VESTAL, N.Y. - After seeing its four-game win streak snapped on Sunday, Binghamton men's basketball (4-4) returns to the Events Center where it is unbeaten, when the Bearcats (4-4) welcome reigning Patriot League champion Colgate (5-3) Wednesday night. The teams tip at 7 p.m. at Dr. Bai Lee Court in a game broadcast on ESPN3.

Sophomore guard Sam Sessoms leads BU in scoring (19.1 ppg.) and assists (4.6 apg.). Freshman forward George Tinsley is averaging 12.4 points and a team-high 9.0 rebounds. Freshman guard Brenton Mills (11.1 ppg.) is the team's other double-digit scorer. Senior forward Pierre Sarr (8.3 rpg.) has hit double-digit rebounds in three straight games.   

QUICK HITS
• This is Binghamton's 74th season of basketball, 19th at the Division I level
• BU was picked to finish T-6th (of 9) in the America East Preseason Poll
• BU returns just one starter and two scholarship players from 10-23 team
• This is the middle game of three straight against Patriot League teams

Last time out
• On Sunday in Baltimore, Loyola shot 63% in the first half, built a 17-point cushion and snapped BU's four-game win streak with a 77-65 result
• Freshman forward George Tinsley scored a game-high 24 points (19 in second half) and produced his third double-double of the season with 10 rebounds
• Sophomore guard Sam Sessoms added 17 points (13 in second half)
• Senior forward Pierre Sarr pulled down 15 rebounds    

About Colgate
• Colgate has won four in a row and is coming off a 72-62 home win over Siena on Saturday
• The team has played a challenging schedule that included losses to Clemson, Syracuse and No. 19 Auburn
• Colgate and BU each has wins over NJIT and an Upstate Division III opponent  
• The Raiders return four starters and nine lettermen from a 24-11 team
• Tha team completed a record-breaking season with 2019 Patriot League regular season and tournament titles and a strong showing in the NCAA tournament
• No. 15 seed Colgate pushed No. 2 Tennessee to closing minutes in 77-70 loss
• Team had two preseason all-Patriot League selections (Jordan Burns and Rapolas Ivanauskas) and was a unanimous pick to repeat as league champions

All-time series vs. Colgate
• Colgate leads the all-time series 11-5
• Binghamton, however, has won three of the last four head-to-head games
• Last Nov. 19 in Hamilton, Colgate used an 18-7 run to take control midway through the second half and the Raiders (15-1 at home in 2018-19) made four free throws in the final 52 seconds to hold off Binghamton 76-68 at Cotterell Court. Freshman guard Sam Sessoms led all scorers with 19 points but the Bearcats struggled beyond the arc (7-for-26) and Colgate shot 50 percent in the second half to turn a see-saw game in its favor.
• Last time the teams met at the Events Center, BU held 'Gate to seven second-half field goals and posted a 76-65 win on Dec. 2, 2017

BU vs. Patriot League  
With the loss at Loyola, Binghamton is 11-32 all-time against members of the Patriot League, which is the league that BU has faced the most in Division I non-conference games. Colgate is the third of four PL teams BU will face this season (Army, Loyola, Colgate, Boston Univ.).

Tinsley nets second Rookie of Week honor  
Freshman forward George Tinsley earned his second America East Rookie of the Week honor with his selection on Dec. 2. Tinsley averaged 19.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in a 1-1 week and along the way, registered his third double-double of the season. Tinsley scored a season-high 24 points with 10 rebounds at Loyola and shot 50 percent for the week. His selection gives BU back-to-back ROW honors, as Brenton Mills was the choice on Nov. 25.

Bearcats are seventh youngest team in nation
Binghamton is ranked No. 347 in experience (7th youngest team in nation) by KenPom. In each of the last three games, BU has started three freshmen (Mills, Tinsley, Hjalmarsson), a sophomore (Sessoms) and a senior (Sarr).