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, February 6
Binghamton at Maine, 12 p.m. Live Stats | Live Video | Maine Radio | Binghamton Radio
- In the two teams first meeting, Maine snapped a five-game losing skid against Binghamton with a 66-61 overtime win in Vestal.
- The Black Bears shot just 31.6 percent at Vermont Wednesday and fell for just the second time in eight games.
- Murphy Burnatowski scored a team-high 13 points and has reached double digits in two of his last three games.
- The Black Bears' 14 wins are already the program's most since the 2004-05 squad won 15 games.
- Binghamton shot 59.3 percent in the second half against Albany Wednesday and earned their fourth straight win.
- The Bearcats, who rank last in America East averaging 60.6 points per game, are scoring 76.8 ppg during their current four-game win streak.
- Reinging Player of the Week Greer Wright paced four in twin figures with 19 points and is the lone America East player averaging over 20 points per game in conference play (20.0 ppg).
- Rookie of the Week Dylan Talley added 17.
Hartford at New Hampshire, 4 p.m. Live Stats | Live Video | UNH Radio | Hartford Radio
- Hartford downed UNH, 56-53, in the two team's first meeting on Jan. 16.
- Morgan Sabia had 10 points but Hartford fell to 4-4 at Chase Arena after a 64-54 loss to Stony Brook Wednesday.
- Joe Zeglinski became Hartford's all-time 3-point field goal leader with 279 last week and ranks among league's top-10 alltime. His 3.4 makes per game rank among the top-five in the nation.
- 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.
- The Wildcats shot just 26.5 percent in Thursday's loss at Boston U.
- Alvin Abreu scored 10 points and is just 10 shy of reaching 1,000 for his career.
- Ferg Myrick scored 10 points and is averaging 12.5 ppg off the bench over his last four contests.
- UNH is 7-1 at Lundholm Gym this season and has won 10 of its last 11 at home.
Boston U. at Albany, 7 p.m. Live Stats | Live Video | Albany Radio | Boston U. Radio
- The Great Danes host Boston University at Big Purple Growl, their winter homecoming, Saturday.
- Carlos Strong had a season-high 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting from deep
and added seven assists in Boston U's win over Albany in the two team's first meeting Jan. 19.
- Boston U. held UNH to 26.5 percent shooting in a win Thursday.
- John Holland, the league's leading scorer at 18.8 points per game, scored 23 to pace Boston U.
- Corey Lowe had eight points and seven assists off the bench and moved into third place on the Terriers' all-time scoring list.
- The Great Danes dropped their sixth straight and fell into last place in the league standings with a loss at Binghamton Wednesday.
- Tim
Ambrose scored 16 points off the bench and became the 30th player in
Albany history to score his 1,000th point and Logan Aronhalt had a
career-high 16 points.