Binghamton Schedule/Results 2019-20 Bearcat Basketball Notes Overall: 0-1 America East: 0-0 Home: 0-0 • Away: 0-1
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2019-20 BINGHAMTON SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2019-20 BEARCAT BASKETBALL NOTES OVERALL: 0-1 AMERICA EAST: 0-0 HOME: 0-0 • AWAY: 0-1 NOVEMBER (0-1) 5 Tue. @ Cornell (Ivy League Network) L 64-84 10 Sun. @ Michigan St. (Big Ten Network) 7 p.m. BINGHAMTON 13 Wed. @ Columbia (Ivy League Network) 7 p.m. 16 Sat. SACRED HEART (ESPN3) 4 p.m. 20 Wed. @ NJIT (ESPN+) 7 p.m. GAME 2 23 Sat. ARMY (ESPN+) 4 p.m. Tue., Nov 10, 2019 - 7 p.m. 26 Tue. ONEONTA (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Breslin Center DECEMBER (0-0) 1 Sun. @ Loyola (Patriot League Net.) 6 p.m. East Lansing, Mich. 4 Wed. COLGATE (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 7 Sat. BOSTON UNIV. (ESPN3) 2 p.m. BINGHAMTON No. 1 Michigan St. 18 Wed. @ Youngstown St. (ESPN+/3) 7:45 p.m. BEARCATS 20 Fri. @ Pitt (ACC Network) 7 p.m. SPARTANS 29 Sun. *HARTWICK (ESPN+) 2 p.m. (0-1) Binghamton (0-1) LAST TIME OUT JANUARY (0-0) at LAST TIME OUT 4 Sat. *ALBANY (ESPN3) 4 p.m. L, 84-64 @ Cornell (11/5) L, 69-62 vs. No. 2 Kent. (11/5) 8 Wed. *UMBC (ESPN+) 7 p.m. No. 1 Michigan State 11 Sat. *@ UMass Lowell (ESPN+) 5:30 p.m. LEADERS 15 Wed. *VERMONT (ESPN+) 7 p.m. LEADERS 19 Sun. *@ Maine (ESPN+) 2 p.m. PPG PPG 22 Wed. *@ Stony Brook (ESPN+) 7 p.m. Sarr 16.0 SERIES HISTORY Winston 21.0 25 Sat. *NEW HAMPSHIRE (ESPN3) 4 p.m. RPG Michigan State leads 1-0 29 Wed. *@ Hartford (ESPN+) 7 p.m. RPG Tinsley 5.0 Tillman 9.0 FEBRUARY (0-0) APG VIDEO APG 5 Wed. *@ Albany (ESPN+/3) 7 p.m. Sessoms 5.0 8 Sat. *MAINE (ESPN+/3) 2 p.m. BIG 10 Network Winston 4.0 12 Wed. *STONY BROOK (ESPN+/3) 7 p.m. 15 Sat. *@ Vermont (ESPN+/3) 2 p.m. HEAD COACH AUDIO HEAD COACH 20 Thur. *@ UMass Lowell (ESPN+/3) 7 p.m. Tommy Dempsey wnbf.com (Roger Neel) Tom Izzo 22 Sat. *HARTFORD (ESPN3) 4 p.m. 8th season at Binghamton 26 Wed. *@ UMBC (ESPN+/3) 7 p.m. 24th season at MSU 29 Sat. *@ New Hampshire (ESPN+/3) 1 p..m. Overall: 264-278 (17 yrs.) Overall: 606-232 MARCH (0-0) QUICK HITS 7 Sat. America East Quarterfinals TBA 10 Tue. America East Semifinals TBA • This is Binghamton’s 74th season of basketball, 19th at the Division I level 14 Sat. America East Final TBA • BU was picked to finish T-6th (of 9) in the America East Preseason Poll • BU returns just one starter and two scholarship players from 10-23 team *America East game broadcast on ESPN3/ESPN+ HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS • BU plays a No. 1 ranked team for first time in program history Last time out • On Tuesday, BU dropped its opener at Cornell 84-64 BROADCAST INFORMATION • Senior forward Pierre Sarr tied his career high with 16 points (6-of-12 FG) • Senior guard Richard Caldwell, Jr. added 12 points (4-of-7 FG) Radio: WNBF 1290 AM (wnbf.com) • BU trailed by seven at half but an early 9-0 Cornell run put the game away Roger Neel (play-by-play) ESPN3/+ (home games): Tim Heiman (PbP) About MSU Doug Walsh (color) • AP Preseason No. 1 for first time in school history • Began season with 69-62 loss vs. No. 2 Kentucky in Champions Classic Tues- ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS day at Madison Square Garden Men’s Basketball Contact: John Hartrick • Senior guard Cassius Winston had team-high 21 points (10-of-11 FT) Office: 607-777-6800 • Return three starters (and 8 of top 11 scorers) from 32-7 team that went to Cell: 607-222-6474 NCAA Final Four Fax: 607-777-4597 Email: [email protected] • Reigning Big Ten Player of Year Cassius Winston (18.8 ppg., 7.5 apg.) is a con- sensus AP Preseason All-American • Spartans have won last two Big Ten titles and have made 22 straight NCAA AMERICA EAST PRESEASON POLL tournaments • In 24 seasons, Head Coach Tom Izzo has 606 wins (25/season) and has pro- Rank. Team Pts. duced 20 NBA Draft picks and is an eight-time National Coach of the Year 1. Vermont (8) (unanimous) 64 • Michigan State is 410-60 (87%) all-time at the Breslin Center 2. UMBC (1) 53 3. Stony Brook 48 4. Albany 47 All-time series vs. MSU 5. UMass Lowell 38 • MSU won the first matchup between the two programs, 76-33, on Dec. 5, 2015 T-6. BINGHAMTON 23 in the Breslin Center Hartford 23 • In that game, No. 3 MSU led 41-12 at half and rolled to the 43-point win 8. Maine 15 • It was BU’s most lopsided loss in 12 games against nationally-ranked opponents www.bubearcats.com 2019-20 Binghamton Bearcats Basketball www.bubearcats.com UNIVERSITY Second half struggles lead to lopsided loss in opener School: Binghamton The Bearcats saw a five-point deficit balloon to as many as 21 points in the University season-opening defeat at Cornell on Tuesday. Binghamton struggled from the Location: Vestal, N.Y. perimeter in the second half, shooting just 36% and misfiring on nine of 13 Founded: 1946 as Triple Cities College of Syracuse University attempts from beyond the arc. Leading scorer Sam Sessoms was held to six Enrollment: 14,021 points on 2-of-10 shooting. Nickname: Bearcats Colors: Dark Green, Black Binghamton vs. ranked opponents and White Affiliation: Division I • This will be the 13th time Binghamton plays a nationally-ranked opponent Conference: America East (0-12) and the eighth time it plays a Top 5 team Home Court: Events Center • This is the first time BU plays a No. 1 team Capacity: 5,142 • The highest-ranked opponent BU has faced was No. 2 Michigan, last Dec. Varsity Sports: 21 President: Harvey G. Stenger 30, 2018. The host Wolverines won 74-52 Dir. of Athletics: Patrick J. Elliott • The closest game BU has ever played against a ranked opponent was a Website: www.bubearcats.com 21-point loss to No. 19 Syracuse on Dec. 3, 2003 (75-54) MEN’S BASKETBALL FACTS Binghamton vs. Big Ten Head Coach: Tommy Dempsey • This will be the seventh time BU has faced an opponent from the Big Ten Alma Mater: Susquehanna, ‘97 • BU is 0-6, having lost three times at Michigan (2004, 2012, 2018) and once Record at BU: 57-161 (eighth season) each at Michigan State (2015), Northwestern (2018) and Penn State (2017) Overall Record: 264-278 (17 seasons) Assistant Coaches: Bryan Goodman (Associate Head Coach), Levell Sanders, Sessoms named to America East Preseason Team Brian Johnson Sophomore guard Sam Sessoms, reigning America East Rookie of the Year, Dir. Bask. Oper. Patrick Norris was named to the six-player conference preseason team. Sessoms ranked fifth Phone: 607-777-6369 2018-19 Record: 10-23 (5-11 home, 5-12 away) in the nation in freshman scoring last year (17.8 ppg.) and was a third team 2018-19 AE Record: 5-11 (2-6 home, 3-5 away) all-conference selection. He ranked 53rd in the country in field goals, scored 25 2018-19 Post-Season: AE semifinals or more points seven times and tied the school record with a 34-point barrage Starters R/L: 1/4 against Hartford on Feb. 27. In that game, he scored 24 points in the second Letterwinners R/L: 3/7 half. Bearcats retool roster, are flooded with newcomers, young talent MEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY Due to an off-season cycle that included five graduations, three transfers, one All-Time Record: 638-937 (.405, 68 years) late departure to international pro ball and a tragic death, Binghamton has a Division I Record: 195-350 (18 years) NCAA Appearances: One (2009) roster that is small in quantity and relatively inexperienced. The 2019-20 team America East: 111-181 (.380) has 10 available scholarship players, eight of whom are newcomers to the America East Championships: One (2009) program and seven of whom are underclassmen. The team’s total number of Division I seasons of experience is five, and three of those belong to one player (graduate transfer Pierre Sarr). BINGHAMTON SPORTS INFORMATION Associate AD/SID: John Hartrick (MBB contact) Bearcats boost size with recruiting class Phone: 607-777-6800 Associate SID: David O’Brian After playing undersized in the post throughout the 2018-19 season, BU bulked Phone: 607-777-6478 up on the recruiting trail and the roster now has four players 6-foot-8 or taller, e-mail: [email protected] including a seven-foot starting center (Yarden Willis) and a 6-foot-11 backup Cell: 607-222-6473 (Ador Athuai). Last season, talented but undersized 6-foot-4 Chancellor Assistants: Sydney Harbaugh (secondary MBB contact) Barnard started in the post. In October, Barnard was taken by the South Bay Phone: 607-777-4956 Lakers in the second round of the NBA G-League Draft. email: [email protected] Cell: 315-317-0718 Athletics family suffers loss with tragic death of Calistus Anyichie Press Row Phone: 607-777-6340 Binghamton men’s basketball suffered a tragic loss in July when 6-foot-9 ris- ing sophomore center Calistus Anyichie died in a drowning accident. One of the most well-known and beloved athletes on campus, Anyichie was born in Nigeria and went to high school in New Jersey before choosing Binghamton. He had a promising basketball career and aspirations to be a diplomat after graduation.