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
Thursday, January 11
Binghamton at New Hampshire, 7 p.m.
- Binghamton downed UNH, 76-73 in overtime, in the two team's first meeting Jan. 30 and has won six straight against the Wildcats.
- Binghamton was held to 49 points by Maine Saturday, its lowest output in 12 games, and had its four-game win streak snapped.
- Mahamoud Jabbi led three Bearcats in double-figures with 12 points and added nine rebounds.
- Greer Wright, the league's leading scorer in conference play with 19.1 ppg, had 11 points and has reached twin figures in 11 straight games.
- UNH, the league's top defensive team holding opponents to 61.3 ppg, held Albany to just 52 points and 31.7 percent shooting Tuesday and snapped a three-game losing streak.
- The league's worst shooting team hitting only 38 percent of its FG tries, the Wildcats shot 47.6 percent against Albany, including 57.1 percent in the second half.
- Alvin Abreu scored a game-high 22 points, 15 of which came in the second half.
UMBC at Hartford, 7 p.m. (MASN/CTSN/ESPN Full Court/ESPN 360/AmericaEast.TV)
- The Retrievers couldn't finish off a season sweep of the Black Bears Monday and were outrebounded, 47-20.
- Matt Spadafora, who has the league's longest starting streak at 68 straight games, scored a team-high 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting.
- Chris De La Rosa, the league leader in assists with 5.2 per game, dished out nine dimes and had 10 points.
- Adrian Satchell scored a career-high in UMBC's first meeting with Hartford, a 74-68 loss on Jan. 14.
- Joe Zeglinski gave his team a win at UNH Saturday on a long three-pointer at the buzzer, which snapped a 54-54 tie.
- Zeglinski scored 10 of his 17 points in game's final seven minutes and added eight rebounds.
- The Hawks, who rank seventh in the league allowing 69.2 points per game, have held opponents to an average of 60.0 ppg in their five conference victories.
Recent Results
Wednesday, January 10
at Stony Brook 83, UMBC 64
- The Seawolves built a 23 point first half lead and never looked back in winning their sixth straight Wednesday against Maine.
- Muhammad El-Amin (24 points) and Chris Martin (23) combined to score 47 points and shot 19-of-28 from the field.
- The win gives SBU its ninth league win, matching its most-ever in America East through just 11 games.
- Tommy Brenton leads America East with 9.3 rpg. Through his first 54 career games, he has collected 488 boards (9.0 rpg).
- Maine, which came into Wednesday's contest ranked second among league leaders in FG percentage defense (.401), allowed Stony Brook to shoot 53.3 percent and fell for the first time in three games.
- Gerald McLemore scored 23 points on 8-of-15 shooting, including a 6-of-11 clip from 3-point land.
- The Black Bears' 16 overall wins and eight league victories are already the program's most since 2003-04.