Monday, January 14, 2013

AEC Rewind: 1/14/13

It was a great weekend if you were the home team in America East basketball, as the host school went 8-0 in Saturday's action. With March Madness a whole lot closer than you think, let's take a look back at the latest installment of conference action as we highlight the top performers and big stats from the weekend that was.

Mike Black
Box Scores, Recaps and Highlights

 Men's Basketball

 at Albany 76, Maine 63: Box/Recap

  • Top Performer
    • Mike Black (Alb): 28 points (9-17 FG; 3-5 3FG; 7-8 FT), 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 1 block
  • Big Stat
    • The game was close at halftime (31-29 Albany), but the Great Danes used a second half shooting surge (52.2 percent FG) en route to 45 points. Albany's scorching second half also included 20-24 free throw shooting.
  • X-Factor
    • One game after Sam Rowley turned in a monster double-double (21 pts, 13 reb) against Binghamton, the big guy turned in another solid performance, this time notching 10 points and 13 boards. If Rowley turns into a consistent double-double threat, look out for Albany. Maine's Alasdair Fraser also turned in a nice game (16 pts, 9 reb).
  • Local Media

at Boston U. 83, Binghamton 59: Box/Recap/Highlights

  • Top Performer
    • John Papale (BU): 14 points (5-9 FG; 3-7 3FG; 1-1 FT), 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
  • Big Stat
    • Binghamton stayed within striking distance until midway through the second half when Boston U. ripped off a 22-2 run to put the game away. 
  • X-Factor
    • Jimmy Gray had another nice game for the Bearcats (17 pts, 4 reb, 3 asst) and hit three more treys in the process. Gray is behind only Jacob Iati from Albany with 41 made three-pointers this year. Travis Robinson of Boston U. also turned in 10 points, three boards and two steals off the bench in just 16 minutes.
  • Local Media

at Stony Brook 73, Hartford 59: Box/Recap/Highlights

  • Top Performer
    • Tommy Brenton (SBU): 16 points (5-5 FG; 6-11 FT), 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals
      • Brenton passed Yves Simon (1987-91) for first in program history in steals (197)
  • Big Stat
    • 60 is again the big number for Stony Brook, as it improves to 10-0 this season -- and 70-18 in the Pikiell era -- when holding its opponent under that threshold. As a part of the defensive effort on Saturday, the Seawolves had a season high seven blocked shots as a team.
  • X-Factor
    • Evan Cooper of Hartford turned in a really nice game despite the loss. In 31 minutes, Cooper racked up 18 points (7-11 FG; 4-7 3FG) to with three boards, two steals and a dime. For Stony Brook, freshman Carson Puriefoy set a career-high with 15 points.
  • Local Media

Clancy Rugg
at Vermont 68, UMBC 53: Box/Recap/Highlights

  • Top Performer
    • Clancy Rugg (UVM): 19 points (6-8 FG; 1-3 3FG; 6-11 FT), 9 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 blocks, 1 assist
  • Big Stat
    • Vermont was able to hold Ryan Cook (15.8 ppg, 4th in AE) to just four points and no made field goals, which was key in a game that saw UMBC trail by only three with 13:20 left in the game. The Catamounts then used a 22-7 run to put the game away.
  • X-Factor
    • Chase Plummer of UMBC had a big game in the loss, throwing up 17 points to go with eight boards, two steals and a block. Vermont got another big game from Sandro Carissimo, who scored 11 points, but more importantly racked up five assists to just one turnover.
  • Local Media

Women's Basketball

 at Albany 71, Maine 39: Box/Recap

  • Top Performer
    • Julie Forster (Alb): 10 points (4-8 FG; 1-1 3FG; 1-1 FT), 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal
  • Big Stat
    • Albany put five different players in double figures, as Forster, Ebone Henry (12), Lindsey Lowrie (12), Megan Craig (12) and Shereesha Richards (10) all chipped in to lead the Great Danes.
  • X-Factor
    • Speaking of Craig, her 12 points came in just 10 minutes on five of seven shooting from the floor. Craig also made both of her free throws, as she turned in a ridiculously efficient performance.
  • Local Media

at Boston U. 57, Binghamton 52: Box/Recap/Highlights

Chantell Alford
  • Top Performer
    • Chantell Alford (BU): 16 points (6-15 FG, 2-7 3FG, 2-2 FT), 8 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists, 1 block
  • Big Stat
    • Boston U. came into the game leading the conference by a wide margin, sinking eight three-pointers per contest. Binghamton took that weapon away from the Terriers on Saturday and nearly pulled off the upset. The Terriers made just three treys and shot 13 percent from downtown. However, give tons of credit to Boston U. for making 12 of its 13 free throws to help earn the close win.
  • X-Factor
    • Sharae Swinson of Binghamton led all scorers in this one with 18 points on eight of 16 shooting from the field. The athletic forward also grabbed five boards as the Bearcats continue to show huge improvements in conference play.
  • Local Media

at Hartford, 59, Stony Brook 43: Box/Recap/Highlights

  • Top Performer
    • Daphne Elliott (Hart): 19 points (6-14 FG; 4-9 3FG; 3-4 FT), 2  steals, 1 assist, 1 rebound
  • Big Stat
    • Like many of the other games this weekend, Hartford made a close game comfortable by shooting over 50 percent in the second half. After Stony Brook went ahead 33-30 with 13:53 left in the game, the Hawks went on a 10-0 run and never looked back.
  • X-Factor
    • Stony Brook's Sabre Proctor ripped of five of her 13 points as a part of the run that put her squad up 33-30 in the second half. In addition to her 13 points, Proctor also grabbed four rebounds and was perfect from the line.

at Vermont 63, UMBC 60: Box/Recap/Highlights

  • Top Performer
    • Raven Harris (UMBC): 22 points (7-19 FG; 0-1 3FG; 8-9 FT), 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals
  • Big Stat
    • UMBC got big games from its top three players as Brittany Crowell (17 pts), Harris and Bria White (14 pts) all reached double figures. However the rest of the team combined for seven points, with Kim Browning's four tallies as the individual high. While Vermont only had one player in double-figures, it had all but one player score, including seven players with five or more points.
  • X-Factor
    • Niki Taylor led Vermont with 15 points and seven boards, but the efforts of Lauren Buschmann were huge as well. The senior netted eight points to go along with 14 rebounds, three blocks, two assists and one steal.
  • Local Media

Linked Up

 Check out the Hartford men getting a shoutout in Deadspin's list of the 15 most watchable teams in college basketball.

Hartford sprinter Gario Graham talks about Educational Day at the University of Hartford.

Vermont got some unfortunate news when it found out Luke Apfeld will miss time with an ankle injury.

The Binghamton basketball teams made the annual trip to the Magic Paintbrush Project.

The Press and Sun had a profile over the weekend on Binghamton's new president, Harvey Stenger.


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