STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- Something has to give when Maine and Stony Brook meet Saturday in a game that will be televised nationally on ESPNU at 11 a.m. The Black Bears, America East top offensive team averaging 70.5 points per game, and Seawolves, who rank second in the league allowing just 61 points per contest, square off in Stony Brook Arena. Doug Sherman (play-by-play) and Tim O'Toole will call the action.
Upcoming Action
Saturday, February 12
Maine at Stony Brook, 11 a.m. (ESPNU) -- Live Stats | Stony Brook Radio
- The league's top offensive team, Maine (70.5 ppg), and one of its top defensive teams, Stony Brook (61.0 papg), square off on ESPNU Saturday.
- The Black Bears (14-10, 8-4 AE) took the first meeting from the Seawolves (10-14, 5-7 AE), 70-59
- Maine allowed Hartford to shoot a season-high 51 percent Thursday and dropped their third straight game.
- Senior Gerald McLemore scored a team-high 18 points for the Black Bears. He ranks fifth among league leaders averaging 16.9 points per game in conference play
- Stony Brook shot 52 percent in the first half and led New Hampshire by 12 at the break on the way to its third win in five games.
- Junior Bryan Dougher scored a team-high 16 points and ranks 12th among league leaders (13.3 ppg)
- SBU held UNH to just 56 points and rank among the nation's best teams in FG percentage defense (14th), holding opponents to just 39.2 percent shooting.
Hartford at Boston U., 7 p.m. -- Live Stats | Live Video | Boston U. Radio
- Two teams coming off big wins square off in Boston Saturday when Boston U. (13-13, 8-4 AE) and Hartford (8-16, 5-6 AE).
- The Hawks shot a season-best 50.9 percent from the floor and snapped a four-game losing skid a win over Maine Thursday.
- Joe
Zeglinski tied an America East season-high with 33 points on 11-of-20
shooting, including 7-of-14 from 3-point land. He also added nine
rebounds.
- Hartford
ranks 18th nationally in 3-point field goals per game (8.6), 22nd in
turnover margin (+3.4) and also leads America East in steals (8.1 spg).
- The Terriers shot 53 percent from three-point land (9-of-17) and downed Albany for its third straight win Thursday in the Big Apple Battle.
- The Terriers have won three straight games for the first time in three weeks.
- Senior John Holland, the league's leading scorer (19.0 ppg), scored 25 points against Albany and moved into eighth place on the league's all-time scoring list with 2,053 career points.
New Hampshire at UMBC, 7 p.m. -- Live Stats | Live Video | UMBC Radio
- New Hampshire (11-14, 5-8 AE) goes for the season sweep of UMBC (5-20, 4-8 AE) Saturday.
- The Wildcatsoutscored Stony Brook 38-33 in the second half but could not overcome a 12-point halftime deficit and lost Wednesday.
- The defeat was only UNH's second in five games and eighth in its last 25 home contests.
- Senior Tyrone Conley scored 17 points and ranks fourth among league leaders averaging 17.3 points per game in league play.
- UNH continues to play stellar defense and ranks among the nation's leaders (22nd), holding opponents to 60.8 points per game.
- After starting the season 1-16, the Retrievers have won four of their last eight games are are averaging 67.2 points per game in conference play, which ranks second.
- Junior Chris De La Rosa scored a game-high 20 points against Vemront. He ranks second among league leaders with 16.8 points per game and is sixth nationally with 6.7 assists per game.
Recent Results
Saturday, February 12
Boston U. 63, Albany 44 -- Box Score
- Boston
University (13-13, 8-4 AE) shot 45.8 percent from the field and hit
9-of-17 three-pointers while holding Albany (12-15, 5-7 AE) to 34.0
percent shooting from the floor.
- Boston U. won in Madison Square Garden for the first time since 1959 when it beat UConn in the NCAA tournament.
- The Terriers shot 10-for-11 from the free throw line. Albany shot 6-for-11 from the charity stripe.
- Senior guard
John Holland scored a game-high 25 points on 8-for-14 shooting from the
field and 3-for-4 from long range. Junior guard Daryl Partin added 14
points.
- Albany
senior guard Tim Ambrose scored a team-high 13 points to go along with
three steals. Sophomore guard Logan Aronhalt added 12 points and a
team-high six boards.
at Hartford 74, Maine 65 -- Box Score
- Hartford
(8-16, 5-6 AE) shot 50.9 percent from the field, connecting on 27-of-53
shot attempts, including 13-of-29 from beyond the arc.
- Maine (14-10, 8-4 AE) shot 48.0 percent on 24-of-50 field goal shooting.
- The Hawks outrebounded the Black Bears, 35-25, while holding an 8-3 edge on the offensive glass.
- Senior guard
Joe Zeglinski scored a career-high 33 points while pulling down nine
boards and notching four steals. Each of those totals led the Hawks.
- Maine junior
guard Gerald McLemore scored a team-high 18 points on 6-of-14 shooting
from the field and 4-of-8 from three-point range.