VESTAL, N.Y. - Senior forward Caleb Stewart kept up his big production with a career-high 26 points and Binghamton men's basketball (6-15, 2-4 America East) toppled visiting Maine (3-18, 1-5 AE) 78-66 Saturday afternoon at Dr. Bai Lee Court at the Events Center. 

Stewart posted his second-straight double-double with 11 rebounds and reached the 1,000-point milestone for his collegiate career with a free throw with 19 seconds left in the game. Stewart becomes the second Bearcat to reach the plateau this season (J.C. Show) and is the fourth BU player to reach in the last three seasons.

Binnghamton shot 54 percent for the game but trailed 51-44 with 12:20 remaining before rallying. Five different players scored during a 20-8 run that spanned 6:10 and gave the Bearcats a 64-59 lead with 6:10 left. Show hit a pair of 3-pointers and seniors Timmy Rose and Everson Davis also hit key threes during the run. Binghamton then made 10 free throws in the final 4:35 to seal the win.

Stewart had a huge first half, hitting 6-of-7 (5-of-6 from 3-pt.) en route to 17 points. But after BU led by as many as 12 in the first period, Maine rallied to within two, 38-36, at intermission. The Black Bears then opened the second half with an 8-0 run to take the lead and stretched that margin to seven before BU responded.

Freshman guard Sam Sessoms scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half and added four assists and a pair of steals. Show chipped in 11 points and two steals and senior forward Chancellor Barnard added eight rebounds, six points and three steals.

With the win, BU snapped a four-game losing skid and moved into sole possession of sixth place in the America East standings. 

The Bearcats next play at Hartford on Wednesday. 

NOTES
After a career-high 22-point showing Wednesday against UMass Lowell, senior forward Caleb Stewart raised his career-high points mark again. For the week, he averaged 24 points on 60% shooting and also averaged 13.5 rebounds. Stewart played single seasons at South Carolina-Aiken (224 pts.) and Saint Leo (467 pts.) before coming to Binghamton. In two seasons as a Bearcat, Stewart now has 311 points for 1,002 total collegiate points.