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 6
Penn at UMBC, 7:30 p.m.
- The Retrievers return home for just the second time since Nov. 24 to host Penn in their final non-conference game of the year.
- Robbie Jackson paced UMBC with 15 points at Vermont Saturday and is averaging 15.5 points over his last four outings. He also had career-highs of 24 points and 15 rebounds, which also tied America East's season high, in a double OT loss at Central Connecticut on Dec. 30.
- Chris De La Rosa, who had a career-high 25 points at Central Conn., leads America East and ranks among national leaders with 5.2 assists per game.
Thursday, January 7
Binghamton at Albany, 7 p.m.
- Albany was
one of just three teams to defeat Binghamton, the reigning league
champion, in conference play last season and has won five of the last
eight matchups. The Bearcats had previously won eight straight meetings
from 2002-05.
- The Bearcats rallied from a 15 point deficit via an 18-0 run in the second half to down Atlantic 10 foe La Salle Saturday, while Albany, playing at home for the first time in 42 days, snapped a four-game losing streak with a win over Yale Sunday.
- Binghamton's Pina
Gullaume, the reigning Rookie of the Week, had a career-best 19 points and nine rebounds Saturday.
- Albany's Billy Allen set a new career high in consecutive games with 16 points at #9 North Carolina Wednesday and 21 on 8-of-9 shooting against Yale Sunday.
Boston University at New Hampshire, 7 p.m.
- UNH, which has won its last two league openers, is 5-0 at Lundholm Gym this season and have won eight straight there overall.
- The Terriers have won four straight meetings with New Hampshire by an average of 18.5 points.
- Jake O'Brien scored a career-high 27 points on 9-of-14 shooting overall and 6-of-8 shooting from 3-point range but Boston U. dropped its league opener for the fourth straight season Saturday.
- UNH rallied from 12 points down but Santa Clara sank four free throws in the final four seconds en route to the win Saturday.
- Tyrone Conley scored a career-high 28 points in that contest and is averaging 17.7 points over his last six outings.
Hartford at Stony Brook, 7 p.m.
- The
Seawolves host Hartford, which they beat twice last season Thursday, in
search of their first-ever 2-0 start in America East play.
- Despite losing both meetings last season, the Hawks have won seven of the last nine in the series.
- Bryan
Dougher, the league's Player of the Week, scored 21 of his career-best
30 points in the second half to lead the Seawolves to their second
straight win on the road in a conference opener.
- Joe Zeglinski had a team-high 17 points, and moved into fifth on Hartford's all-time scoring list with 1,307 career points in a loss at #3 Kentucky on Dec. 29.
- The Hawks' Andres Torres, who ranks third among conference leaders with 5.0 assists per game, will miss the next 4-6 weeks with a torn PCL.
Vermont at Maine, 7 p.m.
- Maine and Vermont meet for the 117th time on Thursday with the Catamounts taking the last five tilts.
- The Black Bears enter conference play with its best win percentage (.615) since going 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.
- The Catamounts, winners of three straight and eight of nine, won its conference opener for the 10th time in the last 11 years Saturday.
- Marqus Blakley earned his third Player of the Week honor this season by averaging 22 points and 12 boards in three games last week. He currently leads the league in scoring (18.6 ppg), steals (3.0 spg), blocks (2.3 bpg), ranks second in rebounding (9.4 rpg) and is fourth in assists (3.9 apg).
Recent Results
Monday, January 4
at Maine 52, Princeton 50
- Gerald McLemore, America East's fourth leading scorer at 15.4 ppg, scored 14 points in Monday's win over Princeton.
- The victory was Maine's third straight, which included an upset of Boston College Saturday, and fifth in its last six games. The Black Bears have held opponents to 53.8 ppg in those five wins.
Sunday, January 3
at Albany 89, Yale 68 (TW3)
- Playing at home for the first time in 42 days, the Great Danes snapped a four-game losing streak by posting an America East season-high 89 points.
- Billy Allen set a new career high in consecutive games with 16 points at #9 North Carolina Wednesday and 21 on 8-of-9 shooting against Yale Sunday.