VESTAL, N.Y. - Three days after defeating league-leading Stony Brook on the road, Binghamton men's basketball (8-11, 2-4 America East) returns home to host New Hampshire (9-9, 2-3 AE) at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Events Center. 

The Bearcats play the lone home game (where they are 6-3) in a stretch of 4-of-5 on the road. Confidence is brimming after a strong 40-minute effort in knocking off the Seawolves on Long Island for the second straight time.

Last time out
• Sophomore guard Sam Sessoms keyed a 10-2 closing run in the final 2:10 with nine straight points and BU upended first-place Stony Brook 83-79 Wednesday
• Sessoms scored 16 of his team-high 25 points in the second half
• BU put four in double figures, led the entire first half and gutted out a see-saw second half that saw 10 lead changes by shooting 50% and hitting seven 3s
• Senior forward Pierre Sarr notched his fourth double-double of the season with 19 points and 14 rebounds. Sarr also had a career-high five assists
• Sessoms added a career-tying seven assists and seven rebounds
• Senior guard Richard Caldwell, Jr. and freshman forward George Tinsley added 14 points apiece            

About New Hampshire
• Had the midweek bye this week and haven't played since defeating UMBC 65-60 at home last Saturday
• Also owns a win over Maine and has lost to Hartford, Stony Brook and Albany to begin conference play
• Traded wins and losses back and forth during a 10-game stretch
• Has similar home-road discrepancy as Bearcats, 7-1 at home and 2-8 on road
• Return four starters and seven letterwinners from a 5-24 team that went 3-13 in AE and placed ninth, missing a postseason berth
• Junior Sean Sutherlin leads the AE in rebounding (9.1/game) and sophomore forward Nick Guadarrama is third in rebounding (8.2) and 14th in scoring (14.2)
• Ranks second in nation in rebounding (43.1/game) and ranks third in America East in both scoring offense (70.2 ppg.) and defense (66.1 ppg.)    

All-time series vs. New Hampshire
• After Binghamton's season sweep last year, the all-time series is even at 19-19
• UNH had won the previous nine matchups before last season
• Last year BU won 69-58 at home and 68-61 in Durham
• UNH has a 10-8 edge in road games in the series

Bearcats are eighth youngest team in nation
Binghamton is ranked No. 346 in experience (eighth youngest team in nation) by KenPom. The team's most common starting lineup shows three freshmen (Mills, Tinsley, Hjalmarsson), a sophomore (Sessoms) and a senior (Sarr).

Young BU lineup is delivering  
Binghamton is receiving 76% of its offense from underclassmen and its top three scorers are all first or second-year guys.

70 is magic number on offense  
The Bearcats can eye the number 70 on the scoreboard. When BU puts 70 on the board they are 8-1. When the Bearcats score less than 70, they are 0-10.  

Mills emerging as consistent scoring threat  
Frelshman guard Brenton Mills has gone for double-figure points in six of his last seven games and is averaging 15.1 points in that span. He is the highest scoring freshman in the conference (12.3 ppg.).  

Sarr shines at Stony Brook
Senior forward Pierre Sarr had a huge performance at Stony Brook on Jan. 22, compiling 19 points, 14 rebounds, five assists and a block in a career-high 36 minutes. It was his fourth double-double of the season.

Caldwell moves into starting lineup  
After coming off the bench for much of the season, senior guard Richard Caldwell, Jr. has started the last three games. In his last four outings, he is averaging 10.5 points in 31 minutes and has matched his scoring high with 14 points twice. At Stony Brook, Caldwell made a career-high six field goals and blocked a crucial 3-point attempt with just over a minute to play.    

Bearcats riding 3-point scoring  
BU ranks 24th in the country in 3-pointers per game (9.7). That average leads the America East. The Bearcats also rank 23r in the country in made threes (184) and are shooting 34% from beyond the arc. They have canned 10 or more 3s nine times this season, including a season-best 14 twice (NJIT and Hartwick). The Bearcats rank No. 7 in the country in 3-point reliance (Ken Pom), with 42% of their offense coming via the 3-ball.

Sessoms now over 900 career points  
Sophomore guard Sam Sessoms recently went over the 900-point mark (934) with 10 more regular season games to go before he reaches the halfway point of his career. He currently ranks sixth in Div. I era scoring at Binghamton and his career average (18.0 ppg.) is on pace to reach 1K in early February (midway through conference play) and become the program's all-time scoring leader (1,705 pts.) by the end of his junior season. Sessoms is also on pace to surpass the 2,000-point mark by the time he graduates, which would make him a 2K scorer in both high school and college.  

Bearacts among the America East, NCAA stat leaders  
Sophomore guard Sam Sessoms leads the America East in assists (4.4/game) and is third in scoring (18.2). He also ranks third in minutes (34.3), fourth in steals (1.6) and free throw percentage (.813) and seventh in 3-point percentage (.323). Freshman forward George Tinsley ranks fifth in the nation in minutes (38:07/game). Tinsley is third in the America East in rebounding (7.9) and fifth in blocks (1.2/game). Senior forward Pierre Sarr is fourth in the AE in rebounding (7.6). Freshman guard Brenton Mills is fourth in the AE in 3-point percentage (38%) and fifth in 3-pointers per game (2.3). Mills is the top-scoring freshman in conference (12.3 ppg.).