stats | Live Video | Hartford Radio
  • Hartford shot 54.2 percent in the second half against UMBC Thursday and scored 40 points en route to its first win in 12 games.
  • The Hawks had four players in double figures led by 18 points from Joe Zeglinski.
  • Joel Barkers had 16 points, Morgan Sabia added 15 and Milton Burton had 13.
  • Hartford is shooting a league-best 36.0 percent from beyond the arc and Zeglinski ranks among the nation's best with 3.3 made 3-pointers per game.
  • Five Wildcats scored in double figures to lead UNH to its third straight win and fourth in its last five meetings with Albany Wednesday.
  • The win snapped a three-game Wildcat losing streak and moved them to 6-1 at home.
  • Dane DiLiegro paced the way with a double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds.
  • Alvin Abreu (13 points), Russell Graham (11), Radar Ongeutou (10) and Colbey Santos were the others in double digits.

UMBC at Albany, 7 p.m.   Live Stats | Live Video | Albany Radio
  • The Retrievers have won four of the last five against Albany, including a 64-58 victory in the semifinals of last season's conference tournament en route to their second straight finals appearance.
  • Adrian Satchell scored a career-best 16 points to lead four Retrievers in twin digits in a loss to Hartford Thursday.
  • Chris De La Rosa had 12 points, while Matt Spadafora and Robbie Jackson each added 10 apiece.
  • The Great Danes fell to 0-3 in conference play for the first time since the 2001-02 season after dropping a road contest to New Hampshire Wednesday.
  • Will Harris had a double-double with a game-high 20 points to go with 11 rebounds. He leads the league in 3-point percentage (.444) and ranks seventh among scoring leaders with 14.8 ppg.
  • Logan Aronhalt chipped with 12 points, just one off his career high, and Tim Ambrose added 10.