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2014-15 BINGHAMTON SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2014-15 BEARCAT BASKETBALL NOTES OVERALL: 3-20 AMERICA EAST: 2-6 HOME: 2-7 • AWAY: 1-11 • NEUTRAL: 0-2 NOVEMBER 1 Sat. MANSFIELD (exhib.) W 66-60 7 Fri. OSWEGO ST. (exhib.) W 75-74 BINGHAMTON 14 Fri. !@ Notre Dame (ESPN3) L 39-82 17 Mon. !@ Providence (Fox Sports 1) L 45-66 19 Wed. HARTWICK W 82-51 GAME 24 22 Sat. ! Manhattan (ESPN3) L 63-78 Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015 - 2 p.m. 23 Sun. ! Navy (ESPN3) L 68-70 25 Tue. @ Army L 54-80 Events Center, Vestal, N.Y. 29 Sat. CORNELL L 54-68 DECEMBER 3 Wed. @ Boston University L 65-77 6 Sat. PENN L 70-79 BINGHAMTON BINGHAMTON UMASS LOWELL 8 Mon. CALDWELL L 52-63 BEARCATS RIVER HAWKS 11 Thu. @ Colgate L 44-65 vs. 14 Sun. @ Boston College (ESPN 3) L 49-63 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT 20 Sat. ST. BONAVENTURE L 51-69 W, 68-56 @ UMBC (1/28) UMASS LOWELL L, 61-50 vs. Vermont (1/25) 22 Mon. @ Mt. St. Mary’s L 68-69 30 Tue. BUFFALO L 50-76 JANUARY LEADERS SERIES HISTORY LEADERS 2 Fri. *@ UMass Lowell L 40-50 PPG UMass Lowell leads 7-1 PPG 7 Wed. *@ Hartford L 59-69 J. Thomas, 14.0 10 Sat. *MAINE W 65-46 W. Rodriguez 10.4 14 Wed. *@ Albany (ESPN 3) L 58-73 RPG RPG 17 Sat. *NEW HAMPSHIRE (ot) L 66-73 W. Rodriguez, 5.2 LAST MEETING J. Thomas, 6.3 19 Mon. *@ Vermont L 44-64 UMass Lowell 50, BU 40 (1-2-15) APG 25 Sun. *STONY BROOK L 54-61 APG 28 Wed. *@ UMBC W 68-56 M. Beck II, 2.4 C. Holley, 2.2 31 Sat. UMASS LOWELL 2 p.m. CURRENT SERIES FEBRUARY HEAD COACH HEAD COACH 3 Tue. *HARTFORD (ESPN 3) 7 p.m. STREAK 7 Sat. * @ Maine 1 p.m. Tommy Dempsey Pat Duquette 10 Tue. * ALBANY 7 p.m. At Bing.: 3rd season (10-50) Lost 6 At Lowell 2rd season (10-18) 14 Sat. * @ New Hampshire 1 p..m. Overall: same 18 Wed. * VERMONT 7 p.m. Overall: 217-167 (12 yrs.) 21 Sat. * @ Stony Brook 7 p.m. 28 Sat. * UMBC 2 p.m. MARCH QUICK HITS 4 Wed. American East Quarterfinals TBA 8 Sun. American East Semifinals TBA • The Bearcats (3-20, 2-6 AE) look to continue their momentum after Wednes- 14 Sat. America East Final TBA day’s road win when BU hosts UMass Lowell (9-12, 3-5 AE) at 2 p.m. Saturday. (hosted by Albany) ! Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament game • Halfway through the conference slate, Binghamton sits in sixth place (playoff * America East game position). The Bearcats play at home for five of the final eight games. ESPN 3 - Game televised by ESPN Regional (AETV) BROADCAST INFORMATION Radio: WNBF 1290 AM (wnbf.com) • Freshman forward Willie Rodriguez scored a team-high 10 points at UMBC Roger Neel (play-by-play) and has hit double-digits in eight of his last 10 games. He is BU’s leading Live Video: bubearcats.tv scorer (10.6 ppg.) and rebounder (5.3 rpg.) among active players. Live Stats: http://sidearmstats.com/bing- hamton/mbball/ • Binghamton has produced three different conference Rookies of the Week: ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Dusan Perovic on 12/8, Willie Rodriguez on 12/29 and Romello Walker on 1/12. The Bearcats are nearing last year’s rare feat of having four different Men’s Basketball Contact: John Hartrick Office: 607-777-6800 players earn top rookie weekly honors. Cell: 607-222-6474 Fax: 607-777-4597 • Freshman forward Bobby Ahearn has scored 11 points in each of the last Email: [email protected] two games. He is averaging 7.8 points and 6.6 rebounds over his last six games and is shooting a team-high 53 percent on the season. • Binghamton has been hit by two key injuries to its frontcourt. Six-foot-9 soph- omore Nick Madray went down with an ankle injury after scoring 20 points vs. STAY CONNECTED St. Bonaventure on Dec. 20. He has missed the last nine games. Six-foot-9 @BU_Bearcats center and leading scorer Dusan Perovic (11.5 ppg.) suffered an ACL injury at practice on Jan. 5 and will be lost for the remainder of the season. /BinghamtonAthletics • Binghamton has statistically the youngest team in the entire country /BinghamtonAthletics (StatSheet.com). It’s 14 players have a combined 10 years of collegiate experi- /BinghamtonAthletics ence. There are only two upperclassmen on the roster (1 senior, 1 junior). University’s mobile app. • Four of the team’s top-5 scorers are freshmen and the starting lineup fea- tures four freshmen and a sophomore. www.bubearcats.com 2014-15 Binghamton Bearcat Basketball www.bubearcats.com UNIVERSITY FACTS LAST TIME OUT School: Binghamton University Binghamton forced 18 turnovers and led from start to finish in a 68- Location: Vestal, N.Y. 56 win over host UMBC Wednesday night. With their first road win of Founded: 1946 as Triple Cities College of Syracuse Univ. the season and second conference victory, BU jumped into the sixth Enrollment: 16,077 (12,997 undergraduates) playoff position in the standings. Nickname: Bearcats Colors: Dark Green, Black and White Freshmen forward Willie Rodriguez tallied 15 points, eight rebounds Affiliation: Division I Conference: America East and four assists and classmate Bobby Ahearn contributed 11 points Home Court: Events Center and six rebounds as the Bearcats received balanced production Capacity: 5,142 throughout their lineup. Sophomore guard Marlon Beck and junior Varsity Sports: 21 Karon Waller added nine points apiece. President: Harvey G. Stenger Dir. of Athletics: Patrick J. Elliott The Bearcats led by nine at half but UMBC cut the margin to four, Website: www.bubearcats.com 36-32, less than five minutes into the second half. Binghamton, MEN’S BASKETBALL FACTS responded, however, with an 18-8 run that featured five points from Waller. The Bearcats kept the Retrievers at bay the remainder of the Head Coach: Tommy Dempsey Alma Mater: Susquehanna, ‘97 game, maintaining at least a nine-point lead throughout the final nine Record at BU: 10-50, third season minutes. Overall Record: 217-167 (12 seasons) Assistant Coaches: Ben Luber, Herb Courtney, Binghamton shot 46 percent for the game and kept UMBC to 38 per- Bryan Goodman cent accuracy. Dir. Bask. Oper. Chretien Lukusa Phone: 607-777-6369 UMASS LOWELL 2013-14 Record: 7-23 (.233) SCOUTING 2013-14 AE Record: 4-12 (.250), 6th place The River Hawks (9-12, 3-5 AE) have dropped four straight, though 2013-14 Post-Season: AE Quarterfinals two of those losses came in overtime. Lowell owns conference wins Starters R/L: 4/1 over the Bearcats, UMBC (73-61 in OT) and Maine (62-59). In its last Letterwinners R/L: 8/6 outing on Wednesday, Lowell shot just 33 percent and dropped a MEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY 61-50 game to visiting Vermont. Standout rookie Jahad Thomas had All-Time Record: 632-911 (.413, 67 years) a game-high 20 points but the Catamounts shot 54 percent and were Division I Record: 148-239 (13 years) plus 20 in the paint. Matt Harris (13 pts.) and Chad Holley (10 pts.) NCAA Appearances: One (2009, DIvision I) added to the offense. Despite finishing fifth (of 9) in last year’s inau- America East: 91-121 (.429) America East Championships: One (2009) gural Division I year, the River Hawks were again picked to finish last BINGHAMTON SPORTS INFORMATION by opposing coaches. Still not eligible to compete in the postseason, they currently sit in sixth place and have the frontrunner for confer- Associate AD/SID: John Hartrick (MBB contact) ence Rookie of the Year in Thomas (14.0 ppg., 6.3 rpg., 51% FG). Phone: 607-777-6800 Assistant SID: David O’Brian Phone: 607-777-6478 ALL-TIME SERIES e-mail: [email protected] With the 50-40 win in Lowell four weeks ago, the River Hawks are Cell: 607-222-6473 now 7-1 all-time against Binghamton, including 3-0 in America East Assistants: Terrence Lollie matchups. In the earlier game this season, Lowell ended the game Phone: 607-777-2956 email: [email protected] with a decisive 10-2 run. The Bearcats were within two, 40-38, after Cell: 607-341-1601 freshman wing Justin McFadden sank a pair of free throws with 3:42 Assistants: Dave Van Gorder left. But BU turned the ball over on four straight possessions and the Phone: 607-777-4956 River Hawks took advantage, converting 7-of-8 free throws in the final email: [email protected] 1:39 to ice the win. Binghamton was led by freshman guard Romello Cell: 607-237-3103 SID fax: 607-777-4597 Walker, who recorded a season-high 14 points (10 in second half). Press Row Phone: 607-777-6340 Walker added four steals and had two thunderous second-half jams. Freshman center Dusan Perovic added nine points and five rebounds. Game 24 • Saturday, January 31, 2015 • vs. UMass Lowell • 2 p.m. • Events Center • Vestal, N.Y. 2 2014-15 Binghamton Bearcat Basketball www.bubearcats.com MEDIA INFORMATION BINGHAMTON ON TV PRESS ROW Both the Binghamton men’s and women’s The Events Center working press row is located basketball programs have enjoyed additional courtside on the east side of the building. The exposure on regional and national television official scorer, timekeeper, public address an- in recent years. Several of the top sports nouncer and both teams are located opposite press row.