Hartford Hosts Boston University on ESPNU

Hartford and Boston University meet at 2 p.m. on ESPNU in just the second regular-season league contest to be nationally televised. The game is one of four matchups on Saturday, which has been dedicated to Coaches vs. Cancer across the nation. Here is what to look for...


Boston University's Corey Lowe had 16 points, but Hartford ousted the Terriers from the 2008 America East Championship with a 59-52 triumph in the semifinals. The win sent the Hawks to the league title game for the first time in school history. The Terriers' John Holland leads with 23.9 ppg against league foes, while teammate Corey Lowe is third (19.3 ppg) and Hartford's Jaret von Rosenberg, who earned all-championship honors last season, is eighth (15.6 ppg). The game will be televised nationally on ESPNU, just the second America East regular season contest to be aired across the country.

New Hampshire returns home after downing Stony Brook on Wednesday. The Wildcats hope to avenge their previous loss to Vermont, which downed UNH just six days ago in Burlington. Evan Fjeld scored a career-high 18 points on perfect 7-of-7 shooting. Marqus Blakely, the conference's fifth-leading scorer (15.8 ppg) and leader in rebounds (9.0 ppg), field goal percentage (.583), blocks (2.9 bpg) and steals (2.0 spg). Eric Gilchrese scored a season-high 22 off the bench for the Wildcats in the win over SBU.

Binghamton will celebrate the 5 year anniversary of the Events Center by taking on Maine at 2 p.m. The Bearcats who beat Hartford on Jan. 31, 2004 to open the building, have led the conference in attendance perennially since opening the facility.

Stony Brook and UMBC will face off on Long Island at 2. The Seawolves snapped the Retrievers 8-game home win streak with a 69-61 victory. Muhammad El-Amin and Bryan Dougher each had 19 with Dougher connnecting on 5-of-6 threes. Darryl Proctor, America East's second-leading scorer (19.8 ppg) and third-leading rebounder (9.0rpg), had 26 points and 10 boards. Jay Greene, who had 18 points in Wednesday's win against Binghamton, ranks 4th in the nation with 6.8 assists per game.