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2014-15 BINGHAMTON SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2014-15 BEARCAT BASKETBALL NOTES OVERALL: 1-12 AMERICA EAST: 0-0 HOME: 1-4 • AWAY: 0-6 • 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 14 22 Sat. ! Manhattan (ESPN3) L 63-78 Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 - 7 p.m. 23 Sun. ! Navy (ESPN3) L 68-70 25 Tue. @ Army L 54-80 Knott Arena Emmitsburg, Md. 29 Sat. CORNELL L 54-68 DECEMBER 3 Wed. @ Boston University L 65-77 6 Sat. PENN L 70-79 BINGHAMTON BINGHAMTON MT. ST. MARY’S 8 Mon. CALDWELL L 52-63 BEARCATS MOUNTAINEERS 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 L 51-69 vs. St. Bona (12/20) MT. ST. MARY’S L, 45-46 @ American (12- 22 Mon. @ Mt. St. Mary’s 7 p.m. 20) 30 Tue. BUFFALO 7 p.m. JANUARY LEADERS SERIES HISTORY 2 Fri. *@ UMass Lowell 7 p.m. PPG Tied 2-2 LEADERS 7 Wed. *@ Hartford 7 p.m. PPG 10 Sat. *MAINE 2:15 p.m. D. Perovic, 11.4 14 Wed. *@ Albany (ESPN 3) 7 p.m. RPG B. Ashe, 8.4 17 Sat. *NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 p.m. W. Rodriguez, 5.2 LAST MEETING RPG 19 Mon. *@ Vermont 7 p.m. BU 74, Mt. St. Mary’s 70 (12-4-13) G. Graves, 6.1 25 Sun. *STONY BROOK 2 p.m. APG 28 Wed. *@ UMBC 7 p.m. M. Beck II, 2.2 APG 31 Sat. UMASS LOWELL 2 p.m. CURRENT SERIES J. Robinson, 3.9 FEBRUARY HEAD COACH 3 Tue. *HARTFORD (ESPN 3) 7 p.m. STREAK 7 Sat. * @ Maine 1 p.m. Tommy Dempsey HEAD COACH 10 Tue. * ALBANY 7 p.m. At Bing.: 3rd season (10-50) Won 1 Jamion Christian 14 Sat. * @ New Hampshire 1 p..m. Overall: 217-167 (12 yrs.) At Mount: 3rd season (34-31) 18 Wed. * VERMONT 7 p.m. Overall: same 21 Sat. * @ Stony Brook 7 p.m. 28 Sat. * UMBC 2 p.m. MARCH 4 Wed. American East Quarterfinals TBA QUICK HITS 8 Sun. American East Semifinals TBA 14 Sat. America East Final TBA • Binghamton (1-12) looks to snap a 10-game losing skid when the Bearcats (hosted by Albany) finish off a two-games-in-three-days stretch at Mt. St. Mary’s (3-6) Monday night. ! Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament game * America East game ESPN 3 - Game televised by ESPN Regional (AETV) • The Bearcats are coming off a 69-51loss to Atlantic-10 member St. Bonaven- ture Saturday afternoon. Binghamton trailed by just two with under 12 minutes BROADCAST INFORMATION remaining before Bona used a 28-7 run to pull away. Radio: WNBF 1290 AM (wnbf.com) Roger Neel (play-by-play) • Sophomore forward Nick Madray poured in 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting Live Video: bubearcats.tv — the fifth time he’s reached the 20-point mark in his young career. Madray, Live Stats: sidearmstats.com/binghamton/ mbball/ however, exited the game with 4:32 remaining with an injury and his status is uncertain for Monday night. ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Men’s Basketball Contact: John Hartrick • Freshman wing Justin McFadden added nine points, six points and two Office: 607-777-6800 steals in a team-high 38 minutes. McFadden went 5-for-5 from the free throw Cell: 607-222-6474 line and is converting 88% (37-of-42) for the season, 67th in the NCAA. Fax: 607-777-4597 Email: [email protected] • Binghamton has statistically the youngest team in the entire country (StatSheet.com). It’s 14 players have a combined 10 years of collegiate experi- ence. There are only two upperclassmen on the roster (1 senior, 1 junior). STAY CONNECTED • Three of the team’s top-4 scorers are freshmen and the starting lineup for the last four games has featured four freshmen and a sophomore. @BU_Bearcats /BinghamtonAthletics • The team has just two non-conference games remaining before America East play begins on Jan. 2 at UMass Lowell. After the Mt. St. Mary’s game, BU /BinghamtonAthletics will enjoy its longest layoff of the season (7 days) before hosting fellow SUNY school Buffalo on Dec. 30. /BinghamtonAthletics University’s mobile app. www.bubearcats.com 2014-15 Binghamton Bearcat Basketball www.bubearcats.com UNIVERSITY FACTS LAST TIME OUT School: Binghamton University The Bearcats dropped their 10th straight game, 69-51, to visiting St. Location: Vestal, N.Y. Bonaventure on Saturday. The Bonnies used a 27-8 second-half run Founded: 1946 as Triple Cities College of Syracuse Univ. to pull away. Binghamton received 20 points from sophomore forward Enrollment: 16,077 (12,997 undergraduates) Nick Madray. Madray was outstanding from the opening whistle, con- Nickname: Bearcats verting his first four shots and attacking the rim to the tune of three Colors: Dark Green, Black and White dunks. He wound up shooting 9-of-13 and adding six rebounds and Affiliation: Division I Conference: America East two blocks before being forced to leave the game with an injury. Home Court: Events Center Capacity: 5,142 Freshman wing Justin McFadden collected nine points, six rebounds Varsity Sports: 21 and two steals in 38 minutes. McFadden, who ranks 67th in the President: Harvey G. Stenger NCAA in free throw percentage, made all five of his attempts and has Dir. of Athletics: Patrick J. Elliott hit 37-of-42 (88%) for the season. Freshman forward Willie Rodriguez Website: www.bubearcats.com chipped in eight points, a team-high nine rebounds and three steals. MEN’S BASKETBALL FACTS SCOUTING MT. ST. MARY’S Head Coach: Tommy Dempsey Alma Mater: Susquehanna, ‘97 Mount St. Mary’s (3-6), two-time reigning Northeast Conference final- Record at BU: 10-50, third season ist and defending 2014 champion, has quickly built a reputation for a Overall Record: 217-167 (12 seasons) run-and-gun, press and three-point-shooting style. The team launches Assistant Coaches: Ben Luber, Herb Courtney, more than 25 three-point attempts per game. Bryan Goodman Dir. Bask. Oper. Chretien Lukusa Phone: 607-777-6369 The Mount went 16-17 last season but defeated St. Francis Brooklyn, 2013-14 Record: 7-23 (.233) Wagner and Robert Morris in the NEC Tournament to win the title. 2013-14 AE Record: 4-12 (.250), 6th place The Mountaineers lost to fellow America East school Albany, 71-64, 2013-14 Post-Season: AE Quarterfinals in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament in Dayton, Ohio. Three Starters R/L: 4/1 1,000-point scorers, including a pair of all-conference players, have Letterwinners R/L: 8/6 graduated from that 2014 title team and thus, The Mount was picked MEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY to finish fifth in the Preseason Coaches Poll. All-Time Record: 632-911 (.413, 67 years) Division I Record: 148-239 (13 years) Mt. St. Mary’s has played a tough schedule that has featured games NCAA Appearances: One (2009, DIvision I) America East: 91-121 (.429) against No. 2 Arizona (L 78-55), Wake Forest (L 83-49), Seton Hall (L America East Championships: One (2009) 78-55), Bucknell (W 73-69) and in its last outing, an away game at BINGHAMTON SPORTS INFORMATION defending Patriot League champion American (L 46-45). In that game Associate AD/SID: John Hartrick (MBB contact) on Saturday, American got the winning bucket on a layup with 0.5 Phone: 607-777-6800 seconds left. Andrew Smeathers and Gregory Graves had eight points Assistant SID: David O’Brian apiece. Seven-foot center Taylor Danaher grabbed 12 rebounds. Phone: 607-777-6478 e-mail: [email protected] ALL-TIME SERIES Cell: 607-222-6473 Assistants: Terrence Lollie Th The all-time series is even at 2-2 after BU posted a 74-70 win Phone: 607-777-2956 in Emmitsburg last December. In that game, Binghamton shot 68 email: [email protected] percent in the second half and put four in double figures. Marlon Cell: 607-341-1601 Beck scored a team-high 19 points and Yosef Yacob sank 6-of-6 free Assistants: Dave Van Gorder throws in the final 39 seconds. Yacob scored 15 of his season-high Phone: 607-777-4956 email: [email protected] 18 points in the second half and Nick Madray tallied 10 of his 12 Cell: 607-237-3103 points in the final frame. Madray grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds SID fax: 607-777-4597 to post his first collegiate double-double. The teams have alternated Press Row Phone: 607-777-6340 wins since beginning the series in 2005. The road team has won the last two games and all four games have been decided by single digits. Game 14 • Monday, December 22, 2014 • @ Mt. St. Mary’s • 7 p.m. • Knott Arena • Emmitsburg, Md. 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. Monitors will display in-game statis- cable channels in the Northeast have carried tics on press row.