UMBC, Stony Brook Clinch #AEPlayoffs Home Quarterfinal Games
BOSTON – Stony Brook and UMBC joined Vermont as teams to clinch men’s #AEPlayoffs home quarterfinal games last week. With just three games remaining, all three teams still remain alive for the regular-season title and #AEPlayoffs top seed. Hartford, UAlbany and UMass Lowell are battling it out to be the final quarterfinal host.
#AEHoops MBB Last Week’s Results
Thursday, February 21
at UMBC 65, Vermont 56
UAlbany 74, at Stony Brook 70
at UMass Lowell 81, Binghamton 66
Hartford 70, at New Hampshire 50
Saturday, February 23
Vermont 69, at Binghamton 63
Hartford 75, at UMass Lowell 73
at Stony Brook 81, Maine 53
at UAlbany 84, UMBC 75
#AEHoops MBB This Week’s Schedule
Wednesday, February 27
New Hampshire at UAlbany, 7 p.m.
Hartford at Binghamton, 7 p.m.
UMBC at Stony Brook, 7 p.m.
UMass Lowell at Maine, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 2
Binghamton at Maine, 11 a.m.
New Hampshire at UMBC, 1 p.m.
UAlbany at Hartford, 7 p.m.
Stony Brook at Vermont, 7 p.m.
Around #AEHoops
- 2018-19 is the 40th men’s basketball season in America East history.
- Thursday’s Vermont-UMBC game in Baltimore will air on ESPNU at a 7 p.m
- Vermont (22-6) is ranked #13 in the CollegeInsider.com Top 25 while Stony Brook (21-6) is #20.
- Vermont, Stony Brook and UMBC have clinched #AEPlayoffs home quarterfinal games.
- UMBC (18-11), which has won four of its last five and nine of its last 11 games, ended Vermont’s 24-game road #AEHoops win streak Thursday and is the first #AEHoops team to sweep a regular-season series from Vermont since UAlbany did so in 2015-16.
- The Retrievers rank 15th in the nation in scoring defense (62.7 papg).
- UAlbany has won three in a row and six of its last eight games.
- UMBC’s Joe Sherburne and UMass Lowell’s Christian Lutete earned CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District honors announced Thursday.
- Vermont has won 48 of its last 51 #AEHoops contests.
- The Catamounts have won 20 or more games in 11-straight seasons.
- Stony Brook (22-6) won its 20th game of the season Feb. 9. It’s the Seawolves first 20-win campaign in three seasons and seventh in program history.
- Vermont’s John Becker earned his 100th career #AEHoops win in just his 120th game Feb. 2 becoming the fastest coach to reach the mark (Bill Herrion, Drexel – 127 games).
- Stony Brook’s 12 road wins are the most in the country.
- America East teams have nine wins over Power 5/Atlantic 10 & Missouri Valley teams this season, including Stony Brook’s victory at South Carolina on Nov. 9 and Hartford over Boston College on Dec. 31.
- Juniors Anthony Lamb (Vermont) and Akwaski Yeboah (Stony Brook) were both named to the Lou Henson Award Watch List earlier this year. The award is given to the top mid-major player in the country.
- Lamb (21.2 ppg) ranks 31st in the nation in scoring and has the seventh-best Player Efficency Rating (PER) at 33.1.
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Here are the week #15 men’s basketball award winners:
Player of the Week
Akwasi Yeboah, Stony Brook – Jr., Forward, Chigwell, England.
- Averaged 24.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals in a 1-1 week for Stony Brook.
- Shot 59 percent from the field (16-of-27) and 57 percent from three-point land (8-for-14).
- Had a double double of 22 points and 12 rebounds vs. UAlbany Thursday.
- Collected 27 points and six rebounds in a win at Maine on Saturday.
- This is Yeboah’s third #AEHoops Player of the Week honor this season.
Rookie of the Week
Cameron Healy, UAlbany – Fr., Guard, Sydney Australia
- Averaged 22.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in a 2-0 week for UAlbany.
- Shot 55percent (12-of-22), including 59 percent from deep (10-of-17).
- Had 24 points and five boards in a win at Stony Brook Thursday followed by 21 points and five caroms in a win over UMBC Saturday.
- This is Healy’s third #AEHoops Rookie of the Week honor.
Weekly Award Winners
Nov. 12 – Player of the Week: Akwasi Yeboah, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Sam Sessoms, Binghamton
Nov. 19 – Co-Players of the Week: Akwasi Yeboah, Stony Brook & Anthony Lamb, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Alex Rivera, UMass Lowell
Nov. 26 – Player of the Week: Andrew Garcia, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Sam Sessoms, Binghamton
Dec. 3 – Co-Players of the Week: Jason Dunne, Hartford & Akwasi Yeboah, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Cameron Healy, UAlbany
Dec. 10 – Player of the Week: Anthony Lamb, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Sam Sessoms, Binghamton
Dec. 17 – Player of the Week: George Blagojevic, Hartford; Rookie of the Week: Miles Latimer, Stony Brook
Dec. 24 – Co-Player of the Week: Christian Lutute, UMass Lowell & Anthony Lamb, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Sam Sessoms, Binghamton
Dec. 31 – Co-Player of the Week: Christian Lutute, UMass Lowell & Andrew Garcia, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Jules Moor, Stony Brook
Jan. 7 – Co-Player of the Week: J.R. Lynch, Hartford & Anthony Lamb, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Sam Sessoms, Binghamton
Jan. 14 – Player of the Week: Anthony Lamb, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Robin Duncan, Vermont
Jan. 21 – Player of the Week: Christian Lutete, UMass Lowell; Rookie of the Week: Jose Placer, UMBC
Jan. 28 – Player of the Week: Caleb Stewart, Binghamton; Rookie of the Week: Antonio Rizzuto, UAlbany
Feb. 4 - Player of the Week: Andrew Fleming, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Cameron Healy, UAlbany
Feb. 11 - Player of the Week: Anthony Lamb, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Sam Sessoms, Binghamton
Feb. 18 - Player of the Week: Anthony Lamb, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Adam Lulka, UAlbany
Feb. 25 - Player of the Week: Akwasi Yeboah, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Cameron Healy, UAlbany
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