Bearcats Keep Rolling, Albany & Maine Grab First Win On Wild Night

It was a pivotal night in America East for many reasons. First off, Binghamton kept rolling with a thrilling 91-83 overtime victory against Vermont the Bearcats' 6th straight win. The Bearcats (3-0 America East, 10-4 overall) led througout but the Catamounts (0-1, 9-5) were able to force the extra session. D.J. Rivera scored 6 of his 29 points in overtime. The America East's leading scorer (21.6 ppg) also grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds. Maurice Joseph led Vermont with a career-high 18.



Boston University, in the midst of a four-game losing skid, received more bad news that was confirmed before their conference opener at Albany. Key guards Tyler Morris and Carlos Strong are both out for the season with knee injures. If that wasn't enough, Corey Lowe (17.6 ppg) did not play after getting ejected in the Terriers' previous game against Holy Cross. Despite all that, Boston U. (0-1, 5-8) led 62-61 with less than 20 seconds left, but Tim Ambrose was fouled and sank both freebies with 12.3 second left and Matt Wolff's 16-footer at the buzzer caught the back of the iron. Ambrose scored 19 points and grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds. Will Harris added one of his own with 14 points and 10 boards for the Great Danes (1-1, 9-6). John Holland led Boston U. with 25.



Maine earned its first conference win of the season at Stony Brook, which had won 7 of 10 coming in. The Black Bears (1-1, 6-9) jumped out to an 18-point lead in the first half and never looked back. Maine's balanced scoring attack was led by Junior Bernal and Malachi Peay each had 12 points. Mark Socoby had 11, while Gerald McLemore added 10. Co-Player of the Week Muhammad El-Amin poured in a game-high 22 points for the Seawolves (1-2, 8-7).