2018-19 BINGHAMTON SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2018-19 BEARCAT BASKETBALL NOTES OVERALL: 6-18 AMERICA EAST: 2-7 HOME: 5-7 • AWAY: 1-11 • NEUTRAL: 0-0 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 25 24 Sat. SACRED HEART (ESPN+) W 78-73 Sat., Feb. 9, 2019 - 1 p.m. 28 Wed. @ Army (Patriot League Net.) L 56-67 Lundholm Gymnasium (xxxx) DECEMBER (2-5) 1 Sat. HARTWICK (ESPN3) W 89-70 Durham, N.H. 5 Wed. @ Morgan State L 68-74 NEW HAMPSHIRE 8 Sat. LOYOLA (ESPN+) L 65-83 BINGHAMTON WILDCATS 15 Sat. YOUNGSTOWN ST. (ESPN+) L 48-58 BEARCATS (3-19, 1-8 AE) 18 Tue. @ Notre Dame (ACC Network+) L 56-69 (6-18, 2-7 AE) 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) vs. Stony Brook (2/6) at UMass Lowell (2/6) 2 Wed. COLUMBIA ((ESPN+) L 63-65 L, 85-59 New Hampshire L, 72-62 5 Sat. *NEW HAMPSHIRE (ESPN3) W 69-58 9 Wed. *@ Stony Brook (ESPN3) L 46-59 16 Wed. *@ UMBC (ESPN+) L 49-68 LEADERS LEADERS 19 Sat. *@ Vermont (ESPN3) L 50-78 PPG SERIES HISTORY PPG 23 Wed. *UMASS LOWELL (ESPN3) L 79-85 Sessoms - 17.7 ppg New Hampshire leads 19-18 Reed - 10.2 ppg 26 Sat. *MAINE (ESPN3) W 78-66 RPG RPG 30 Wed. *@ Hartford (ESPN3) L 60-86 C. Stewart - 7.4 rpg VIDEO Martinez - 5.5 rpg FEBRUARY (0-2) APG APG 2 Sat. *@ Albany (ESPN+) L 50-64 ESPN3 Jordan - 2.4 apg 6 Wed. *STONY BROOK (ESPN3) L 59-85 Sessoms - 3.5 apg 9 Sat. *@ New Hampshire (ESPN3) 1 p.m. AUDIO 13 Wed. *UMBC (ESPN+) 7 p.m. HEAD COACH wnbf.com (Roger Neel) HEAD COACH 21 Thur. *@ UMass Lowell (ESPN+) 7 p.m. Tommy Dempsey Bill Herrion 23 Sat. *VERMONT (ESPN3) 2 p.m. 27 Wed. *HARTFORD (ESPN+) 7 p.m. At Bing.: 7th season At UNH: 14th Season MARCH QUICK HITS 2 Sat. *@ Maine (ESPN+) 11 a.m. 5 Tue. *ALBANY (ESPN+) 7 p.m. • This is Binghamton’s 73rd season of basketball, 18th at the Division I level 9 Sat. *America East Quarterfinals TBA • BU was picked to finish 6th (of 9) in the America East Preseason Coaches’ Poll 12 Tue. *America East Semifinals TBA 16 Sat. America East Champ. (ESPN2) 11 a.m. • This is the 18th America East season for BU, which is 106-170 (.384) all-time • Binghamton can strengthen its playoff position (top-8) by completing a season + Central New York Hoops Classic ! played at Barclays Center sweep of last place UNH. A win would give BU a two-game cushion plus tiebreaker *America East game broadcast on ESPN3/ESPN+ Last time out BROADCAST INFORMATION • BU ran into a finely tuned Stony Brook offense on Wednesday and suffered an 85-59 home loss, despite a combined 31 points from senior forward Caleb Stewart Radio: WNBF 1290 AM (wnbf.com) (16 pts.) and freshman guard Sam Sessoms (15). Roger Neel (play-by-play) • Stony Brook was +18 on the glass and hit 13 3-pointers ESPN3/+ (home games): Tim Heiman (PbP) Doug Walsh (color) About UNH • Wildcats have dropped seven straight games and have just one win vs. Division ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS I teams this season (UMass Lowell on Jan. 9) Men’s Basketball Contact: John Hartrick • Coming off 72-62 loss at Lowell on Wednesday with UML’s 19 FT the difference Office: 607-777-6800 • Team ranks last in AE in scoring (61.3 ppg.) and scoring margin (-9.0 ppg.) Cell: 607-222-6474 • UNH was picked to finish in a tie for seventh in the America East Preseason Poll Fax: 607-777-4597 Email: [email protected] • Returned two starters and 10 letterwinners from a 10-21 team that went 6-10 in AE play (T-6th) and lost in the tournament quarterfinals • Took heavy graduation toll and have to replace elite all-conference forward Tan- AMERICA EAST STANDINGS ner Leissner, all-time rebound leader Iba Camara and 1,000-point scorer Jacoby Armstrong in frontcourt America East Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. All-time series vs. UNH Vermont 8 1 .889 18 5 .783 Stony Brook 7 2 .778 19 5 .792 • UNH leads the close all-time series, which began in 2002, 19-18 UMBC 6 3 .667 14 10 .583 • In the first meeting in Vestal on Jan. 5, BU shot 50 percent and held UNH to just UMass Lowell 5 4 .556 13 11 .542 nine second-half field goals in a 69-58 win Hartford 5 4 .556 12 12 .500 • BU led throughout the game but used an 18-9 closing run to seal the victory Albany 3 5 .286 8 15 .348 Maine 3 6 .333 5 19 .208 • Freshman guard Sam Sessoms led BU with 21 points BINGHAMTON 2 7 .222 6 18 .250 • The Wildcats have won nine of the last 10 to erase a comfortable BU lead head- New Hamp. 1 8 .111 3 19 .136 to-head. UNH swept the season series in each of the last four years • The season is dead-even at Lundholm Gym (9-9) www.bubearcats.com 2018-19 Binghamton Bearcats Basketball www.bubearcats.com Bearcats lead America East, rank 7th in nation in blocks School: Binghamton Despite opening the season without the top shot blocker in the America East University (Thomas Bruce), BU has racked up 125 blocks through 24 games, tops in the Location: Vestal, N.Y. Founded: 1946 as Triple Cities College of AE and seventh-most in the country. In blocks per game, BU led the country for Syracuse University a week and currently ranks 11th (5.2/game). Individually, senior forward Caleb Enrollment: 13,632 Stewart swatted a career-high five vs. Columbia and has 46 blocks, which ranks Nickname: Bearcats third in the conference and 34th in the country. His 1.9 average is 48th. Senior Colors: Dark Green, Black and White forward Chancellor Barnard had a career-high seven-block showing (all in sec- Affiliation: Division I ond half) against UMass Lowell and has 40 blocks (4th in AE). Conference: America East Home Court: Events Center Stewart has string of double-digit rebounds Capacity: 5,142 Varsity Sports: 21 Senior forward Caleb Stewart, recent member of the 1,000-point club (reached President: Harvey G. Stenger on Jan. 26 in win over Maine), has stretched his string of double-digit rebounds Dir. of Athletics: Patrick J. Elliott to five. In the last five games, he has pulled down 16-11-10-10-10 to bump up Website: www.bubearcats.com his season average to 7.4, which ranks fifth in the America East. He has tied the program’s Division I record of consecutive games with double-figure rebounds, MEN’S BASKETBALL FACTS set by Mahamoud Jabbi in 2010-11. Head Coach: Tommy Dempsey Alma Mater: Susquehanna, ‘97 Sessoms goes off in first half against UMass Lowell, flirts with record Record at BU: 48-137 (seventh season) Overall Record: 255-256 (16 seasons) Freshman guard Sam Sessoms hit 8-of-10 shots (4-of-5 3-pt.) in the first half Assistant Coaches: Bryan Goodman (Associate against UMass Lowell on Jan. 23 and wound up with 22 points in 15 minutes Head Coach), Herb Courtney, of action. He added 10 more in the second half to wind up with 32 points, two Chretien Lukusa shy of tying the school single-game record. His total is the sixth-most by an AE Dir. Bask. Oper. Pete Corasaniti Phone: 607-777-6369 player this season and the highest BU total since teammate J.C. Show went for 2017-18 Record: 11-20 a school-record-tying 34 points vs. Central Connecticut State on Nov. 11, 2016. 2017-18 AE Record: 2-14, 9th His eight first-half field goals were the third-most in a half in program history. 2017-18 Post-Season: none Starters R/L: 4/1 Letterwinners R/L: 7/7 Sessoms remains sixth in nation in freshman scoring Freshman guard Sam Sessoms ranks third in the conference in scoring (17.7 ppg.) and is sixth in the entire nation in freshman scoring. He has eight 20+ point games this season. Sessoms ranks 26th in the country in made field goals. All-TimeMEN’S Record: BASKETBALL 638-937 HISTORY (.405, 68 years) Division I Record: 185-328 (17 years) Anyichie provides boost off bench NCAA Appearances: One (2009, Divi- Freshman forward Calistus Anyichie came off the bench to produce a season- sion I) high 10 points in 29 min. at Albany on Feb. 2. In his longest stint of the season, America East: 106-170 (.384) he hit 4-of-6 from the field and also had seven boards, three steals and a block. America East Championships: One (2009) BINGHAMTON SPORTS INFORMATION Sessoms has won five America East Rookie of Week honors Freshman guard Sam Sessoms has been named America East Rookie of the Associate AD/SID: John Hartrick (MBB contact) Week honor five times this season (Nov. 12, Nov. 26, Dec. 10, Dec. 24, Jan. 7). Phone: 607-777-6800 With five weekly honors, he ties former BU standout and 2010 AE Rookie of the Associate SID: David O’Brian Year Dylan Talley, who also had five during the 2009-10 season.