Men's Basketball: Hartford Hosts Boston U. in Only Game Saturday

Men's Basketball: Hartford Hosts Boston U. in Only Game Saturday

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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.

 

Upcoming Action

Saturday, January 9
Boston University at Hartford, 2 p.m.    Live Stats | Live Video | Hartford Radio | Boston U. Radio

  • Boston U. holds a 3-2 edge over Hartford in the last two seaons, including a season-sweep a year ago.
  • John Holland scored a career-best 38 points against Hartford on Feb. 28, 2008 as a freshman.
  • Joe Zeglinski scored 16 points against Boston U. in the 2008 AE semifinals to lead Hartford to the conference title game for the first time ever.
  • Hartford is shooting a league-best 36.2 percent from beyond the arc and Zeglinski leads the conference with 51 made 3-pointers.

Recent Results

Thursday, January 7
Binghamton 62, at Albany 57  Box Score | Binghamton Story Albany Story

  • The Bearcats 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.
  • 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.
  • Greer Wright had a double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds and also added seven assists.
  • Mike Black paced Albany with a career-best 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
  • Will Harris added 16 points.
Boston University 60, at New Hampshire 56  Box Score | Boston U. Story | UNH Story
  • The Terriers won their fifth straight against against UNH and avoided an 0-2 start in conference play.
  • Boston U. held UNH to 29.2 shooting and just 4-of-31 (.129) from three-point range.
  • Corey Lowe led the charge with a season-high 28 points.
  • Carlos Strong added a double-double of 11 points and 10 boards.
  • Dane DiLiegro had a monster game of 20 points and an America East season-high 16 rebounds for UNH.
  • Tyrone Conley, who had scored in twin figures in six straight games, scored eight before suffering an injury with 14 minutes left and not returning.

at Stony Brook 70, Hartford 59  Box Score | Stony Brook Story | Hartford Story

  • The Seawolves opened the second half on a 17-0 run to improve to 2-0 in conference play for the first time since joining the league in 2001.
  • Bryan Dougher, the reigning America East Co-Player of the Week, scored 26 points and canned 5-of-7 three-point tries
  • Muhammad El-Amin added 20 points and made 11-of-12 free throws.
  • Joe Zeglinski led Hartford with 22 points and seven rebounds.
  • Charles White added a career-best 12 points and dished out four assists.

Vermont 64, at Maine 56  Box Score | Vermont Story | Maine Story

  • Vermont outrebounded Maine, 43-29, on the way to its fourth straigth win and ninth in its last 10 outings.
  • Maurice Joseph led the Catamounts with 20 points.
  • Marqus Blakely recorded his fourth straight double-double with 11 points and 13 boards. He also added six assists, four blocks and four steals.
  • Terrance Mitchell led Maine with 13 points off the bench.
  • Gerald McLemore added 12.