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
Sunday, February 21
Hartford at Maine, 2 p.m.
- The Black Bears go for their 10th league win for the first time since 2004 and a season sweep over Hartford.
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Maine eclipsed the 50 percent shooting mark (.512) for just the six time this season and won for the third time in four games.
- Gerald McLemore scored a career-high 30 points and sank 7-of-10 three-pointers to become Maine's single-season record holder for 3-point field goals with 92.
- Junior Bernal reached two milestones in the game, scoring his 1,000th career point and also grabbing his 500th career rebound.
- Morgan Sabia 17 points and became the 23rd Hartford player to reach the 1,000-point milestone in a loss to Vermont Wednesday.
- Joe Zeglinski, who had 12 points, ranks among national leaders in 3-point field goals made (85) and is one trey away from cracking America East's top five all-time (190).
- Zeglinski and Sabia are just one of two tandems to have each reached the 1,000-point mark America East, along with Boston University's Corey Lowe and John Holland.
UMBC at Binghamton, 2 p.m.
- In Binghamton's first meeting with UMBC, Dylan Talley, the league's top
rookie scorer (10.7 ppg), tallied 22 points off the bench to give his
team its third straight win over the Retrievers.
- After a
four-game road trip, the Bearcats return home to the Events Center,
where they have averaged a league-best 3,452 fans per game this year.
- Binghamton allowed a season-high 93 points and suffered its fourth straight loss Wednesday.
- Moussa Camara scored in double digits for the eighth straight game and finished with 12 points.
- The Retrievers, who were without starters Chauncey Gilliam and Jake Wasco, led Stony Brook by as many as seven in the first half but allowed the Seawolves to shoot 58.3 percent in the second stanza Tuesday.
- Senior Matt Spadafora, who extended his league-best starting streak to 71 games, scored 10 points and added six rebounds in his final home game.
- Chris De La Rosa scored 20 points and is averaging 18 ppg over his last five games.
- UMBC finished its home schedule winless (0-12) for the first time in school history.