Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)

VESTAL, N.Y. - Binghamton men's basketball renews acquaintances with Northeast Conference member CCSU for the first time in seven years when the Bearcats (0-3) and Blue Devils (0-3) meet Tuesday night in New Britain, Conn. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. at Detrick Gym.

Binghamton plays its third road game in four games to open the 2015-16 season. The Bearcats are looking for their first win of the season, as is CCSU.

QUICK HITS
•    Tuesday's tile is the first of two games against Northeast Conference teams this season (Mt. St. Mary's on Dec. 29).
•    Sophomore forward Willie Rodriguez (13.0 ppg., 7.0 rpg.) leads the team in scoring and rebounding.
•    Freshman guard Everson Davis is averaging 10.0 points and a team-best 3.3 assists.
•    Freshman center Thomas Bruce is averaging 5.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks
•    The Bearcats have seven players averaging 20 or minutes per game and six are underclassmen.

LAST TIME OUT
•    Binghamton received 17 points from junior guard Marlon Beck II but surrendered 12 three-pointers and succumbed to host Cornell 76-59 last Wednesday.
•    Sophomore forward Willie Rodriguez added 14 points and seven rebounds.
•    Freshman guard Everson Davis tallied 10 points and five assists.
•    Cornell shot 53% (59% in second half) and allowed BU no closer than five in the second half.

ABOUT CCSU
•    Blue Devils have lost to fellow America East member Hartford (92-83 in 2OT), at Penn (77-61) and at Boston College (82-57) to start the season.
•    CCSU is averaging 67.0 points on offense but is giving up 83.7 points.
•    Junior guard Khalen Cumberlander is averaging a team-best 15.3 points.
•    Senior forward Brandon Peel is averaging 13.7 points and a team-best 9.7 rebounds.
•    Three of the team's starters are averaging 33+ minutes a game
•    CCSU was picked to finish 10th (last) in the Northeast Conference Preseason Poll.
•    CCSU returns three starters from a 5-26 team of a year ago.

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. CCSU
•    CCSU owns a 4-0 lead in the all-time series.
•    The teams played all four games in a four-year span between 2005-08, including twice in the 2005-06 season.
•    Three of CCSU's wins have been by four or fewer points.
•    Ironically, the most lopsided game was a 76-51 win for host CCSU during BU's NCAA season in 2008-09. In fact, that loss was the worst of BU's record-setting 23-9 campaign — even more lopsided than the Bearcats' 86-62 loss to second-seeded Duke in the NCAA tournament.  

NEXT UP
•    Binghamton returns home for two straight games at the Events Center, beginning with a Saturday tilt against former America East foe Boston University
•    The B.U. Terriers, now in the Patriot League, own a commanding 21-5 lead in the all-time series.