VESTAL, N.Y. - Graduate forward
Armon Harried compiled 22 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to propel Binghamton men's basketball (14-14, 6-9 America East) to an 87-74 win over visiting New Hampshire (15-13, 7-8 AE) Saturday afternoon at the Events Center. The win, BU's third in the last four games, evened its season record and gave the Bearcats their most overall wins in 15 years. Binghamton remained in a tie for fifth in the America East standings with one regular season game remaining.
After playing the full 45 minute OT game on Thursday, Harried ran the point again on Saturday and logged 37 physical minutes running a BU offense that clicked to the tune of 55 percent shooting. Binghamton raced out to a 14-point lead in the game's first nine minutes and led for all but one minute throughout. Graduate forward
Dan Petcash scored 15 of his 19 points in the first half and Harried followed with 17 of his 22 in the second half. The Bearcats shot 58 percent and made 19-of-22 free throws in the second half to thwart any Wildcat comeback attempt. Binghamton had five double-digit scorers and  Â
The Bearcats made 10+ three-pointers for the second straight game and Petcash was the top marksman after hitting 4-of-6 - all in the first half, when BU built a 43-31 cushion. The Bearcats never allowed UNH within single digits throughout the second half.Â
"After playing an overtime game on Thursday and guys playing a lot of minutes ... being able to come back and put another performance like this together ... I'm very happy," head coach
Levell Sanders said. "I thought we were locked in defensively and I love the way we rebounded the ball. Overall it was a good performance."
In addition to Harried and Petcash, senior forward
Nehemiah Benson hit 6-of-9 for 13 points and he added six boards and a career-high five assists. After being honored pregame, seniors
Tariq Balogun and
Tymu Chenery chipped in 10 points apiece. Chenery received a commemorative ball for reaching the 1,000-point career scoring mark and Balogun joined Harried and injured graduate point guard
Symir Torrence in the Senior Day ceremony.  Â