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MEN’S BASKETBALL #AEHoops Men’s Daily Update Monday, February 17, 2020 Contact: Sean Tainsh (617-999-9947; [email protected]; @AE_Tainsh) @AEHoopsNews @AmericaEast YouTube.com/AmericaEast @AmericaEast Recent Results/ 2019-20 AMERICA EAST STANDINGS Upcoming Schedule Conference Overall Wednesday, February 5 W L Pct. H A L5 Streak W L Pct. H A N L5 Streak Binghamton at UAlbany, 7 p.m. x-Vermont 11 1 .917 5-1 6-0 5-0 W11 21 6 .778 10-2 10-3 1-1 5-0 W11 Hartford at UMBC, 7 p.m. Maine at Vermont, 7 p.m. Stony Brook 8 3 .727 4-1 4-2 3-2 W1 17 9 .654 8-2 7-7 2-0 3-2 W1 UMass Lowell at Stony Brook, 7 p.m. UAlbany 7 4 .636 3-2 4-2 3-2 W1 14 12 .538 7-4 5-8 2-0 3-2 W1 Hartford 7 5 .583 4-3 3-2 2-3 L1 14 13 .519 8-7 6-6 0-0 2-3 L1 Saturday, February 8 UMBC 5 6 .455 1-3 2-3 3-2 W3 12 14 .462 9-4 3-9 0-1 3-2 W3 Stony Brook at New Hampshire, 1 p.m. Maine at Binghamton, 1 p.m. UMass Lowell 5 7 .417 3-3 2-4 3-2 W2 11 16 .407 7-8 4-8 0-0 3-2 W2 UMBC at UMass Lowell, 4 p.m. New Hampshire 4 7 .364 3-2 1-5 1-4 L2 11 13 .458 8-2 3-11 0-0 1-4 L2 Vermont at Hartford, 7 p.m. Maine 3 9 .250 1-4 1-5 1-4 L2 7 19 .269 5-6 2-13 0-0 1-4 L2 Wedneday, February 12 Binghamton 2 10 .167 1-5 1-5 0-5 L6 8 17 .320 6-6 2-11 0-0 0-5 L6 UAlbany at Hartford, 7 p.m. x- clinched #AEPlayoffs home quarterfinal game Maine at UMass Lowell, 7 p.m. New Hamsphire at Vermont, 7 p.m. Stony Brook at Binghamton, 7 p.m. CONFERENCE NEWS & NOTES Saturday, February 15 • • Vermont, winner of 11 in a row and 20 games for the 12th straight year, sits atop the league standings at at UMBC 65, New Hampshire 59 • 11-1. The Catamounts’ 11-game win streak is the six-longest active streak in the country. UMass Lowell 74, at Hartford 67 • • Stony Brook is two games back in second place at 8-3, followed by UAlbany (7-4) and Hartford (7-5). at Vermont 76, Binghamton 48 • • The top eight teams in the standings will earn #AEPlayoffs berths with the top four teams earning Sunday, February 16 home quarterfinal games. UAlbany 66, at Maine 60 • • UVM became clinched a home quarterfinal game with its win over Binghamton Saturday. The Cata- mounts are the only #AEHoops team to earn a home #AEPlayoffs game each of the last six years. Thursday, February 20 Vermont at Stony Brook, 7 p.m. • • The Vermont at Stony Brook game on Feb. 20 will air on ESPNU at 7 p.m. with major regular-season title Hartford at New Hampshire, 7 p.m. implications. Stony Brook won the first meeting at Vermont, 81-77, on Jan. 8. UMBC at UAlbany, 7 p.m. • • Hartford’s Malik Ellison and UMass Lowell’s Connor Withers earned #AEHoops Week #15 awards on Mon UMass Lowell at Binghamton, 7 p.m. day. Ellison averaged 20.5 ppg and 13.0 rpg while Withers had 18.5 ppg and 6.5 rpg last week. Saturday, February 22 • • Vermont is the highest #AEHoops team in the NCAA NET rankings (#79). The Catamounts are one Hartford at Binghamton, 4 p.m. of the best defensive teams in the country, ranking sixth in the nation in scoring defense allowing just Maine at Stony Brook, 7 p.m. 58.5 points per game and third in field goal percentage defense (.371). UMBC at Vermont, 7 p.m. • • Vermont is ranked #13 in the Top 25 Mid Major Poll while Stony Brook is receiving votes. New Hampshire at UAlbany, 7 p.m. • • Hartford’s win at Northwestern on Dec. 29 was the fourth for an #AEHoops team over a B1G squad in Thursday, February 26 as many seasons. UAlbany at UMass Lowell, 7 p.m. • • #AEHoops teams now have 10 wins over Power 5 conference and Big East teams in the last five seasons. Binghamton at UMBC, 7 p.m. • • Eight #AEHoops teams had six or more non-league wins for the first time in league history. Hartford at Stony Brook 7 p.m. New Hampshire at Maine, 7 p.m. • • Six programs (UAlbany, Binghamton, Hartford, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont) matched or • surpassed their non-league win total from last season. Saturday, February 29 • • #AEHoops teams have combined for 63 non-conference wins, including 50 vs. Division I opponents, UMBC at Maine, 1 p.m. both improvements from 2018-19. Binghamton at New Hampshire, 1 p.m. Vermont at UMass Lowell, 5 p.m. • • The Catamounts’ win over St. John’s on Nov. 16 was its first over a Big East program since 2009. Stony Brook at UAlbany, 7 p.m. • • Anthony Lamb has been named to the Naismith, Wooden and Oscar Robertson Award Watch Lists. On Saturday, he became just the 10th player in league history to reach the 1,800-point, 800 Tuesday, March 3 UAlbany at Vermont, 7 p.m. • rebound milestones joining Tunji Awojobi, Vin Baker, Taylor Coppenrath, Reggie Lewis, Joe Linderman, Hartford at Maine, 7 p.m. Malik Rose, Jahad Thomas and Jameel Warney. UMass Lowell at New Hampshire, 7 p.m. • • Binghamton’s Sam Sessoms became just the seventh sophomore in conference history to reach the Stony Brook at UMBC, 7 p.m. 1,000-point mark on Wednesday. He joins an impressive group: Tunji Awojobi, JJ Barea, Eddie Benton, Taylor Coppenrath, Ray Hall and Reggie Lewis. • • Christian Lutete scored 51 points in UMass Lowell’s win at LIU on Nov. 9, the second most by an • #AEHoops player all time and most since Eddie Benton had 54 for Vermont in 1994. @AEHOOPSNEWS Follow @AEHoopsNews on Twitter to ESPN and the Watch ESPN app are the home for Throughout the season, the #3Pillars podcast stay up-to-date on all things America America East basketball and other select sports. will feature current and America East coaches East basketball from schedules and To watch games live or on replay, log onto Wat- and student-athletes, members of the results to news, highlights and more! chESPN.com or download the ESPN app. Interna- mediaand more! Find it on iTunes and Apple tional viewers can watch games at AmericaEast.TV. Podcast, Google Podcast and Spotify! americaeast.com 451 D Street, Suite 702 Boston, MA 02210 617.695.6369 TM AMERICA EAST VS. CONFERENCES ACTIVE LEADERS CONFERENCE TOTAL ALB BING HART MAINE UMBC UML UNH SBU UVM ACC 0-5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 Scoring The American 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 1. Anthony Lamb, Vermont ...........................1,835 ASUN 4-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 Atlantic 10 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 2. Andrew Fleming, Maine ............................. 1,361 Big East 1-5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-2 1-0 3. Obadiah Noel, UMass Lowell ..................... 1,148 Big Sky 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4. Christian Lutete, UMass Lowell ................. 1,120 Big South 1-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 5. Elijah Olaniyi, Stony Brook ......................... 1,103 Big Ten 1-3 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 6. Ahmad Clark, UAlbany ...............................1,041 Big XII 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 7. Sam Sessoms, Binghamton ...................... 1,028 Big West 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 8. Josh Gantz, UMass Lowell ...........................954 Colonial 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 9. Stef Smith, Vermont.................................... 932 Conference USA 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 10. Cameron Healy, UAlbany ............................ 901 Horizon League 0-2 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Ivy League 7-8 1-1 0-2 1-0 1-2 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 Rebounding MAAC 5-6 2-3 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 2-0 0-0 1. Anthony Lamb, Vermont .............................. 730 Mid-American 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2. Andrew Fleming, Maine ................................701 MEAC 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 3.