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Men's Basketball Travels to UMass Lowell Saturday

Bearcats and River Hawks tip-off at 5:30 p.m.

VESTAL, N.Y. - Coming off of a gritty conference win Wednesday evening, Binghamton men's basketball (7-8, 1-1 AE) travels to UMass Lowell (7-10, 1-1 AE) Saturday evening. The teams tip at 5:30 p.m. in a game broadcast on ESPN+. 

The Bearcats come into the game looking for just their second road win this season.

ON THE AIR
  • Saturday's conference matchup will tip at 5:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN+. 
  • The game can also be listened to on WNBF News Radio 1290 with Roger Neel. 
LAST TIME OUT
  • The Bearcats bested UMBC 79-75 in a tough home win Wednesday evening to move to 1-1 in conference play
  • In this back-and-forth matchup, Brenton Mills led the way with 22 points – 16 of which came in the first half. Sam Sessoms followed suit with 20 points and four assists
  • Sarr added 12 points and four rebounds despite late foul trouble. Tinsley added eight points, 13 rebounds, three assists and two blocks
SERIES HISTORY
  • The Riverhawks lead the series 12-5
  • Binghamton won the last contest 81-66 at Lowell
ABOUT UMASS LOWELL
  • The River Hawks are 7-10 overall and 1-1 in league games
  • Through 17 games, Christian Lutete is leading the team with 20.0 points and 7.8 rebounds per game
  • Obadiah Noel follows with 16.6 points and a team-best 26 steals. Josh Gantz adds 8.9 points per game and Jordyn Owens paces the River Hawks with 49 assists. Connor Withers boasts a team-best 20 blocks, as well
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
  • BU is 1-6 on the road this season.
  • Binghamton is ranked No. 346 in experience (eighth youngest team in nation) by KenPom. The team's normal starting lineup is composed of three freshmen (Mills, Tinsley, Hjalmarsson), a sophomore (Sessoms) and a senior (Sarr).  
  • Binghamton is receiving 78% of its offense from underclassmen and its top three scorers are all first or second-year players. That percentage ranks sixth-highest in the country.
  • Bearcats boast NCAA-best four different players with double-doubles. With the most recent double-double by senior guard Richard Caldwell, Jr., BU now has four different players produce a double-double this season — believed to be the most in the nation. 
  • Binghamton's starting trio of freshmen George Tinsley (39.4 minutes/game), sophomore Sam Sessoms (34.6) and Brenton Mills (34.1) all sit in the top-5 in minutes played in the America East.
  • Sophomore guard Sam Sessoms added to his resume with a record-setting performance against Boston University on Dec. 7. In BU's 84-79 overtime win at the Events Center, Sessoms broke single-game records for points (40) and field goals (15) — both records he previously shared. 
  • Sessoms, who is averaging 19.3 points this season, has quickly moved his career total to 835 points less than halfway through his second collegiate season. He currently ranks ninth in Div. I era scoring at Binghamton and his career average (18.2 ppg.) is on pace to reach 1K in early February and become the program's all-time scoring leader (1,705 pts.) by the end of his junior season.
  • With freshman Dan Petcash's 25-point showing against Hartwick, BU now has five different players who have scored 20 or more points in a game this season (Sessoms 6x, Mills 3x, Tinsley 2x, Sarr 2x, Petcash).  



 
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