Friday, March 4th, 2011
“We just ran into a buzz saw,” remarked UMBC head coach Randy Monroe following the Retrievers 91-65 loss to Binghamton in the play-in game of the America East conference tournament.
“The first two inches of the banana have all the sugar. The rest is just good food,” remarked Binghamton head coach Mark Macon. “We got the sugar going early, and just played good the rest of the night.”
Binghamton’s offensive performance was beyond words like “buzz saw,” “bombardment” and “beat down – phrases like that don’t do justice the shooting display the Bearcats unleashed before a mostly empty arena Thursday night. The final score was lopsided. Reality? That was more lopsided. (more…)
Tags: America East Tournament, Binghamton, Greer Wright, Justin Fry, Laurence Jolicoeur, Mahamoud Jabbi, Mark Macon, Moussa Camara, Randy Monroe, Travis King, UMBC
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Friday, January 21st, 2011
In last night’s action: UMBC decides it likes this whole ‘winning’ thing, Binghamton sinks farther into the abyss, Vermont overcomes its traditional stumbling block, and BU bounces back on its home court
UMBC 74, Hartford 70 (2OT)
You are Hartford (6-12, 3-2 AE). You are at home. Your opponent is UMBC (3-16, 2-4 AE), one of the worst teams in Division-I by any reasonable standard. You hold your opponent’s four starters not named Justin Fry to 3-of-26 shooting, including 1-of-13 from star point guard Chris De La Rosa. You have a nine-point lead with seven minutes to play in regulation. And somehow, some way, you end up losing this game in double overtime? As has become standard operating procedure, the Hawks let this one get away late. That being said, credit Fry’s 10 rebounds and 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting, as well as Brian Neller‘s 24 points on 8-of-14 shooting coming off the bench, which was easily the best performance of the sophomore’s career. Morgan Sabia had 17 relatively inefficient points (not that impressive) to go with 17 rebounds (very impressive) for Hartford in the loss. (more…)
Tags: Albany, Binghamton, Boston University, Brian Neller, Chandler Rhoads, Chris De La Rosa, D.J. Irving, Dallis Joyner, Dane DiLiegro, Hartford, John Holland, Justin Fry, Mahamoud Jabbi, Morgan Sabia, New Hampshire, Stony Brook, Tyrone Conley, UMBC, Vermont
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