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 New Hamsphire, 7 p.m. -- Live Stats | Live Video | UNH Radio | Stony Brook Radio
- New Hampshire (11-13, 5-7 AE) hosts Stony Brook (9-14, 4-7 AE) in a battle of defensive stalwarts Wednesday at Lundholm Gym, where the home team is 19-7 in its last 26 games.
- The Wildcats have won six of the last eight meetings in the series, but Stony Brook posted a 64-60 double-overtime win over UNH on Jan. 15.
- UNH ranks 21st nationally, holding opponents to 60.8 points per game while Stony Brook
ranks among the nation's best teams in field goal percentage defense
(17th), holding opponents to just 39.1 percent shooting, and is third in
the league in scoring defense (61.2 papg).
- The Wildcats shot a season-high 52.3 percent en route to a win at Binghamton Saturday, their third in their last four games.
- SBU scored a season-low 42 points at Vermont Sunday and dropped its second straight contest.
- Junior Bryan Dougher led the Seawolves with 15 points and became the program's all-time leader in three-pointers made last week.
Vermont at UMBC, 7 p.m. -- Live Stats | Live Video | UMBC Radio | Vermont Radio
- Two hot teams square off when UMBC (5-19, 4-7 AE) hosts Vermont (19-5, 10-2 AE) Wednesday.
- After starting the season 1-16, the Retrievers have won four of their last seven games and can acheive its first three game win streak since the end of the 2008-09 season with a win.
- The Catamounts, winners of seven straight games and 12 of their last 14, can secure its eighth 20-win season in the last 10 with a victory.
- Vermont, which is allowing only 53.2 points per game in league play and ranks 11th nationally in field goal percentage defense, holding foes to a 38.5 percent clip, held Stony Brook to a season-low 42 points and won for seventh straight time Sunday.
- UMBC, which
ranks second in America East averaging 67.3 points in conference play,
overcame a 17-point deficit and scored a season-high 84 points in a win
at Maine Sunday.
- The Cats' Evan Fjeld ranks fourth among America East scoring leaders averaging 15.3 points per game and scored his 1,000th career point against Stony Brook.
- Junior Chris De La Rosa ranks second among league leaders with 16.7 points per game and is sixth nationally with 6.7 assists per game.
Recent Results
Sunday, February 6
UMBC 84, at Maine 79 -- Box Score
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UMBC (5-19, 4-7 America East) rallied from a
14-point second half deficit to pull out the thrilling 84-79 win at Maine
(14-9, 8-3 America East).
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Junior guard Chris De La Rosa delivered an
outstanding performance, scoring a team-high 24 points, dishing out a game-high
13 assists and grabbing six boards in the win.
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Graduate student forward Justin Fry netted a
career-high 20 points on 9-of-10 shooting from the field.
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The Black Bears were led by junior guard Gerald
McLemore, who scored 24 points, including 5-of-10 shooting from behind the arc.
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Senior forward Troy Barnies added 14 points and
11 rebounds for the double-double.
at Vermont 65, Stony Brook 42 -- Box Score
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Vermont (19-5, 10-2 America East) delivered an
efficient offensive performance, shooting 56.5 percent from the field as a
team, to earn the comfortable 65-42 victory over Stony Brook (9-14, 4-7 America
East).
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Sophomore guard Brendan Bald paced the
Catamounts on the offensive end, scoring a game-high 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting
from the field.
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Senior forward Evan Fjeld added 14 points, including the 1,000th-point of his career, and
four rebounds in the win. Freshman forward Brian Voelkel added four points, a
team-high five rebounds and a game-high 10 assists.
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Sophomore guard Leonard Hayes led the way for
Stony Brook, scoring a team-high 12 points and grabbing three rebounds.