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
Tuesday, February 16
Maine at New Hampshire, 7 p.m. (Comcast Sportsnet/ESPN Full Court/ESPN 360/AmericaEast.tv)
- The Wildcats return home to face Maine on Wednesday, where they are 8-2 this season and ahve won 11 of their last 13 overall.
- Maine downed the Wildcats, 56-42, in the two team's first meeting.
- UNH rallied from 12 points down with under five minutes to go at Vermont Sunday to force overtime, but missed eight of its final nine shots in the extra frame to fall short.
- Alvin Abreu led four in twin figures with 25 points and also has scored at least 21 points in five of his last eight games.
- Maine 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.
- Maine ranks among the nation's best (16th) in fewest fouls per game, committing only 16.2 per game.
Vermont at Hartford, 7 p.m.
- The
Catamounts, who are 14-0 when surpassing the 70-point mark this season,
have won eight straight against the Hawks by an average margin of 12.5
points.
- Vermont posted their second straight thrilling victory Sunday. After squandering a 12 point lead with under five minutes to go, the Catamounts outscored UNH, 21-12, in overtime to win their fifth straight.
- Evan Fjeld scored a career-high 22 points and added nine rebounds, while Marqus Blakely also had 22 and pulled down eight boards.
- The Hawks nearly pulled off an upset at Boston U. on Saturday, but shot just 31 percent from the field in the loss.
- Joel Barkers had a game-high 19 points and 13 rebounds off the bench.
- Joe Zeglinski, who is one three-pointer shy of sixth place on America East's all-time list with 290, recorded a double-double of 10 points and tied his career-high with 12 rebounds.
- The Hawks rank second in the league and 38th nationally with just 11.8 turnovers per game.
Binghamton at Boston U., 7:30 p.m.
- With a
win over Binghamton Wednesday, the Terriers will sweep the season
series and earn its 10th league win for the sixth time in nine years.
- Despite shooting just 3-for-23 from 3-point range and trailing by two as time wound down, Jake O'Brien gave his team a one-point lead on a three from the top of the key with 5.6 seconds left and Boston U. downed Hartford Saturday.
- O'Brien finished with a double-double of 16 points and 14 rebounds.
- Corey Lowe moved into fifth place on the league's all-time 3-pointers made list and has 292.
- Binghamton
looks for its third straight season split with Boston U. when it wraps
up its four-game road trip at Agganis Arena Wednesday.
- The Bearcats shot just 34 percent while allowing Stony Brook to make 51 percent of its shots and dropped its third straight game Saturday.
- Greer Wright, who leads America East averaging 19.3 ppg against league foes, poured in 28 points and added eight rebounds.
- Moussa Camara scored in double digits for the seventh straight game and finished with 18 points.