WEST HARTFORD, Conn. --
Two of the top teams in the America East standings face off on America East TV when Hartford hosts Boston University Saturday.
The Hawks and Terriers will tip off at 4 p.m. at Chase Arena. The contest will be televised
on Comcast SportsNet for those in New England with Dave Weekley
(play-by-play) and Frank Sullivan (analyst) on the call. All season
long, games will also be available for viewing to ESPN Full Court
subscribers and for free at AmericaEast.com.
Upcoming Action
Saturday, January 22
Boston U. at Hartford, 4 p.m. (Comcast SportsNet) -- Live Stats | Live Video | Hartford Radio | Boston U. Radio
- The Terriers and Hawks meet at Chase Arena on Comcast SportsNet Saturday. Boston U. currently sits in a tie for second in the America East standings at 4-2, while Hartford is in fourth at 3-2.
- Boston U. (9-11, 4-2 AE) has won five straight in the series with an average margin of victory of 18.6 points.
- John Holland scored 29 points to lead the Terriers a 67-62 win over Stony Brook Thursday. The victory was their fourth in five games.
- Hartford (6-12, 3-2 AE) fell for just the second time in six games Thursday, a 74-70 double-overtime loss to UMBC.
Stony Brook at Maine, 7 p.m. -- Live Stats | Live Video | Maine Radio | Stony Brook Radio
- Stony Brook travels to Maine for its second game in three days. The two teams split last year's season series with each team winning at home.
- The Seawolves (7-11, 2-4 AE) fell at Boston University Thursday, their fifth loss in six games.
- Maine (11-7, 5-1 AE) secured its first-place standing and snapped a seven-game losing skid against Vermont Tuesday.
- The Black Bears, who average a league-best 70 points per game, have won four straight games and nine of their last 11.
Recent Results
Thursday, January 20
at Albany 76, Binghamton 37 -- Box Score
- Albany
(10-12, 3-4 in America East) opened up a 30-point lead in the first
half en route to its largest margin of victory since becoming a Division
I program in 1999-2000.
- The
Great Danes held Binghamton (6-13, 3-3 AE) to only 21.1 percent shooting
from the field, including 1-of-18 from behind the three-point line.
Albany shot 49.1 percent from the field.
- Senior
guard Tim Ambrose scored 14 points, grabbed a team-high seven boards
and dished out a team-high five assists in 29 minutes of action.
Freshman forward Luke Devlin hit 4-of-7 from behind the arc to score 12
points in the win. Devlin also grabbed five rebounds in 24 minutes of
action.
- Senior forward Mahamoud Jabbi led Binghamton with a team-high 14 points and a game-high 13 rebounds for the double-double.
UMBC 74, at Hartford 70 (2 OT) -- Box Score
- UMBC
(3-16, 2-4 AE) went 3-for-4 from the line in the final 20 seconds of the
second overtime period to hold on for a road win against Hartford
(6-12, 3-2 AE).
- The Retriever bench outscored Hartford's bench, 42-11.
- Brian
Neller scored a game-high 24 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the field,
including 6-of-11 from behind the arc. Senior forward Justin Fry added
18 points and 10 rebounds.
- The
Hawks were led by senior forward Morgan Sabia, who scored 17 points and
tied a career high with 17 rebounds. Senior guard Joe Zeglinski added 19
points.
Vermont 61, at New Hampshire 53 -- Box Score
- Senior
guard Joey Accaoui came off the bench to score a team-high 13 points to
lead Vermont (13-5, 4-2 AE) to a road win at New Hampshire (7-11, 1-5
AE).
- The
Catamounts pressured New Hampshire on the defensive end, limiting the
Wildcats to only 30 percent shooting from the field, including 8-of-29
from behind the three-point line.
- Senior forward Evan Fjeld scored 10 points and added nine rebounds in the win.
- New
Hampshire sophomore guard Chandler Rhoads scored a career-high 20 points
in the loss. Rhoads shot 4-of-7 behind the arc and also grabbed four
rebounds. Senior Tyrone Conley added 19 points and five rebounds in the
loss.
at Boston University 67, Stony Brook 62 -- Box Score
- Boston
Univeristy (9-11, 4-2 AE) used a 21-4 run over a 9:27 span in the
second half to turn a nine-point deficit into an eight-point lead
against Stony Brook (7-11, 2-4 AE).
- Senior
guard John Holland scored a game-high 29 points, 20 in the second half,
and added seven rebounds. Holland moved into second place on the
all-time Boston U. scoring list with 1,949 career points.
- The
Terriers shot 45.8 percent from the field and 57.1 percent from behind
the arc in the second half while holding the Seawolves to 25.9 percent
from the field and 9.1 percent from long range after the break.
- Freshman
guard D.J. Irving scored 13 points and dished out six assists. Junior
forward Patrick Hazel pulled down a team-high eight rebounds and added
six points.
- Stony
Brook was led by junior forward Dallis Joyner with 15 points and six
rebounds. Freshman guard Dave Coley scored 13 points while junior guard
Bryan Dougher added 12 points.