VESTAL, N.Y. - Binghamton men's basketball (7-20, 4-10 America East) aims for a season sweep of UMBC (6-23, 2-12 AE) when the teams meet in the second-to-last regular season game Wednesday night in Baltimore. 

The Bearcats, winners of two of their last three, have beaten UMBC four straight times. With wins in their final two games, BU can earn the No. 5 seed for the upcoming America East tournament. 

QUICK HITS
•    With two regular season games remaining BU can finish anywhere from fifth to eighth for playoff position. The Bearcats sit in a tie for fifth place with Maine.  
•    Binghamton will try to sweep the season series from UMBC after winning in Vestal one month ago. The Bearcats have won four straight in the series.   
•    Sophomore forward Willie Rodriguez is fourth in the AE in scoring (14.7 ppg.) and seventh in rebounding (6.6 rpg.). 
•    Junior guard Marlon Beck (9.8 ppg.) ranks third in the AE in threes/game (2.4) and is also third on BU's all-time made three-pointers list (155).
•    Beck (8th with 795 pts.) and Rodriguez (9th with 776 pts.) are each on the career top-10 scoring list at Binghamton.   
•    Freshman center Thomas Bruce is averaging 7.8 points (on 60% FG) and 4.9 rebounds in league play.   
•    Binghamton's current rotation features no seniors and just two juniors. The 11 underclassmen gives BU the eighth-highest underclassmen percentage in the country (73.3%).

LAST TIME OUT
•    On Saturday, BU put five players in double figures and matched a season high with 81 points in a four-point home win over UMass Lowell.
•    Junior guard Marlon Beck scored 10 of his team-high 14 points in the second half. He made 6-of-6 free throws, including a pair with 0:09 left to seal the win.
•    Freshman guard Timmy Rose tallied 13 points, five rebounds and three assists.
•    Sophomore center Bobby Ahearn scored 11 points in 14 minutes of action.
•    The Bearcats led from start to finish in completing the season sweep of the River Hawks. 

ABOUT UMBC
•    The Retrievers score at a high rate (71.8 ppg.) but give up nearly 81 points per game (80.6) — third-most in the conference.
•    In league play, UMBC swept Maine for its only two wins. In their last outing on Saturday, UMBC lost at home to Vermont 99-54.
•    Sophomore guard Jairus Lyles doesn't qualify for NCAA statistics but is averaging what would be a league-high 22.7 points in 18 games.         
•    2013-14 AE Rookie of the Year Rodney Elliott, who missed all last season with an injury, averages 13.1 points 3.6 assists.
•    UMBC returned four starters and six letterwinners from a 4-26 team that finished eighth in the America East (2-14).
•    UMBC was picked to finish seventh in the Coaches' Preseason Poll — two spots behind Binghamton.

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. UMBC
•    Thanks to four straight wins, Binghamton holds a 16-12 all-time lead in the series. BU has won 11 of the last 17 matchups.  
•    Fourteen of the 28 games have been decided by six or fewer points.
•    The Bearcats are 4-8 on the road in the series.
•    One month ago in Vestal, junior guard Marlon Beck and sophomore forward Willie Rodriguez combined for 43 points to pace BU to a 66-57 win. Rodriguez netted a game-high 24 points and Beck added 19 points on 5-of-11 three-point shooting for the Bearcats, who led for nearly 39 minutes of the game.

NEXT UP
•    The Bearcats play their final regular season game Saturday when Maine comes to the Events Center. Binghamton will look for the season split.