Males’s basketball hosts NJIT in America East opener Saturday

VESTAL, N.Y. – Binghamton males’s basketball wipes the slate clear when the Bearcats (4-11) start America East play in a brand new calendar yr by internet hosting NJIT (5-10) Saturday on the Events Center. The groups tip at 2 p.m. at Dr. Bai Lee Court. 

The America East slate is a 16-game schedule that may span the subsequent eight weeks earlier than the playoffs start the primary week of March. Binghamton will play two of its first three video games at house earlier than a stretch of five-of-seven on the highway. The Bearcats will look to jumpstart convention play towards an NJIT workforce that completed final in 2024-25 and was picked to complete eighth this season.  

ABOUT NJIT 

•    Started season 3-1 however have gone 2-9 since with only one D-I win

•    Lost 80-61 at Penn on Wednesday in most up-to-date sport

•    Opened season with 11-point win at Fordham after which beat Loyola (Md.), FDU and New Haven for different D-I wins

•    Picked eighth of 9 in America East Coaches’ Preseason Poll

•    Return two starters and 9 lettermen from 6-25 workforce that went 3-13 in convention play

•    Big commencement loss was Tariq Francis, who led complete America East in scoring (19.2 ppg.)

•    Francis and fellow graduate Tim Moore mixed for 51 factors in NJIT’s season-ending win over the Bearcats in Vestal

•    Six-foot-7 sophomore ahead Ari Fulton was on America East All-Rookie Team final yr

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. NJIT

•    Binghamton leads the all-time sequence, which started in 1983, 9-4

•    Since the Highlanders joined the America East in 2021-22, Binghamton leads 8-2

•    The groups break up the season sequence final yr with every workforce profitable on the highway

•    Binghamton had gained six straight head-to-head, together with sequence sweeps in two straight years

•    In the latest sport, NJIT pulled out a 75-72 win on the Events Center within the regular-season finale final March 4. The stunning defeat to the last-place Highlanders value the Bearcats fourth place within the standings and a house playoff sport. In that sport, NJIT scored the sport’s last six factors, together with the game-winning 3-pointer on the buzzer. Binghamton trailed for a lot of the sport however used 29 free throws to maintain inside hanging distance of the Highlanders, who entered the sport having misplaced 21 straight highway video games and have been already eradicated from postseason rivalry. A Bearcats 3-point try with 24 seconds left was quick and the Highlanders had the ultimate possession. A driving shot was blocked by graduate guard Tymu Chenery with 1.5 seconds left however on the following inbounds cross, NJIT hit a nook 3-pointer on the buzzer.   Sophomore ahead Gavin Walsh totaled team-highs of 19 factors and 14 rebounds. Chenery wound up with 17 factors and 4 assists and Nehemiah Benson completed with 15 factors.   

COMFORTABLE TUNEUP WIN OVER ELMIRA

On Monday, the Bearcats dealt with close by Division III program Elmira 100-60. Bing shot a school-record 69 % and put 5 gamers in double figures. The Bearcats raced out to a 22-9 lead within the first seven minutes and missed only one shot contained in the arc within the first half (19-of-20). Leading 59-35 at intermission, Binghamton tacked on 41 extra factors to complete off its most lopsided win in two years. 

QUIGLEY LEADS AMERICA EAST IN ASSISTS, 7TH IN SCORING

In his final three video games, junior level guard Jeremiah Quigley is averaging 20.0 factors and seven.7 assists. He continues to steer the America East in assists (6.3/sport) and ranks seventh in scoring (13.8 ppg.). Quigley ranks seventeenth within the nation in assists and has registered 6+ assists eight instances this season. Former PG Symir Torrence averaged a school-record 7.2 assists in 2023-24 (fifth in NCAA).   

BEVERLY BOOSTING NUMBERS

Junior ahead Zyier Beverly has posted back-to-back large video games within the absence of main scorer and rebounder Demetrius Lilley. In video games towards Army and Elmira, Beverly averaged 19.5 factors (on 80% capturing), 7.5 rebounds and three.0 blocks. He at the moment ranks second within the convention in area aim share (69%), fifth in blocks I(1.2) and eighth in rebounding (5.4). 

TOUGH SLEDDING IN AMERICA EAST OPENERS

Binghamton is 8-16 all-time in America East openers, together with 3-7 in house openers. The Bearcats have dropped their convention opener in 4 of the final six years however posted an 87-82 house win over UMBC in final yr’s opener on Jan. 4.   

LILLEY ADDED TO INJURY LIST

Already down an NCAA-leading 4 scholarship gamers with season-ending accidents, the Bearcats have been dealt one other large blow when senior main scorer and rebounder Demetrius Lilley suffered an damage at Mercyhurst on Dec. 20. He entered the sport ranked third within the nation in double-doubles (8) and thirteenth in rebounds (10.3) and was ranked among the many America East top-2 in each classes. He is out indefinitely.    

BEARCATS LEAD NCAA IN POINTS VIA FREE THROWS

Led by junior guard Jeremiah Quigley (68, 76%) and senior heart Demetrius Lilley (59 makes, 81%), Binghamton is attending to the free throw line and changing factors. The Bearcats lead all the nation in share of factors from free throws with 29.1% of their factors coming on the line. As a workforce, Bing leads the America East in free throw makes (277) and share (75%). 

QUIGLEY NAMED AMERICA EAST PLAYER OF WEEK

After an enormous sport at Army on Dec. 23, junior level guard Jeremiah Quigley earned America East Player of the Week honors. He totaled 20 factors and a career-high 12 assists within the 95-85 time beyond regulation loss. Quigley 5 rebounds and three steals in 43 minutes. 

BALANCED SCORING

Binghamton had a season-high 5 gamers attain double digits towards Elmira, after getting 4 there at Army. In 12 of the 15 video games, the Bearcats have had at the least three gamers in double figures. Five totally different gamers have had the team-high in factors in video games and for the season, 5 gamers are averaging 9.5+ factors. Last season, the workforce had 4 gamers at 9.5 ppg. and above.