Binghamton Schedule/Results 2018-19 Bearcat Basketball Notes Overall: 10-22 America East: 5-11 Home: 5-11 • Away: 5-11
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2018-19 BINGHAMTON SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2018-19 BEARCAT BASKETBALL NOTES OVERALL: 10-22 AMERICA EAST: 5-11 HOME: 5-11 • AWAY: 5-11 NOVEMBER (2-5) 6 Tue. +CORNELL (ESPN+) L 75-86 9 Fri. +NJIT (ESPN+) L 57-74 BINGHAMTON 12 Mon. +MISERICORDIA (ESPN3) W 107-64 16 Fri. @ Northwestern (ESPNews) L 54-82 19 Mon. +@ Colgate (Patriot League Net.) L 68-76 GAME 33 24 Sat. SACRED HEART (ESPN+) W 78-73 Tue., March 12, 2019 - 7 p.m. 28 Wed. @ Army (Patriot League Net.) L 56-67 Patrick Gymnasium (3,266) DECEMBER (2-5) 1 Sat. HARTWICK (ESPN3) W 89-70 Burlington, Vt. 5 Wed. @ Morgan State L 68-74 #1 VERMONT 8 Sat. LOYOLA (ESPN+) L 65-83 #7 BINGHAMTON CATAMOUNTS 15 Sat. YOUNGSTOWN ST. (ESPN+) L 48-58 BEARCATS (25-6) 18 Tue. @ Notre Dame (ACC Network+) L 56-69 (10-22) #7 Binghamton 21 Fri. ! LIU Brooklyn (NEC Front Row) W 68-67 30 Sun. @ No. 2 Michigan (BIG TEN Net.) L 52-74 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT vs. JANUARY (2-6) at #2 Stony Brook (3/9) vs. #8 Maine (3/9) 2 Wed. COLUMBIA ((ESPN+) L 63-65 W, 78-72 #1 Vermont W, 73-57 5 Sat. *NEW HAMPSHIRE (ESPN3) W 69-58 9 Wed. *@ Stony Brook (ESPN3) L 46-59 16 Wed. *@ UMBC (ESPN+) L 49-68 LEADERS AE SEMIFINALS LEADERS 19 Sat. *@ Vermont (ESPN3) L 50-78 PPG PPG 23 Wed. *UMASS LOWELL (ESPN3) L 79-85 Sessoms - 18.4 ppg Lamb - 21.2 ppg 26 Sat. *MAINE (ESPN3) W 78-66 RPG SERIES HISTORY RPG 30 Wed. *@ Hartford (ESPN3) L 60-86 Vermont leads 32-8 C. Stewart - 7.1 rpg Lamb - 7.9 rpg FEBRUARY (2-5) APG APG 2 Sat. *@ Albany (ESPN+) L 50-64 6 Wed. *STONY BROOK (ESPN3) L 59-85 Sessoms - 3.5 apg VIDEO: ESPN+ R. Duncan - 2.6 apg 9 Sat. *@ New Hampshire (ESPN3) W 68-61 13 Wed. *UMBC (ESPN+) L 50-64 HEAD COACH AUDIO HEAD COACH 21 Thur. *@ UMass Lowell (ESPN+) W 81-66 Tommy Dempsey wnbf.com (Roger Neel) John Becker 23 Sat. *VERMONT (ESPN3) L 63-69 8th season at Vermont 27 Wed. *HARTFORD (ESPN+) L 76-96 7th season at Binghamton MARCH (2-1) QUICK HITS 2 Sat. *@ Maine (ESPN+) W 83-60 • This is Binghamton’s 73rd season of basketball, 18th at the Division I level 5 Tue. *ALBANY (ESPN+) L 58-73 9 Sat. $ @ No. 2 Stony Brook W 78-72 • BU was picked to finish 6th (of 9) in the America East Preseason Coaches’ Poll 12 Tue. $$ @ No. 1 Vermont 7 p.m. • This is the 18th America East season for BU, which is 106-170 (.384) all-time 16 Sat. America East Champ. (ESPN2) 11 a.m. • BU finished seventh and returned to postseason after missing out last year + Central New York Hoops Classic • BU is making its first appearance in the AE semifinals in 10 years (2009) ! played at Barclays Center *America East game broadcast on ESPN3/ESPN+ $ America East Quarterfinals/ $$ AE Semifinals Last time out • BU built an 18-point halftime lead and fought off No. 2 Stony Brook in the closing BROADCAST INFORMATION minutes for a 78-72 upset win in the quarterfinals Saturday on Long Island Radio: WNBF 1290 AM (wnbf.com) • Freshman guard Sam Sessoms scored 26 points and senior guard J.C. Show Roger Neel (play-by-play) tallied 11 of his 19 points in the second half as BU hung on after seeing a 24-point ESPN3/+ (home games): Tim Heiman (PbP) cushion dwiindle to three in the final minute Doug Walsh (color) • Senior forward Caleb Stewart added 16 points - 14 in the first half • The win snapped a six-game postseason losing streak and was just the third win ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS in 34 all-time games (3-31) for the No. 7 seed over the No. 2 seed in the tourney Men’s Basketball Contact: John Hartrick Office: 607-777-6800 About Vermont Cell: 607-222-6474 • UVM is coming off a comfortable 73-57 win over No. 8 Maine in the quarters Fax: 607-777-4597 • UVM is outscoring AE opponents by an average of more than 13 points Email: [email protected] • Junior standout Anthony Lamb (21.2 ppg.) was named AE Player of Year • Team features trio of Duncan brothers (Ernie, Everett, Robin) FINAL AMERICA EAST STANDINGS • Catamounts are 41-5 at home in the last three years and have won three straight AE regular season titles and four of the last six America East Overall • Catamounts have won 20 or more games for a remarkable 11 straight years Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Vermont 14 2 .875 25 6 .806 Stony Brook 12 4 .750 24 8 .750 All-time series vs. Vermont UMBC 11 5 .688 20 12 .625 • Vermont owns lopsided 32-8 lead in all-time series and is 16-2 at Patrick Gym Hartford 10 6 .625 18 14 .563 • Catamounts have won eight straight and 13 of last 14 in series UMass Lowell 7 9 .438 15 17 .469 • Last eight matchups at Patrick have yielded Vermont wins by average of 24 pts Albany 7 9 .438 12 20 .375 BINGHAMTON 5 11 .313 10 22 .313 • UVM swept the season series, winning 78-50 in Burlington on Jan. 19 and 69-63 Maine 3 13 .188 5 27 .156 in Vestal on Feb. 23 New Hamp. 3 13 .188 5 24 .172 • BU’s last win in Burlington was epic. On Feb. 4, 2009, BU’s NCAA team rallied from 25 points down in the second half to win 85-83 at Patrick Gym. It’s the eighth- www.bubearcats.com greatest road comeback in NCAA history. 2018-19 Binghamton Bearcats Basketball www.bubearcats.com Bearcats sting No. 2 Stony Brook on road in quarterfinals Binghamton is back in the America East semfinals for the first time in 10 years School: Binghamton after stunning No. 2 Stony Brook 78-72 in Saturday night’s quarterfinals. The No. University 7 seed was just 2-31 all-time vs. the No. 2 seed entering this tournament and BU Location: Vestal, N.Y. Founded: 1946 as Triple Cities College of had lost six straight playoff games (four to Stony Brook), making the road win Syracuse University quite improbable against a 24-win Seawolves team. Binghamton’s last tourney Enrollment: 13,632 win had been a first-round (#8 vs #9) win over UMBC in the 2012 tourney. Nickname: Bearcats Colors: Dark Green, Black and White Binghamton back in semifinals for first time in 10 years Affiliation: Division I The last time BU advanced to the semifinals was during its championship run Conference: America East in 2009. The team also reached the semifinals in 2005 and 2006. Binghamton Home Court: Events Center meets Vermont in the postseason for the first time in eight years. The Bearcats’ Capacity: 5,142 Varsity Sports: 21 postseason record against Vermont is 0-4. The Catamounts eliminated BU in the President: Harvey G. Stenger semifinals in 2005 and 2006 and also posted quarterfinal wins in 2008 and 2011. Dir. of Athletics: Patrick J. Elliott Website: www.bubearcats.com Binghamton has chance to make history in America East tourney The Bearcats have an opportunity to become the lowest seeded team to reach MEN’S BASKETBALL FACTS the AE title game and also the first team in the 36-year history of a seeded AE Head Coach: Tommy Dempsey tourney to beat the top two seeds in their first two games. The only team to Alma Mater: Susquehanna, ‘97 knock off the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds was Albany in 2014 (as the No. 4 seed). Record at BU: 48-137 (seventh season) Overall Record: 255-256 (16 seasons) The Great Danes beat No. 1 Vermont in the semifinals and No. 2 Stony Brook in Assistant Coaches: Bryan Goodman (Associate the championship. But no team has done it in the quarters-semis and no team Head Coach), Herb Courtney, has done it on the road. Chretien Lukusa Dir. Bask. Oper. Pete Corasaniti Phone: 607-777-6369 Sessoms named Rookie of Year, third team all-conference 2017-18 Record: 11-20 Freshman guard Sam Sessoms was named the America East Rookie of the 2017-18 AE Record: 2-14, 9th Year and a third team all-conference selection. He ranks third in the conference 2017-18 Post-Season: none in scoring (18.4 ppg.), fifth in assists (3.5 apg.), seventh in 3-point shooting (2.2/ Starters R/L: 4/1 Letterwinners R/L: 7/7 game and 37%) and 10th in field goal percentage (.453). He has 13 20+ point games this season (2nd most in BU history) and ranks 27th in the country in made field goals. He already has established BU freshman records for points, assists, steals and 3-pointers in a season. Sessoms becomes BU’s second AE Rookie of the Year (Dylan Talley in 2009-10) and its first all-conference selection All-TimeMEN’S Record: BASKETBALL 638-937 HISTORY (.405, 68 years) Division I Record: 185-328 (17 years) since Willie Rodriguez earned third team honors in 2015-16. NCAA Appearances: One (2009, Divi- sion I) Show named to All-Academic Team for second straight year America East: 106-170 (.384) Senior guard J.C. Show earned a spot on the America East Basketball All- America East Championships: One (2009) Academic Team for the second straight year. A graduate student in BU’s public BINGHAMTON SPORTS INFORMATION administration master’s program, Show has a 3.80 GPA after achieving a 3.87 mark as an undergraduate student.