VESTAL, N.Y. - Binghamton men's basketball (2-4) travels to Buffalo for a pair of weekend games at Canisius College before an eight-day Thanksgiving break. At the Queen City Classic, the Bearcats (2-4) will face University of Maryland-Eastern Shore (2-5) on Saturday before matching up with the host Griffs (3-3) Sunday afternoon at the Koessler Athletic Center. 

Binghamton is coming off a 69-58 home win over Misericordia on Wednesday. 

Senior center Demetrius Lilley ranks second in the nation with four double-doubles and also ranks 11th in rebounding (11.6/game). Junior point guard Jeremiah Quigley ranks 18th in the country in assists (6.8/game). 

ABOUT UMES
•    Team is 2-5 after 60-57 loss to Canisius Friday night
•    Three days after the Bearcats lost at Longwood, UMES hit 10 3s and overcame 24 turnovers and 30 Longwood free throws to post 83-82 double overtime win 
•    The Hawks have been road warriors this season with games in Georgia (lost 56-52 at Georgia Tech and 94-29 at Georgia) and Nebraska (69-50 loss at Nebraska and 84-45 loss at Creighton) plus upcoming games at Virginia and Virginia Tech. 
•    The team has 10 home games and 21 on the road this season
•    UMES was picked to finish seventh in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) after going 6-25 last season, 2-12 in MEAC
•    Six-foot-eight senior forward Christopher Flippin (first team) and South Carolina State transfer guard Michael Teal  (third team) have been named to the MEAC Preseason All-Conference Team

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. UMES
•    This is the first meeting between the two schools
•    Binghamton is 3-1 all-time vs. MEAC members with a 2-0 mark against Delaware State (2016 and '17) and a 1-1 mark against Morgan State (2017 and '18)

ABOUT CANISIUS
•    Are 3-3 after topping UMES 60-57 Friday to kick off tourney 
•    Lost 93-50 at High Point on Monday
•    Have played strong non-conference schedule with games against A-10 schools Dayton and St. Bonaventure (two of four scheduled games vs. A-10) 
•    Return one starter and three lettermen from 3-28 team that went 3-17 in MAAC but 0-11 in non-conference play last season
•    Head Coach Jim Christian is in second year at Canisius and previously served as head coach at Kent State, TCU, Ohio and Boston College. He has taken nine different teams to postseason tournaments

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. CANISIUS
•    Canisius leads 2-0; teams haven't played in 14 years
•    The teams played in back-to-back seasons in 2010 and 2011
•    Canisius won 55-45 at the Events Center in 2010 and 75-66 at Koessler Center in 2011
•    Binghamton is 10-19 all-time against teams from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Association (MAAC)

UNFAMILIAR FOES IN UNFAMILIAR CITY/VENUE
Despite being just three hours away going westward across NYS, Binghamton rarely plays in Buffalo and hasn't played at the Koessler Center in 14 years. The Bearcats haven't played in the City of Buffalo in 10 years (vs. UB in 2015). Binghamton and Canisius have met only twice and Binghamton has never faced UMES. 

RARE GAMES ON BACK-TO-BACK DAYS
Binghamton is playing on back-to-back days for just the second time in the last eight years and 13th time in the program's 25-year Division I era. Last season, the Bearcats played three straight days at the Lafayette Tournament and went 2-1. Before that, you have to go back to 2017-18 when Binghamton competed in the Cancun Challenge, splitting two games on successive days.

BACK TO BUFFALO FOR WILSON
With the Bearcats headed to the Canisius Queen City Classic this weekend, junior guard Bryson Wilson will return to Buffalo, where he played two seasons at University at Buffalo.  

ROSTER HIT HARD BY INJURIES
The Bearcats have been dealt a series of blows to what was once a deep roster in the summer. Of the 13 scholarship players, six are currently out with injuries (46%), including three who were expected to be starters. Binghamton had seven available players for their Wednesday game vs. Misericordia, who in contrast played 20 different players.  

LILLEY RACKS ANOTHER DOUBLE-DOUBLE, RANKED 2ND IN NATION
Senior center Demetrius Lilley kept up his double-double pace with 16 points and 11 rebounds against Misericordia on Wednesday. He now has four "doubles" in five games and ranks second in the country, behind only Kent State's Delrecco Gillespie, who has six. Lilley also ranks 11th in rebounding (11.6 per game). In the America East, he leads in rebounding and ranks third in scoring (16.6 ppg.).     

QUIGLEY PILING UP POINTS, ASSISTS
Junior point guard Jeremiah Quigley is quickly starting to assert himself early in his Bearcat tenure. In his last four games, he is averaging 14.8 points and 7.5 assists. He leads the America East and ranks 18th in the country in assist average (6.8) and also ranks eighth in the conference in scoring (13.0). Quigley sat out the Misericordia game with a minor injury but is expected to play this weekend.  

BIG RUN TO END FIRST HALF PROPELS BEARCATS PAST MISERICORDIA
On Wednesday, undermanned Binghamton ended the first half with a 27-8 run and went on to defeat visiting Misericordia 69-58. The Division III Cougars led 16-11 more than halfway through the first half before the Bearcats used the convincing run to end the period and take a 38-24 halftime lead. In the second half, Binghamton extended its lead to as many as 22 points before Misericordia used a 10-0 closing run to tighten the final margin.

Tournament Schedule
Fri., Nov. 21: UMES vs. Canisius               7 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 22: Binghamton vs. UMES         3 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 23: Binghamton vs. Canisius     1 p.m.