America
East will have the 2010-11 season covered from every angle. Visit
AmericaEast.com every gameday for game previews and recaps, scores,
statistics, videos and much more. Follow us on Twitter (@AmericaEast) for in-game updates and become a fan of us on Facebook for contests, polls and interaction with fellow fans. New to the fold this season, AExtra,
the conference's blog, will take you even closer to the action with
reports from student-media correspondents at all nine of our campuses.
Additionally, conference staffers will take you behind the scenes with
coach and player interviews, in-depth features and so much more.
Upcoming Action
Sunday, February 6
Stony Brook at Vermont, 1 p.m. (WCAXtra) -- Live Stats | Live Video | Vermont Radio | Stony Brook Radio
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Last season's regular-season champion, Stony Brook, visits last year's league champ, Vermont, Sunday at Patrick Gym, where the Catamounts have won 18 of their last 20 games.
- Vermont (18-5, 9-2 AE), which sits in first place in America East, won the first meeting between the two teams, 55-49, on Jan. 4.
- Evan Fjeld, who is 17 points shy of 1,000 for his career scored a team-high 17 points in that game. He leads the league in FG percentage (.551) and blocks (1.9 bpg) while ranking fourth in scoring (15.4 ppg) and eighth in rebounding (6.5 rpg).
- Stony Brook (9-13, 4-6 AE) has won two of its last three games and was the only America East team to win at Vermont last season.
- Bryan Dougher scored 17 points in Friday's loss to Boston U. and became the Seawolves' all-time record holder in three-pointers made. He ranks 10th among league leaders averaging 13.5 points per game.
UMBC at Maine, 2 p.m. -- Live Stats | Live Video | Maine Radio | UMBC Radio
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Maine, winner in seven of its last eight games and 12 of its last 15, hosts UMBC Sunday at Alfond Arena.
- The Black Bears (14-8, 8-2 AE) allowed Boston U. to shoot 52.5 percent and score a season-high 88 points en route to suffering its first loss in eight games Tuesday.
- Senior Troy Barnies scored a career-high 26 points and added 10 rebounds. His 14.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per game ranks seventh and fourth, respectively, among league leaders.
- The Black Bears, who lead America East in scoring (70.4 ppg), are ranked 25th in the latest Mid Major Top-25.
- UMBC (4-19, 3-7 AE) snapped a three-game losing skid with an 83-79 overtime win over Binghamton Thursday.
- Sophomore Brian Neller scored a game-high 21 points while senior Travis King added 17 off the bench.
Recent Results
Saturday, February 5
at Albany 62, Hartford 59 -- Box Score
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Sophomore guard Jacob Iati hit a pair of free throws with 2.6 seconds
remaining to seal the win for Albany (12-14, 5-6 AE) in the nightcap of
the Big Purple Growl.
- The Great
Danes shot 44.7 percent from the field. Hartford (7-16, 4-6 AE) shot
40.6 percent (13-for-32) from three-point range but just 30.8 percent
(8-for-26) on field goal attempts inside the arc.
- Albany won the battle of the boards, 39-27, including a 12-10 advantage on the offensive glass.
- Hartford racked up 10 steals while forcing 12 Albany turnovers. The Hawks gave the ball away seven times.
- Albany
senior guard Tim Ambrose led the way with 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting
to go along with seven rebounds. Freshman forward Luke Devlin recorded a
double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds while sophomore guard Mike
Black added 11 points and seven assists.
- Senior
guards Milton Burton and Joe Zeglinski led the Hawks. Burton scored 16
points and dished out four assists. Zeglinski scored 15 points, all on
three-pointers, while grabbing five rebounds and notching three steals.
New Hampshire 65, at Binghamton 59 -- Box Score
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New Hampshire (11-13, 5-7 AE) shot 52.3 percent from the field on
23-of-44 shooting, including 7-of-17 three-point attempts. Binghamton
(6-18, 3-8 AE) shot 40.0 percent (18-of-45) from the floor.
- Binghamton shot 18-for-28 from the free throw line. New Hampshire shot 12-21 from the charity stripe.
- Senior guard
Tyrone Conley scored 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the floor,
including 4-of-5 shooting from long range, to lead the Wildcats.
- Senior
center Dane DiLiegro scored 14 points on 6-of-7 field goal shooting
while ripping down 14 rebounds. Sophomore guard Chandler Rhoads also
added 14 points.
- Senior forward Moussa Camara paced the Bearcats with 13 points. Mahamoud Jabbi added 12 points and a team-high seven rebounds.