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, February 3
Albany at Binghamton, 7 p.m. Live Stats | Live Video | Binghamton Radio | Albany Radio
- Moussa Camara had a career-best 24 points in Binghamton's 62-57 win over Albany on Jan. 7.
- Greer Wright, the league's reigning Player of the Week, scored a game-high 29 points, had eight rebounds and dished out five assists in a 76-73 overtime win over UNH Saturday, the Bearcats' third straight.
- Wright is the lone America East player averaging over 20 points per game in conference play (20.1 ppg) and is tied for fourth with 4.1 assists and sixth with 8.1 rebounds per game.
- Albany led by as many as eight in the first half at Vermont Saturday, but shot just 24 percent in the second half dropped their fifth straight.
- Tim Ambrose is just 16 points shy of reaching the 1,000-point milestone.
- Will Harris, who returned to the lineup against Vermont after missing three games with leg injury, had 16 points against Binghamton on Jan. 7.
- Mike Black scored a career-high 18 points in the Great Danes' first
meeting with Binghamton, which they have beaten in five of the last
nine meetings.
Maine at Vermont, 7 p.m. Live Stats | Live Video | Vermont Radio | Maine Radio
- The Catamounts have taken six straight over Maine, including a 64-56 decision on Jan. 7 in whichMaurice Joseph scored 20 points.
- The Catamounts outscored the Great Danes 39-17 in the second half and snapped their three-game losing skid Saturday.
- Marqus Blakely scored a game-high 14 points in just 19 minutes of action.
- Joey Accaoui added 11 points off the bench, while Evan Fjeld had 10 points and six rebounds.
- The Black Bears shot just 32.1 percent against UMBC Saturday and had their six-game win streak snapped.
- Gerald McLemore paced Maine with a game-high 16 points and four steals.
- The Black Bears, who have the highest RPI (148) of any any America East team, rank 30th nationally in field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to a 39.5 percent clip.
- Maine's 14 wins are already the program's most since the 2004-05 squad won 15 games.
Stony Brook at Hartford, 7 p.m. Live Stats | Live Video | Hartford Radio | Stony Brook Radio
- Stony Brook has
won three straight against Hartford, including a 70-59 decision on Jan.
7 in which Bryan Dougher totaled 26 points.
- The Seawolves jumped out to a 13-0 run against Boston U. Saturday and improved to 9-1 at home.
- The win moved Stony Brook atop the league standings at 7-2, its best-ever start in America East.
- Muhammad El-Amin led four in double figures with 19 points.
- Joe Zeglinski scored a game-high 21 points, had four rebounds and four steals in a win at Albany Jan. 27 to get Hartford to .500 in league play at 4-4.
- Zeglinski became Hartford's all-time 3-point field goal leader with 278 and ranks among league's top-10 alltime. His 3.5 makes per game rank third in the country.
- The Hawks, who rank eighth in the league allowing 70.7 points per game, have held opponents to an average of 59.0 ppg in their four conference victories.