#AEToday: Road Teams Dominate Saturday #AEHoops Action

#AEToday: Road Teams Dominate Saturday #AEHoops Action

America East's newest web feature, #AEToday, will offer quick hits on what's happening in the conference, including upcoming conference games, key results, must know facts and much more!

Need To Know

  • Road teams had the upper hand in America East basketball action Saturday going 6-2.
  • In men's action, Vermont improved to 4-0 in league play with a 71-54 win at UMBC. The Catamounts led by just two at halftime but outscored the Retrievers, 38-22, after halftime.
  • Stony Brook won for the sixth time in its last seven games as it shot 60 percent from the floor and made a season-high 34 field goals in an 82-39 rout of Maine. Carson Puriefoy had a game-high 18 points.
  • Hartford trailed UMass Lowell by six with less than three minutes remaining but scored the final six points of regulation, capped by Justin Graham's three-pointer with 25.5 seconds left and prevailed, 68-62, in overtime to move to 3-1 in America East action. Mark Nwakamma had his first double-double (20 points, 11 rebounds) of the season.
  • Tanner Leissner scored 17 points and added nine boards to lead New Hampshire back to .500 (9-9) with a 73-66 overtime win at Binghamton.
  • In women's action, Sigi Koizar and Liz Wood combined for 40 of Maine's 58 points in a 58-55 win at Stony Brook. Koizar went for a career-high 23 points while Wood added 17 and nine rebounds.
  • Hartford held UMass Lowell to just 20 first-half points and cruised to a 67-56 win. Cherelle Moore led two Hawks in twin figures with 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting.
  • UMBC picked up its first league win and snapped a six-game losing skid with a 68-61 victory at Vermont. Capree Garner and Taylor McCarley led the way, combining for 39 points, 14 rebounds, nine steals and seven assists
  • Carlie Pogue had a monster double-double of 17 points and 17 boards to lead UNH to its third-straight win, a 73-68 victory over Binghamton. The Wildcats sit in second place in America East at 4-1.
What's On Tap
Men's Basketball
No Games Scheduled

Woen's Basketball
No Games Scheduled


That Happened
Men's Basketball
Vermont 71, at UMBC 54
New Hampshire 73, at Binghamton 66 (OT)
Stony Brook 83, at Maine 39
at Hartford 68, UMass Lowell 62 (OT)

Women's Basketball
at New Hampshire 73, Binghamton 68
Maine 58, at Stony Brook 55
Hartford 67, at UMass Lowell 56
UMBC 68, at Vermont 61

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Three (Pillars) Facts

  • Vermont men have won four straight gaes by an average of 12 points.
  • UNH women's 12-5 start is their best through 17 games since the 1998-99 season.
  • UMBC's Oumar Ballo and Kay Banjo were the fifth and sixth former America East players taken in the MLS SuperDraft since 2011 last week.

Photo of the Day

4-0 in conference play nup #love #thejourney 🌹🌹

A photo posted by Hector Harold (@yectorharold) on Jan 17, 2015 at 4:43pm PST