VESTAL, N.Y. - Binghamton men's basketball makes its first-ever appearance on campus at Morgan State when the Bearcats (3-5) face the MEAC member Bears (2-5) Wednesday night. The teams tip at 7 p.m. at the Talmadge Hill Field House. 

Binghamton has won two of its last three games and is coming off an 89-70 win over Hartwick on Saturday. Morgan State returns home after a 38-point loss at No. 4 Virginia Monday night in Charlottesville.

Freshman guard Sam Sessoms leads the Bearcats with a 17.9 scoring average. Senior guard J.C. Show is the other BU player averaging in double digits (11.3 ppg.). Senior forward Chancellor Barnard leads the team in rebounding (6.8 rpg.) and blocks (16). Senior forward Caleb Stewart is second in rebounds (6.4) and blocks (15). 

Last time out
• BU put five in double figures and shot 50% to beat Hartwick 89-70 Saturday
• Freshman guard Sam Sessoms scored team-high 17 points with five assists
• Senior forward Chancellor Barnard registered his second career double-double with 13 points and 10 boards
• Senior forward Caleb Stewart had 10 of his 16 points in second half
• Seniors Timmy Rose (12) and Everson Davis (10) also reached double digits
• Bearcats withstood 15 threes from Division III Hawks

A win over Morgan State would ...
• Give BU its first road win of the season
• Make it 2-for-2 in the all-time series against the Bears  

About Morgan State
• Return two starters and seven lettermen from a 13-19 squad of a year ago
• Picked to finish sixth (of 12) in the MEAC preseason poll
• Coming off 83-45 loss at No. 4 Virginia on Monday
• Wins over Navy and Mt. St. Mary's and narrow 82-75 loss at George Mason
• Tough slate has included losses to Villanova (100-77) and DePaul (91-63)
• No double-digit scorer on team but six players scoring between 6-9 ppg. and 11 different players cycled onto court with 10 or minutes per game   

All-time series vs. Morgan State
• In the first meeting between the schools last Nov. 10 in Vestal, BU won 76-59
• In that game, J.C. Show scored 12 points in a 3:31 span to spark a 20-2 run to start the second half after BU trailed by one at intermission
• The Bearcats put four players in double figures and limited the Bears to 34 percent shooting with 18 turnovers

Bearcats rank second in nation in blocks
Despite opening the season without the top shot blocker in the America East (Thomas Bruce), BU has racked up 58 blocks through eight games (7.25), led the country for a week and currently ranks second, behind only Duke (7.4). Individually, senior forward Chancellor Barnard has 16 and senior forward Caleb Stewart has 15. Barnard ranks 88th in the nation in block percentage (penkom) and is the ONLY player under 6-foot-5 in the top-100.   

Barnard shooting lofty 74 percent, ranks 18th in kenpom FG%
Senior forward Chancellor Barnard has converted 29-of-39 shots (.744) and ranks 18th in kenpom's "effective FG percentage" category. Barnard's 74 percent would rank third in the nation but he falls short of the minimum made FGs.

Pair of Bearcats moving toward 1,000-point mark
Seniors J.C. Show and Caleb Stewart are marching toward the 1K mark for their scoring careers. Show, who played his first collegiate season at Bucknell, currenty sits at 914 points. Stewart played single seasons at South Carolina-Aiken and Saint Leo before finishing his last two seasons at Binghamton. He has 834 career points.  

Barnard registers second double-double of season for Bearcats
Senior forward Chancellor Barnard got a career-high 37 minutes against Hartwick and posted his second double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds. It was the second time in four games Barnard has hit for the double. At Colgate on Nov. 19, he had 11 points and a career-high 11 rebounds.

Sessoms named America East Rookie of Week for second time
Freshman guard Sam Sessoms has already twice been named America East Rookie of the Week (Nov. 12, Nov. 26). He ranks ninth in the nation in freshman scoring (17.9 ppg.) and is fourth in the America East in overall scoring. He has scored in double figures in all eight of his collegiate games.