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
Wednesday, January 27
Binghamton at UMBC, 7 p.m. Live Stats | Live Video | UMBC Radio | Binghamton Radio
- Binghamton took all three meetings from the Retrievers last season, including a 61-51 victory in the America East championship game to win its first-ever league title.
- The Bearcats won their third straight against Vermont Sunday behind a season-high 30 points and 10 rebounds from Greer Wright. He ranks second with 19.2 ppg in six league games and is tied for fourth with 8.3 rpg.
- Mahamoud Jabbi scored a career-best 14 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and blocked four shots.
- UMBC allowed Boston U. to shoot 54.9 percent from the field en route to its 10th straight loss Sunday.
- Chris De La Rosa scored 18 points, his best output in six games, and dished out six assists.
- Adrian Satchell grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds against Boston U. and leads conference rookies with 4.5 per game.
Hartford at Albany, 1 p.m. (TW3) Live Stats | Live Video | Albany Radio | Hartford Radio
- Albany has won eight of its last 10 meetings with the Hawks, who they face on TW3 Wednesday.
- On Sunday, the Great Danes dropped their third straight to Stony Brook in a game that featured 10 ties and 13 lead changes.
- Mike Black paced Albany with 15 points. He leads America East shooting 56.5 percent (13-of-23) from 3-point land in conference play.
- The Hawks erased a 16-point deficit with a 19-2 run the bridged the first and second halves on Saturday, but couldn't stop Maine, which shot 51 percent for the game.
- Joe Zeglinski tallied a team-high 18 points on six three-pointers. He leads America East and ranks among the nation's top-five with 3.5 three-point makes per game.
- Hartford's three league wins through seven games surpasses its two wins in all 16 AE games last season.
Vermont at New Hampshire, 2 p.m. (NESN) Live Stats | AmericaEast.tv | UNH Radio | Vermont Radio
- The Catamounts visiting the Wildcats, who they beat by an average of 30 points last season, in a game that will be telvised on NESN, ESPN Full Court, ESPN 360 and for free at www.AmericaEast.tv.
- UVM shot 33.3 percent in Sunday's loss at Binghamton, the team's second straight loss and first defeat away from home since Nov. 28.
- Maurice Joseph scored a career-high 29 points in 33 minutes off the bench.
- Marqus Blakely had his second straight double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds. He is the only player in the country to rank among his league's top-5 in scoring (2nd - 17.6 ppg), rebounding (1st - 9.3 rpg), assists (4th - 4.0 apg), steals (1st - 2.8 spg) and blocks (1st - 2.2 bpg) and is the only player to lead his team in all those categories.
- The Wildcats return to Lundholm Gym, where they are 6-1 this season, after beating UMBC, 62-58 last Thursday to snap a 10-game road losing streak.
- Alvin Abreu scored a game-high 22 points, eight of which came in the final 2:14 of the game.
- UNH leads America East and ranks 28th in the nation in scoring defense, holding opponents to 61.0 points per game.
Boston University at Maine, 7:30 p.m. Live Stats | Live Video | Maine Radio | Boston U. Radio
- The first-place Black Bears shot 51.2 percent from the field and canned 12-of-18 three-point tries at Hartford Saturday en route to their fifth straight win.
- Maine, also winners in eight of its last nine, has held opponents under 60 points in all but four of those games.
- America East Co-Player of the Week Gerald McLemore paced Maine against Hartford with a career-high 27 points and shot 7-of-11 from deep. Terrance Mitchell scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half.
- The Black Bears' 14 wins are already the program's most since the 2004-05 squad won 15 games.
- The Terriers have won six straight against Maine by an average of 10.2 points per game.
- Boston U. continued its hot shooting by netting 54.9 percent of its attempts to move to 6-2 in America East and a tie for second place at the halfway point of the season.
- John Holland, America East's leading scorer with 19.6 ppg, recorded his third double-double of the season with 25 points and 12 rebounds.
- Jake O'Brien (18 points), Carlos Strong (13) and Corey Lowe (10) also scored in twin figures.